**Employment Type:**
Full time
**Shift:**
Day Shift

**Description:**

**COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER**

**TREASURE VALLEY**

**Position Summary & Highlights:**

**Purpose:**

+ Servesas abridgebetweenthehealth system andpatients,particularlypatientswith Medicare and/or Medicaid and patients with identified social needs.Works to promote, maintain, and improve health and well-being through informal support and counselingto their patients.
+ Usesculturally appropriate outreach,support, andnavigationto helppatientsaccesshealthcareandaddress identified social needs.
+ Playsa key roleinbuilding individual capacity by increasingpatient’shealth knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range ofactivitiessuch ashealtheducation,goal setting,motivational interviewing, and advocacy.
+ Workscollaboratively with otherhealthcare team and community-basedprovidersto improvepatienthealth outcomes andreduceracial, ethnic, and economic dispariti...