Community Health Worker

🕒 July 28

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Evergreen Nephrology

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51 - 200 employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

💰 $4.3M Venture Round on 2022-06

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Pharmaceuticals

Evergreen Nephrology is a company focused on transforming kidney care by empowering nephrologists to provide high-quality and personalized care to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). By putting nephrologists at the forefront, the company provides them with financial backing, interdisciplinary clinical resources, analytical insights, and technology-enabled tools to improve patient outcomes and experience. Evergreen Nephrology collaborates with strategic partners to address healthcare challenges, including disparate electronic health records (EHRs), transplantation process visibility, and patient readmission risks. The company's co-founders, Adam Boehler and Abe Sutton, have been recognized for their contributions to kidney care models and organ procurement standards, reflecting a deep commitment to improving kidney care quality nationwide.

📋 Description

• Conduct telephonic and virtual outreach to patients identified with high social determinants of health (SDOH) needs. • Establish trust and serve as a primary point of contact for patients enrolled in the CHW program. • Build culturally competent relationships that promote engagement, encouragement, and patient empowerment. • Serve as a liaison between patients, families, clinical teams, dialysis centers, and community-based service providers. • Facilitate seamless transitions of care across care settings to support comprehensive, patient-centered care. • Assist patients with enrollment in health and social services, including completing applications, paperwork, and required documentation. • Support clinical staff by coordinating care activities, identifying resources, and addressing barriers to care. • Conduct comprehensive assessments to identify social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors impacting patient health. • Recommend gap closures and contribute SDOH findings to individualized care plans to improve quality and health outcomes. • Connect patients to appropriate resources, including housing assistance, transportation, food security, utilities, and community support programs.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in health care coordination, community health work, or similar healthcare related field • Credentialed Community Health Worker • Experience with team-based approach to care • Excellent working knowledge of community resources • Exceptional ability to prioritize and task-switch to meet needs of patients and overall care team • Self-directed and motivated to resolve issues professionally and creatively • Strong communication and teaching skills • Intermediate skills with MS Office Suite of products including Outlook and Teams • Able to work effectively in a primarily remote environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid time off starting at 4 weeks for full-time employees • 12 paid holidays per year • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including an HSA with employer match • Reimbursement for continuing medical education for eligible roles • A 401(k) program where Evergreen matches up to 4% of contributions after six months of tenure • Paid parental leave • A robust training and development program that starts with onboarding and continues throughout your career with Evergreen Nephrology