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General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
8-hour shifts, Monday - Friday, with rotating weekends and holidays. Your shift may start as early as 7:00am or as late as 12:00pm
Posted Date
09/17/2024
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
19278

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

At UCLA Health, our people are here for more than a career. They’re committed to elevating the lives of everyone they come into contact with. If you’re passionate about community work, we invite you to join our team as a Community Health Worker, where you will play a key role in the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative team by promoting greater health equity and clinical outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. Primary duties will include:

• Help patients navigate and access community services, resources, and adopt healthy behaviors.

• Support providers and team members with care management and community outreach.

• Engage with homeless individuals in encampments, shelters, interim housing sites, health fairs, and other locations.

• Promote, maintain, and improve the health of unhoused patients.

• Provide social support and informal counseling to homeless individuals.

• Advocate for the health needs of homeless communities.

• Share the responsibility of driving the mobile clinic van. 

Note: Position is subject to the California DMV's "Pull Notice System" and continued employment is contingent upon proof of a satisfactory driving record.

Salary Range: $23.90/hour - $44.59/hour


Job Qualifications

Required:

• Valid, California driver's license. Position is subject to the California DMV's "Pull Notice System" and continued employment is contingent upon proof of a satisfactory driving record.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.


Preferred:

• Lived experience of homelessness.

• Fluency in Spanish.

• Experience navigating or helping people navigate medical clinic, medical insurance, and social services.

 

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.