Author Topic: Bilingual Health Care Advocate- Somali & English, USA (World Relief)  (Read 7098 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Admin

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 1489
  • Points: +60/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Towards a better peaceful and healthy life!
    • Somali Medical Association
World Relief
Empowers the local church to stand for the vulnerable
Closing date: 15 Feb 2011
Location: United States of America (the)

Richland/Benton, WA

To advocate for and assist individual refugee clients with medical service providers and to work with community providers to build capacity for refugee-friendly health care systems.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work with Resettlement Case Workers to develop plans for serving Refugees with health issues beyond resettlement services.
• Assist clients with special medical needs by accompanying them or arranging accompaniment to medical appointments, ensuring that client understands medical condition, tests, treatment, and medications, advocating for needed services and training, visiting client in home when needed, being on call to assist with accessing emergency medical care, and assisting clients to understand use of services, and resources available.
• Train refugee clients to meet their own health care needs by teaching them to find medical providers on the bus line, use a calendar, make appointments, get prescriptions filled, keep a health notebook and communicate pertinent information to physicians.
• Alert resettlement case worker and/or employment team to major issues and document activities in each client file through timely case notes which reflect the status of each case.
• Confer with medical service providers on ways to improve interpretation services, provide information and education classes, and improve routine procedures and systems to be more usable and beneficial to refugees.

Qualifications:

• Bilingual Somali & English
• Ability to navigate the health care system and communicate the information to others
• Able to advocate for refugees with medical needs
• Cultural competence
• Computer skills
• Organizational skills with attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Shares World Relief’s Mission, Vision, Values & Statement of Faith
How to apply
please go to our online application site at http://worldrelief.org/Page.aspx?pid=1718
Reference Code: RW_8D4NX7-49


"you never cure a patient, you treat pain often but you always comfort the patient."
www.somalidoc.com


 

SC Emergency Health Coordinator and Emergency Food Security Coordinator

Started by AdminBoard Medical Jobs & Trainings

Replies: 0
Views: 19969
Last post November 09, 2011, 11:26:38 PM
by Admin
The Health Benefits of Black Seed (الحبة السوداء)

Started by MuslimDocBoard Islam and Medicine

Replies: 7
Views: 72431
Last post March 13, 2008, 12:41:05 AM
by MuslimDoc
WHO somalia responses health Crises in Gedo -Somalia

Started by AbdulrazzakBoard Health News and Events

Replies: 0
Views: 16961
Last post October 09, 2011, 05:26:10 PM
by Abdulrazzak
Health Officer, Mogadishu, Somalia (UNICEF SOMALIA)

Started by AdminBoard Medical Jobs & Trainings

Replies: 0
Views: 20237
Last post February 02, 2013, 09:52:53 AM
by Admin
Program Manager Health - SEEDS Program (Mercy Corps)

Started by AdminBoard Medical Jobs & Trainings

Replies: 0
Views: 19481
Last post June 27, 2010, 05:52:32 PM
by Admin