Farmworker Health Specialist

Organization:

High County Community Health (HCCH) is a federally funded Community and Migrant Health Center. The mission of the HCCH team is to provide quality, patient centered, culturally appropriate, affordable and compassionate care that serves the whole person. Our Integrated Care services are available in Avery, Burke and Watauga Counties and the surrounding rural communities.

General Definition and Scope of Job:

The Farmworker Health Outreach worker will be responsible for completing outreach, basic health assessments, health education, referrals, and follow-up to migrant and seasonal farm workers. This position requires flexible hours (evenings and weekends) and a valid NC driver’s license. This position is dependent upon grant funding.

Supervisory relationships:

Supervised by Director of Outreach
Nature of Supervision: Moderate
May supervise student interns and practicum students when needed.
Role on the Care Team:

The Farmworker Health workers place within the care team is to provide primary clinical support services to the patient. They contribute in clinical ways (such as taking blood pressure, blood glucose levels, encouraging medical office follow-up as indicated) that the physician may not be able to, considering the locations visited outside of the office.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Works with team to plan and coordinate nightly visits to outreach camps, ensuring that all camps are visited in a timely manner and all necessary follow up visits are completed.
Provides direct outreach to farmworker camps and families several evenings each week (6:00-9:30PM). Works with Farmworker and outreach teams (including interns and volunteers) to complete health assessments with farmworkers and their families at farmworker locations to ascertain services they may need.
Works with team to disseminate information to farmworkers regarding clinic, local, and state services which respond to farmworker needs.
Provides individual client health education, as well as group camp presentations on topics of need and interest to farmworkers. Refers farmworkers to HCCH services as appropriate. Is responsible for leading team education efforts on at least one health education topic per year with the goal of fulfilling grant requirements.
Responsible for client case management services (i.e. assessment, referral, follow-up, and re-assessment) for farmworkers and their families in designated portions of the service area (Avery, Watauga, and Caldwell counties) in a timely manner.
Transports and interprets for farmworker medical and social service appointments using program vehicle as available. May occasionally need to use personal vehicle and submit request for mileage reimbursement.
Documents all farmworker encounters on appropriate forms.
Works with team to enter all farmworker encounter data into database on a daily basis including tracking of clinical measures and all related data for UDS reporting.
Will be staff or have program staff present with Newland evening clinic operations and interpreting.
May supervise and recruit student interns.
Works with team to help plan and implement projects (to be decided), including advocacy, community relationship building, and specific projects responsive to farmworker needs.
Complies with all High Country Community Health employee requirements (including drug screening prior to hire date).
Provides medical interpreter and document translation services to HCCH patients for staff when needed.
Provides patient transportation to HCCH patients (and when required, family members)
Coordinates farmworker (and their family members when necessary) transportations among outreach team members. When necessary, provides transportation to HCCH patients, farmworkers and their families.
Other duties as assigned.