The Health Equity Specialist is responsible for managing and supporting organizational health equity goals by implementing, monitoring, and evaluating ABHNJ performance measures to identify, prevent, and reduce health care disparities. The Health Equity Specialist reports to the ABHNJ Director of Quality Management and will work in close partnership with the ABHNJ CEO, COO, CMO, CFO, and all matrixed growth partners to address health disparities. Successful candidate must live in New Jersey or b... more details
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Position Summary
The Health Equity Specialist is responsible for managing and supporting organizational health equity goals by implementing, monitoring, and evaluating ABHNJ performance measures to identify, prevent, and reduce health care disparities. The Health Equity Specialist reports to the ABHNJ Director of Quality Management and will work in close partnership with the ABHNJ CEO, COO, CMO, CFO, and all matrixed growth partners to address health disparities. Successful candidate must live in New Jersey or be willing to relocate.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing and supporting organizational health equity goals through identifying, analyzing, and addressing health disparities, performance improvement plans and interventions related to health disparities, cultural competence training, modifying, and establishing internal and external policies and procedures to address and incorporate health equity, and reporting on organizational diversity activities to facilitate an inclusive workforce to support beneficiaries.
- Chairing the ABHNJ Health Equity/Disparity Workgroup
- Developing and implementing a process and action plan to identify and evaluate healthcare disparities by subgroups including gender, race, ethnicity, historically marginalized populations, primary language, geographic location, and disability status
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the action plan
Required Qualifications
- At least three (3) years of experience in NJ Medicaid Managed care
- Strong analytical and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with providers, advocate and state partners.
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Experience navigating a matrixed organization.
- Experience developing and executing project plans and processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Project Management experience preferred
- Attention to detail
- Experience in Human Resources
Education
Bachelor’s degree or High School Equivalent and 4 years of experience or Associate degree and 2 years of experience in health related field
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$63,300.00 - $139,200.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 06/29/2024
