COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/PRENATAL CARE (93100414)

FLSA Status

Job Role Summary

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health mission: Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi Health values
• Provides outreach and follow-up for prenatal clients under the direction of the Prenatal Population Health Coordinator Nurse & Prenatal Population Health Supervisor
• Ensures continuity of care for prenatal/postpartum clients and their infants through home and community visits
• Develops supportive and therapeutic relationships with clients and their families
• Provides home visits to clients throughout pregnancy and early infancy to provide support, encouragement and guidance
• Collaborates with Prenatal Population Health Coordinator Nurse through review of individualized care plans, sharing information concerning clients, reporting progress of families and community outreach results
• Carries a caseload of at least 50 clients
• Accurately documents home/telephone visit outcomes in a timely manner
• Use motivational interviewing to encourage new or expectant moms and dads to modify their behaviors
• Use text messaging service to educate and guide program participants through various health discussions
• Recommend resources for new or expectant moms and dads in order to meet the basic 5 needs of the WeCare Plus participants: housing, food, clothing, transportation, utilities
• Assists women in obtaining early prenatal care, arranging transportation, and making appointments for services
• Accompanies clients to various service appointments as needed
• Provides education concerning substance use/abuse and promotes cessation
• Advocates for client needs
• Promotes healthy birth outcomes by focusing on preventing pre-term labor, infections, and conditions that could impact pregnancy
• Encourages preventive child health care such as immunizations and medical appointments
• Maintains smooth working relationship and open communication with referral sites
• Helps decrease child abuse and neglect by improving and enhancing parenting skills

Job Requirements

• Minimum of high school diploma or GED required
• Minimum of six months of demonstrated involvement with neighborhood organizations and/or community via paid or volunteer work preferred
• Current Indiana driver's license, proof of automobile insurance, and a dependable car
• Willingness to work with patients and their family members or other support persons in the health center, home settings, and community settings

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must be able to relate to a variety of people with different cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, coworkers, patients and families
• Basic knowledge of appropriate parenting skills
• Basic Computer Skills
• Ability to work independently
• Knowledge of available community resources and required application processes
• Ability to make sound decisions regarding need and urgency of referrals
• Ability to use age-appropriate communication skills
• Must be able to work effectively in a sometimes stressful and unstructured environment