Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) is a multi-site mission-driven non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to residents throughout the Merrimack Valley. Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites throughout the service area and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.
GLFHC is currently seeking a Community Health Worker / Medical Assistant (CHW/MA) working for the Moms Do Care (MDC) program. The Moms Do Care (MDC) Community Health Worker / Medical Assistant (CHW/MA) is part of an integrated team that addresses the clinical and social needs of obstetric (OB), post-partum and parenting patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD). The CHW/MA is responsible for applying their knowledge of community resources and culture to assist the OB and SUD team in fully assessing and identifying a patient’s needs through a comprehensive care plan. This position supports the MDC Registered Nurse (RN) by performing nursing support and clerical tasks, case management, outreach, education, social support and linkages to appropriate supportive services through coordination and navigation.
Qualifications
GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center with clinical sites in located in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts, serves over 60,000 unique patients from Lawrence and the surrounding communities of Methuen, Andover, North Andover and Haverhill. It is the second-largest Federally Qualified Health Center in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Since 1980, GLFHC has been fulfilling its mission “to improve and maintain the health of individuals and families in the Merrimack Valley by providing a network of high quality, comprehensive health care services and by training health care professionals who can respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.”
GLFHC is also home to the nationally-recognized Lawrence Family Medicine Residency (LFMR) program, the first family medicine residency program of its kind in the United States. Solely owned and operated as an academic medical residency by the health center, LFMR has graduated close to 200 primary care physicians. The majority of LFMR graduates have either stayed at the health center or have chosen to stay working in low-income, underserved communities in Massachusetts and across the country. In FY2020, LFMR will be home to 42 residents who participate in one of the only 4-year programs in the country as part of a demonstration project conducted by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.