PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The Community Health Worker (CHW) will work as a crucial link between the VisionSeva Centre and the communities it serves. The CHW drives patient footfall through door-to-door mobilization, organises awareness activities, camps through outreach, patient engagement, referral follow-up, and relationship building with local stakeholders ensuring sustainable, high-quality primary eye care reaches every household in the catchment area.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Community Outreach & Screening
- Help in Conducting door-to-door vision screenings within 5 km of the Vision Centre and refer identified patients.
- Organise and support outreach eye camps (minimum 1–4 per month) within 4–8 km of the VC.
- Conduct school screening programmes; encourage teachers, students and parents to visit the VC.
- Generate demand for eye care through home visits, village meetings and special community events.
- Coordinate with local resident welfare associations, schools, community groups, and housing societies.
- Mobilize senior citizens, women, school children, industrial workers, and vulnerable populations for screenings.
Awareness & Health Education
- Disseminate IEC (Information, Education & Communication) materials in local language
- Conduct regular sensitisation workshops for ASHAs, ANMs and Anganwadi workers
- Assist during community camps, screening drives, and awareness events.
- Celebrate World Sight Day, World Diabetes Day and other health observances in the catchment area
- Maintain linkages with PHC staff, local NGOs, self-help groups, Panchayat and government officials
Vision Centre Support
- Assist the Vision Technician with patient registration, counselling and spectacle dispensing on busy days
- Maintain referral registers (physical/electronic) and conduct follow-up phone calls to referred patients
- Support documentation, daily reporting and data entry as required
- Assist in maintaining cleanliness of the spectacle display area and non-clinical spaces
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Minimum: 10th standard pass (12th preferred)
- Experience in community health, public health, NGO programs, healthcare outreach, ASHA coordination, or social development projects.
- Comfortable interacting with community members and local stakeholders.
- Training in spectacle dispensing (provided by the organisation)
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Fluent in local language/dialect; strong communicator
- Willingness to travel within the catchment area regularly
- Familiarity with eye health, healthcare programs, or community mobilization activities.
- Empathetic and patient-friendly attitude
- Basic record-keeping and documentation skills
- Ability to network with local stakeholders and government staff
Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹20,000.00 per month
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
