Community Health Worker - Miami-Dade County, FL - Full-time / Part-time

Position Description:Energize your career with one of Healthcare’s fastest growing companies.   You dream of a great career with a great company – where you can make an impact and help people. We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this.  And with the incredible growth of our business, it’s a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world’s leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth Group is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our Service Centers, improve our Service levels and help people lead healthier lives. We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up. This opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: Optum –a growing part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 14 leader. Optum helps nearly 60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their symptoms, conditions, and treatments; helping them to navigate the system, finance their Healthcare needs, and stay on track with their Health goals. No other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation, and Performance.Together, we're removing the barriers that keep people from receiving the kind of quality healthcare that makes a difference. We focus on Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation and Performance as we empower people to achieve better health and well-being.As a Community Health Worker (CHW), you will act in a liaison role with Medicaid members to ensure appropriate care is accessed as well as to provide home and social assessments and member education.This position requires ACHA Level II Background checks (fingerprinting) by the State of Florida for all Clinicians that have face-to-face contact with members and will require renewal every five years.Primary Responsibilities:Create a positive experience and relationship with the memberKeep the member out of the hospital by supporting regular visits to their primary physicianKeep member actively engaged with their primary physicianSupport the member to ensure pick-up of their RxProactively engage the member to manage their careProvide member educationSupport transitions of careHelp to keep members compliant with their care plansPartner with care team (community, providers, internal staff)Knowledge and continued learning of community cultures and valuesMay conduct HRA assessments if neededThis is a field-based role, extensive travel in assigned area is required. 

Required Qualifications:High School Diploma or GED with 3+ years of experience working within the community Health setting in a Healthcare roleKnowledge of culture and values in the local communityKnowledge of FL Medicaid populationFamiliarity with the resources available within the communityField Based experienceMust be comfortable with use of dual screens and multiple applicationAccess to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated areaAHCA level II background checks (fingerprinting), required for all clinicians that have face to face contact with membersMust live in Miami-Dade County, FL. Preferred Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) licensure, CNA/HHACommunity Health Worker (CHW) AccreditationExperience in Healthcare or Health Insurance Experience working in Managed CareBilingual fluency with English & SpanishCareers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM(State of FL: Care coordinators who have direct, face to face contact with clients and have access to the client’s living areas or personal identification information are subject to the requirement. The requirement does not apply to physicians, nurses, or other professionals licensed by the Department of Health who have been fingerprinted and undergone background screening as part of their licensure.  Each person subject to the screening is required to undergo rescreening every 5 years.)Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.