Community Health Advocate, Experienced - Los Angeles

Your Role

The Community Programs team provides high‑touch engagement with members and community‑based organizations to remove barriers to healthcare access, enhance population health initiatives and advance health equity. The Community Connector Health Advocate will report to the Community Resource Center Manager, Operations and will be based out of the Wilmington Community Resource Center. In this role you will serve as the Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan’s community expert.

You will be responsible for creating meaningful relationships with community‑based organizations, participating in community events and acting as the health plan liaison. In addition, you will assist members with complex health and/or social needs by assessing their immediate needs and addressing barriers to care to include, but not limited to, care coordination, linkages to health plan services and community resources.

This position will have onsite requirements at our Community Resource Centers (Inglewood, Long Beach, and Wilmington) and occasional travel locally around LA County for the purposes of community outreach efforts.