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This is a part-time 20-hour-per-week position with the Mobile Outreach Clinic within the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine.
The Community Health Worker supports homeless and unsheltered patients engaged in hepatitis C treatment through trauma-informed, community-based outreach. This includes locating and maintaining contact with patients across shelters, encampments, clinics, and street outreach sites while providing culturally humble support. Responsibilities include directly observed therapy, monitoring adherence and side effects, coordinating reminders and transportation, completing patient assistance program paperwork, and ensuring documentation is timely and accurate. The CHW places and tracks referrals to housing, food, ID/legal aid, benefits, and other social service agencies, follows each referral through completion, and documents outcomes. The role provides basic hepatitis C education and harm reduction information using motivational interviewing and strength-based approaches. Collaboration with medical providers, coordinators, Peer Support Workers, and community partners occurs through scheduled huddles, field communication, and follow-up. The position requires strong communication skills, adaptability in changing field conditions, and attention to safety, medication handling, and reliable communication. This role meets performance targets for adherence support, cure completion (SVR), timely data entry, and closed-loop referrals.
About the Mobile Outreach Clinic:
The Mobile Outreach Clinic (MOC) is a program within the University of Florida College of Medicine dedicated to improving health equity by bringing high-quality, patient-centered care directly to underserved communities in Alachua County. The clinic operates a fully equipped mobile medical unit and partners with local agencies to provide accessible primary care, preventive services, screenings, care navigation, and health education at no cost to patients. MOC serves individuals experiencing barriers to traditional Healthcare, such as homelessness, lack of insurance, chronic illness, transportation challenges, and social instability. The care team includes medical providers, community health workers, peer support specialists, students, and volunteers working together to meet people where they are and support their physical, mental, and social well-being. The clinic emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally humble, and relationship-based care. In addition to clinical services, MOC aids in connecting patients to community resources, social services, and long-term support. This model enables the clinic to build trust, close care gaps, and help patients achieve better health outcomes. https://outreach.med.ufl.edu/
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