Community Health Worker

Job description

Department Overview The Community Health Worker (CHW) works in partnership with multi-disciplinary care teams and directly supports patients through outreach, counseling, navigational, and case management services. This CHW will primarily work with individuals returning from incarceration with chronic diseases including those affected by substance abuse and/or mental health struggles who present at or are recruited by the HEALR Reentry Healing Program at the OHSU Richmond Family Health Center in Portland, Oregon. HEALR is a health equity community organizing team of leaders with lived incarceration experience, and healthcare workers, collaborating towards changing systems for better community health. The CHW will play an instrumental role in identifying the culturally and socially specific needs of the community and aligning planned resources to increase access to care. In addition to their work with the HEALR Reentry Healing Program, the CHW will also support the OHSU Health Equity Team. This includes participation and support of ongoing community-based health events, projects, and initiatives. The Health Equity department comprises clinical and administrative leaders and support...