Community Health Worker – Melanoma (Per Diem, Hybrid, Bilingual Spanish) na Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

This is a per diem, hybrid position offering flexibility to work anywhere from 0 to 40 hours per week, depending on departmental needs. The schedule—consisting of 2 remote days and 3 days either in the field or onsite—will be determined by the hiring manager based on operational priorities. Please note that per diem team members are not eligible for health benefits; however, this role provides an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience, contribute to meaningful work, and enjoy a flexible, dynamic schedule.

Please note: We can only consider applicants who are able to commute to our Los Angeles work location a few times per week. If hired, you must reside within a commutable distance.

The Community Health Worker (CHW) is responsible for establishing rapport and meeting with melanoma cancer survivors and family/friend members through in-person and virtual meetings. The meetings will involve education about melanoma prevention and early detection, support for motivating healthy choices, and guidance about self-examinations of the skin. The Community Health Worker will serve as a health navigation/resource bridge between the health education participants and health services. The CHW will maintain relationships to promote prevention and healthy behaviors and provide valuable resources to improve melanoma education and health outcomes.

The Community Health Worker supports patients and their social and health needs by helping them navigate and access community resources, social services, and medical systems. Serves as a liaison between Cedars-Sinai and the community to facilitate access to services through assessment, care coordination, and other case management activities. The Community Health Worker is community based but will often partner crossfunctionally with Cedars-Sinai team members, including but not limited to, medical providers, social workers, and case managers to provide intensive personal support to patients to ensure that all health needs are met.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete training about melanoma and the delivery of education that will result in behaviors promoting melanoma prevention/early detection.
• Provide patient education and assist with the delivery of melanoma cancer prevention and education.
• Deliver health information using culturally appropriate terms and concepts.
• Engages, builds rapports, establishes a trusting relationship and continuous candid communication with patients/participants and patient/participant support systems.
• Assesses social determinants of health needs in patients/participants and documents appropriately.
• Determines social determinants of health concerns/ gaps, develops a plan to address moderate social and health disparities.
• Assists patients/participants with problem-solving barriers to health stabilization by identifying, locating, connecting to and navigating needed community and medical system services including visiting patients at their homes, accompanying patients to appointments and assisting patients with completing forms to access needed services.
• Conducts proactive follow up with patients/participants and families to reduce barriers in accessing resources.
• Works collaboratively and professionally with other disciplines of the health care team including medical providers, social workers, case managers, and other patient navigators.
• Establishes professional relationships and partners with community stakeholders, community resources, health plans and providers by participating in local community engagement activities with local agencies e.g. community based organizations, social service agencies, faith-based organizations, community centers, government agencies, etc. to promote support for continued involvement and cooperation in community health projects.
• Identifies gaps in community resources and supports the implementation of new solutions or services to close identified gaps.
• Disseminates community resource updates to Cedars-Sinai staff and community stakeholders.
• Work independently to fulfill general requests; works with internal team to solve more complex issues.
• Provides overall programmatic support, including meeting coordination, data collection and analysis, and other administrative duties as assigned.

Department-Specific Responsibilities Teamwork/Customer Relation Responsibilities

• Collaborates to problem solve and make decisions to achieve desired outcomes
• Establishes effective working relationships with cross-functional team(s)
• Represents the company with external constituents
• Ensures practices and procedures are inclusive of interpersonal and cultural diversity
• Cultivates and maintains strong customer relationships and rapport with stakeholders and/or client groups

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