A Community Health Worker contributes to AHF by working to create connections between our vulnerable population and their AHF healthcare center providers. The community health worker also conducts extensive outreach to re- engage at risk patients back into care and works to retain them in care in order to achieve desirable health outcomes, regardless of payor source.
A Community health worker enhances the reputation of AHF by providing high quality, patient facing service. You will be a passionate advocate for our top initiatives. To be successful as a Community health worker it is crucial to ensure that the AHF Core Values and Mission stay top of mind with all that you do. At AHF we are nimble and able to adapt in a dynamic environment to assist in providing the best experience for our clients and workplace for our employees. AHF has a collaborative organizational structure where staff are accountable to multiple leaders.
The Community health worker will work as a part of a close-knit team to keep patients engaged in their healthcare and assist in navigating and eliminating barriers that prevent them from successfully engaging in care.
Licenses and Certifications:
High school/equivalency diploma required. Associate/Bachelor’s degree Public Health specializing in community health, social services, or related field preferred. Three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Qualifications
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest global AIDS organization in the world. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website, www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/aidshealth, and follow us on Twitter, @aidshealthcare.
AHF’s mission of providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay is supported through its various business lines. AHF Pharmacies, Out of the Closet thrift stores, healthcare contracts, and other strategic partnerships generate funding that help AHF provide life-saving services to the thousands of people it cares for.
The hallmark of AHF’s success is generating and defining new, innovative ways to provide HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and advocacy. AHF has embarked on a mass testing initiative to identify and treat the 25 million people worldwide who don’t know they are infected. It will take 1 billion tests annually to achieve this goal. AHF is advocating for mass testing models in hopes of eliminating older, more time-consuming methods.
Since 1987, AHF has cared for thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. As AHF creates and implements its unparalleled programs in new communities in the U.S. and abroad, they expand delivery of healthcare and influence over policy with the sole aim of saving more lives.
