Community Health Worker

We’re searching for a Community Health Worker, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will provide outreach activities to patients and their families for locating and utilizing medical homes. Collects, completes and inputs accurate data related to the outreach activities and family data.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

Screens families for access to medical home by following program criteria. Provides one on one help to the family in locating a medical home. Educates families about medical homes and their appropriate use.

Provides screening questionnaires to determine resources needed by family. Collaborates with the Medical Director and/or Mobile Clinic Program Manager proactively to ensure that appropriate forms are used, and correct process is followed for CHIP and Medicaid applications. Also ensures that appropriate information regarding low-cost health care alternatives is provided to families.

Reviews with the family CHIP and Medicaid eligibility/renewal for eligible children. Reviews of low-cost health care alternatives for ineligible children. Communicates requirements in a clear and understandable way to patients and families.

Maintains professional conduct when interacting with patients, families, and members of the patient’s health care team.

Performs other tasks necessary for coordination and performance of outreach activities, including communicating the progress of outreach activities, identifying problem areas, and making suggestions for improvement.

Reviews proposed outreach activities and other mobile clinic related programs and provides feedback to the Medical Director and/or Mobile Clinic Program Manager. Assists with the planning and development of new outreach activities as necessary

Collects and completes data collection and queries related to outreach and other mobile clinic activities by obtaining information within specified time frames and submitting the information as required.

Participates in meetings and planning sessions with mobile clinic team.

Skills & Requirements

Required H.S. Diploma or GED

Required CHW - Community Health Worker Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)

Preferred 2 years Healthcare experience ivities to patients and their families for locating and utilizing medical homes. Collects, completes and inputs accurate data related to the outreach activities and family data.

About Texas Children’s

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

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 Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.