Assistant Chief Community Health Extension Worker
Lagos State Government - Primary Health Center
Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months
• Creating connections between vulnerable populations and healthcare providers.
• Helping patients navigate healthcare and social service systems.
• Managing care and care transitions for vulnerable populations.
• Reducing social isolation among patients.
• Determining eligibility and enroll individuals in health insurance plans.
• Ensuring cultural competence among healthcare providers serving vulnerable populations.
• Educating healthcare providers and stakeholders about community health needs.
• Providing culturally appropriate health education on topics related to chronic disease prevention, physical activity, and nutrition.
• Advocating for underserved individuals or communities to receive services and resources to address health needs.
• Collecting data and relay information to stakeholders to inform programs and policies.
• Providing informal counseling, health screenings, and referrals.
• Building community capacity to address health issues.
• Addressing social determinants of health.
• Investigated all cases on emergency cases, which used emergency services.
• Maintained information for patient demographics and all patient emergency information.
• Coordinated with patients and conducted interviews to assess patients in emergency department.
• Administered patients care provider and informed all of emergency cases carried, scheduled fellow checkups accordingly.
• Provided referrals of community-based health worker and ensured appropriate follow up.
• Managed patients and ensured continuation in care after 24 hours of discharge.
• Educated all families and patients on medical home and its care facilities.
• Evaluated all clinical services and provided necessary support to staff.
• Provided necessary consultation to staff on issues related to necessary protocols.
• Maintained necessary documentation for all activities associated with health facility.
• Performed client assessment and executed client plan as required.
• Ensured achievement of all client health goals and its effectiveness.
• Developed protocols and ensured delivery of necessary tools.
• Conducted member home visits to ensure proper follow up with their Primary Care Physician.
• Educated health plan members about how to use the health care and social service system.
• Assisted members in self-management of chronic illnesses and medication usage.
• Provided individual social and health care support to health plan members.
• Linked health plan members to community resources.
• Operated as a bridge between the health plan member and the assigned case manager.
• Facilitated continuity of care by providing follow-up on a regular basis.
• Conducted 24-hour follow-up contacts after patient discharges.
• Assisted patients/families in identifying and accessing relevant community resources.
• Recruited a client base within the community by identifying, locating, interviewing, and screening individuals.
• Provided general information to individuals and families on program objectives and services, eligibility requirements and benefits, the confidentiality of information, etc.
• Scheduled clients for appointments with health care providers.
• Reminded of pending appointments and contacts them to inquire into reasons for missed appointments.
• Escorted clients to or calls clients to confirm various appointments to ensure compliance and provide support.
• Monitored patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Trained residents, medical students, and other health care professionals.
• Administered bedside or personal care, ambulation, or personal hygiene assistance.
• Performed housekeeping duties; administer beside/personal care, and ambulation and personal hygiene assistance.
• Provided emergency care in periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence.
• Monitored patient vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists.
• Responsible to transport clients Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals, some training of family members.
Community health degree focuses on health care beyond traditional health care organizations. The degree aims to address health concerns and equip communities with the knowledge needed to stay safe and healthy. A community health degree also provides the tools needed to lead neighborhood-wide responses to health care challenges and manage partnerships between public and private organizations. I gained experience in: Advocacy services. Care coordination. Disease management. Health care navigation. Health education. Health promotion.
High School Certificate
As a Community Health Worker I had training in the provision of preventive health care to bring down overload of curative health. My job is gender friendly in performance of duty. A Community Health worker is not merely a substitute for doctors but rather crucial adjuncts. Community Health Worker assure a wide variety of roles in health care in handling minor cases in the absence of surgeons. As a community Health worker, I help the poor overcome barriers of accessing effective health care in the absence of physicians. Also, a community Health Workers work to improve outreach efforts to vulnerable patient population. We also serve as counsellors, helping poor patients overcome the barriers that prevent them from seeking vital health care, etc.
