Community Health Worker
- Requisition no: 535022
- Work type: Full Time
- Location: Medical Center
- School/Department: Pediatrics
- Grade: Grade 101
- Categories: Administrative Support
- Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
- Bargaining Unit:
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Salary Range: $58,500 - $58,500
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
The Child Research in Obesity Prevention (CROP) Program in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our organization as a Community Health Worker for community health research and promotion. The community health worker will help coordinate activities, deliver health coaching sessions, and provide community referrals for families in pregnancy and infancy for the Health e-Baby randomized controlled trial to prevent chronic disease. Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics is a world leader in providing care for children. Our mission areas include Healthcare, Education and Research. We offer care for our patients in over 25 specialty areas as well as individualized care for complex cases. Our Residency, Fellowship and Graduate programs are among the best in the Nation. Our Clinical, Translational and Basic Science research features collaborations across specialties and stretches from the bench to bedside. We also have several active Clinical trials available to our patients. This position will support research in the Department by delivering novel interventions to promote maternal-infant and child/family health starting early in life.
Responsibilities
- Use culturally appropriate techniques to provide outreach, community education, informal counseling, and social support to intervention participants.
- Facilitates individual and group health coaching sessions and disseminates health education materials as per study protocol and schedule, including virtually and in-person.
- Provides referrals to community resources based on family social and health needs.
- Partners with research team and study participants to schedule, coordinate and deliver individual and group health coaching sessions for clinical trials.
- Prepares and maintains appropriate tracking logs and documents of health promotion activities.
- Collects information on the quality and performance of health coaching sessions.
- Assists with the maintenance of intervention materials.
- Provides program information to the public conducting media campaigns, and/or maintaining program-related web sites as needed.
- Maintains a positive relationship with the study team, clinical staff, and participants, and acts as a health promotion resource during the course of intervention.
- Provides support to clinical staff to ensure research is successfully implemented, including maintaining an on-site presence, answering questions, and reporting successes and roadblocks to the study team.
- Works with the study team to assist with the development of curricula, educational materials, workshops and programs as required.
- Attends study team meetings and trainings and regularly provides health coaching updates to the research team at team meetings.
- Helps facilitate other clinical and community-based participatory research.
- Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent, with some work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in health education/promotion, public health, or community health.
- Experience with health counseling in-group and individual settings.
- Proficient in reading and writing in both Spanish and English.
- Experience with community-based participatory research and familiarity with the community in northern Manhattan and south Bronx is preferred.
- Ability to work remotely and in a general office environment. Some early morning, weekend, and evening hours and travel may be required.
Other Requirements
- Prior training and experience in clinical, home-based (such as Healthy Families), or community-based programs (such as WIC, MEND or DPP) preferred.
- Ability to build trust and maintain confidentiality with diverse populations.
- Ability to identify and follow through on project issues and use initiative.
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Moderate degree of computer literacy, including virtual meeting and word processing software.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information discreetly.
- Ability to prioritize work and operate under tight deadlines.
- Motivated and flexible, able to work independently.
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