Community Health Equity Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley (CHPIV) is Imperial County's Medi-Cal managed care plan. We are a locally managed public health care plan committed to working with members, providers, and the residents of Imperial County.

Our team is growing, and we’re looking for a Health Equity Officer to implement strategies designed to identify and address root causes of health inequities, which include but are not limited to systemic racism, social drivers of health, and infrastructure barriers.

Our next team member will do the following:

• Provides strategic leadership to ensure that organizational culture, practice, and leadership development programming are anchored in the DEI vision.
• Design and implement culturally specific and responsive policies, programs, and service delivery models, as well as standardized guidelines and criteria to ensure health equity is prioritized and addressed.
• Oversees regulatory compliance, including monitoring, implementing, and reporting for all new regulatory requirements focused on health equity and disparities.
• Ensures compliance with contracted services and performance metrics. Ensure compliance with California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), Covered California, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Ensures all policies and procedures consider health inequities and are designed to promote health equity and reduce health disparities.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures aimed at improving Health Equity and reducing Health Disparities.
• Engages and collaborates with staff, subcontractors, network providers, and entities in health equity efforts and initiatives.
• Participates in community reinvestment activities.
• Implements strategies designed to identify and address root causes of health inequities.
• Ensures all employees, subcontractors, downstream subcontractors, and Network Provider staff receive mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training.
• Creates, implements and reports on the organizational equity plan in partnership with organizational stakeholders. Collaborates with Human Resources to design and implement strategies for recruiting and retaining employees and management. Collaborates with Leadership to develop educational and training for employees and staff.
• In collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Leadership Team, supervises the Quality Improvement and Health Equity Transformation Program (QIHETP) and participates in the Quality Improvement and Health Equity Committee (QIHEC), which meets at least quarterly. 
• Develops media messaging to internal and external constituencies. Develops communication systems to share best practices, keeping staff appraised of key initiatives and activities.
   

You may be right for this job if you have the following:

• At least 3 years of leadership experience in a provider organization/ health plan/ health system with quality and operational experience.
• At least 5 years of experience as a lead, supervisor or management experience.
• At least 3 years of experience working on and implementing health care diversity initiatives addressing issues of health equity and health disparities based on race, ethnicity, language, gender, and sexual orientation in health care.
• At least 3 years of experience working with underserved populations.
• Must have a history of collaborating with diverse groups of stakeholders, convening and negotiation to blend diverse opinions, to achieve ambitious outcomes, an established track record of leading change management efforts, and an ability to influence others, especially when no direct reporting relationship exists.
• Must have quality experience with strategic vision to continue to optimize the design of health equity improvement programs.

• A competitive salary of around $120,000/ year. 
• Health, dental, and vision insurance that is paid for 85% for you and your family
• Paid time off
• A 401k plan with a generous match
• A chance to make a real difference in the Imperial Valley community

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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