Health Education & Outreach Specialist Needed!!!!

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    Amber Kim 70.***.37.2 3761

    KHEIR Center is committed to providing linguistically and culturally-sensitive quality primary healthcare and human services support to the underserved and uninsured residents of Southern California.

    KHEIR Center was established in 1986 to serve as a bridge between low-income, recently-immigrated, non-English speaking Korean community and local health and social service providers. Today, KHEIR has evolved into a broad-based agency that provides services to the indigent population in four interrelated areas; Human Services, Senior Affordable Housing, Adult Day Heath Care, and Healthcare services.

    Health Education & Outreach Specialist

    Health Education & Outreach Specialist will conduct brief health education/awareness and outreach contacts and encounters. This person will educate potential clients about health coverage programs, enroll clients into the appropriate coverage programs, assist with applications, and provide follow-up to ensure enrollment, utilization, and retention. In addition, the Health Education & Outreach Specialist will make presentations to clients on specific health-related topics to increase awareness. This is a full-time position that requires field work.

    Responsibilities:
    • Provide outreach to explain KHEIR’s Clinical Services.
    • Provide outreach to explain Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Healthy Kids and other health care options available to parents and the general public at multiple off-site and on-site locations.
    • Plan and conduct orientation meetings, trainings, workshops, and other outreach/informational events for child care providers, schools, and community based programs, shelters, churches, and other venues.
    • Assist members in the enrollment process for health insurance benefits and services that the organization provides.
    • Act as a resource of information on the phone or in person, for reliable information regarding the clinic’s programs.
    • Schedule appointments for patients, and follow-up on any missed appointments
    • Provide outreach, information, and referrals to adolescents for Clinic programs.
    • Assist CHDP – Gateway patients to ensure that they are receiving all the services that are available.
    • Facilitate presentations to community members and other CBO’s regarding Medi-Cal, Healthy Kids, Healthy Families, and other health care options available to parents.
    • Facilitate presentations on other health-related topics including, but not limited to, teen pregnancy preventions and STD’s, importance of prenatal and pediatric care, etc.
    • Maintain records, logs, signing sheets, and other documentation required to track for contract compliance and evaluate program performance.
    • Other duties as assigned.

    Qualifications:
    • Minimum 2 years experience in community outreach work
    • College education preferred but not required
    • Certified Application Assistant
    • Bilingual; English/Spanish or English/Korean
    • Flexible work schedule; may be required to work some nights and weekends
    • Strong computer skills
    • Current valid California Driver’s License and Insurance Certificate

    KHEIR Center offers competitive salary and benefit plans. If you are experienced and meet the requirements of the position, please send your resume to amberk@lakheir.org or call (213) 427-4000 ext. 104 for immediate consideration.

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