Outreach Worker Job at AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Houston

Overview

AMAZING INDIVIDUALS WORKING FOR POSITIVE PEOPLE at AIDS Healthcare Foundation!

Does the idea of doing something that really makes a difference in people’s lives while being well-compensated intrigue you? Are you looking to work for an organization that encourages growth and success from each and every one of its employees?

If so, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the place for you!

Founded in 1987, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the largest specialized provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the nation. Our mission is to provide cutting edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay. Through our healthcare centers, pharmacies, health plan, research and other activities, AHF provides access to the latest HIV treatments for all who need them.

AHF’s core values are:

• Patient-Centered
• Value Employees
• Respect for Diversity
• Nimble
• Fight for What’s Right

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Responsibilities

The Outreach Worker blends the mission of AHF with re-engaging patients formerly lost to care. As an Outreach Worker, you will coordinate with all AHF employees, including but not limited to the AHF Linkage Specialists, AHF Community Health Workers, and neighboring agencies in Harris County, to coordinate and implement specific interventions aimed at accessing patients who have fallen out of care and assisting them to return to care. The Outreach Worker utilizes strong experience in understanding the locality (because field visits to locate patients are required) and the specific challenges facing this population and works to find creative solutions to locate and reengage these patients. Some patients will already be enrolled in the Ryan White program, but some will not, but they are still eligible for outreach services. By combining their knowledge of the Ryan White Care Act Program within their area, the Outreach Worker helps facilitate enrollment in Ryan White when patients are re-engaged. You will review and investigate prior patient history, implement a plan of action, make phone calls, make home visits, and visit community sites in hopes of locating patients.

With your creative skillset, you will work to find and reengage patients and link them to healthcare with the ultimate goal of viral suppression and retention in care. Your contacts with patients directly contribute to AHF’s success in meeting the deliverables of our Ryan White contract. Beyond the scope of the contract, your work contributes to measures established by the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Measures and the Department of Health and Human Services. Re-engaging patients in care and retention in care are the goals of the Outreach Worker, so viral suppression is achieved, resulting in a healthier population.

Qualifications

We at AIDS Healthcare Foundation believe that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. The right of equal employment opportunity extends to recruiting, hiring selection, transfer, promotion, training and all other conditions of employment.