Community Health Worker - Bakersfield

The role

The Community Health Worker will support members with complex medical and social needs to manage their health and wellbeing. This role involves motivating behavioral changes through education, peer support, and relaying shared experiences.

What you will do

• Manage a caseload of patients
• Complete assessment forms and develop care plans
• Build rapport with patients to increase positive behavior changes
• Coach patients to minimize risks associated with health conditions
• Accompany members to medical and social services appointments
• Connect members to programs to address barriers to care
• Link members to local, county and state services
• Follow up with members and serve as a member advocate
• Introduce systems to promote self-management and self-efficacy
• Document information from every encounter in designated information systems

Required qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience with and comfort working with CalAIM populations of focus
• Ability to work in a dynamic, outdoors environment
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to prioritize multiple and competing tasks
• Ability to communicate effectively, including articulating one’s own relevant personal experiences
• Excellent oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to use computers to document information into case management software
• Valid driver’s license
• Automobile insurance
• Reliable transportation

Nice to have

• Bilingual in English and Spanish

About the company

Akido builds AI-powered doctors and is an AI-native care provider. It serves 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York.