Job Summary:

The primary purpose of this position is to visit farmworker camps in Ashe and Alleghany County to survey the sanitary conditions and health care needs of migrant workers and their families.

Major Duties & Responsibilities
• Assist in overcoming farmworkers' barriers to healthcare.
• Complete health assessments with farmworkers at farmworker locations to ascertain services needed.
• Circulate information to farmworkers regarding clinic services through state and local public agencies.
• Provides case management services such as assessment, referral, follow-up, and reassessment.

 •Provides health education to farmworkers, laborers, and their families as needed.
• Complies with all NC Farmworker Health Program grant requirements.
• Coordinate and communicate regularly with the program manager to help improve farmworker outcomes.
• Ensure all program deliverables and objectives are met and reports are delivered promptly.
• Attend relevant meetings in each county to improve farmworker health.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Bilingual Spanish-speaker with strong oral and interpersonal communication skills
• Considerable knowledge of and ability to enlist available community resources and medical services
• General knowledge of health policies, procedures, and statutes
• Skilled in communicating with various types of laborers, a variety of service delivery disciplines, and the general public
• Skilled in reading, writing, and arithmetical computations
• Skilled in analyzing data, and the ability to apply independently to sanitary and health conditions in farmworker camps
• Ability to complete required records and reports
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with the crew leaders, laborers, community agencies, and groups

About Appalachian District Health Department

AppHealthCare is a fully accredited district health department serving Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga counties and a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving Alleghany and Ashe counties. Our mission is to promote safe and healthy living, prevent disease, and protect the environment. The Appalachian District Health Department was established in 1933 and covers Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties. The health department provides many services such as high quality clinical care, nutrition services, Women Infants and Children (WIC), community health services and environmental health services. The rebranding initiative represents our ability to continue to provide high quality patient care and essential services that are critical for the health of the public. We are committed to serving our patients and clients and ensuring the fulfillment of our mission to promote safe and healthy living, prevent disease and protect the environment. We provide a variety of high quality services to meet the needs of our communities: Clinical Services Environmental Health Services Nutrition Services Community Health Services AppHealthCare accepts private insurances, Medicaid, a...nd Medicare, as well as patients without health insurance. We offer a sliding fee discount program for patients. AppHealthCare is governed by a Board of Health and an FQHC Board, Partners in Public Health.

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