PRIMARY FUNCTION :

The Community Health Worker Trainee (CHW-T) will learn about the roles and responsibilities of a Community Health Worker (CHW), attend CHW training, shadow CHWs, and provide CHW services to community members/patients and their families under an experienced worksite supervisor and the mentorship of a CHW Mentor/Coach, who will provide professional development. Throughout the trainee period, the CHW-T will gain more independence with the goal of being promoted to a CHW.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Attends and participates in all trainings
• Completes all homework assignments and projects
• Attends and participates in all coaching and mentoring sessions
• Obtain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a CHW
• Works collaboratively and effectively within a team
• Builds and maintains positive working relationships with the community members, community leaders, providers, care coordinators, social workers, office staff, and others
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson
• Understands the importance of practicing cultural humility when interacting with community members and others
• Demonstrates clear communication and positive interpersonal skills

Qualifications

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

High school diploma or GED

Closing Statement

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.