Position Summary:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Community Health Worker for NJMS - Hematology/Oncology. The Community Health Worker ( CHW ) works closely with the EPWC Coordinator as well as our collaborators to identify persons in need of preventive services, to refer such persons to such services, and to increase knowledge of cancer, chronic disease, and COVID -19 through education, health-related programming, prevention, and screenings. The CHW also works toward increasing the health literacy of the populations of Essex and Passaic Counties, as well as other areas statewide. CHW should have deep roots or similar lived experiences to the residents of the communities they will serve. The CHW acquires and maintains knowledge of relevant preventive health resources, maintain detailed, confidential records of persons they refer to such resources, and aid in developing relationships, trust, and mutual respect and understanding between the EPWC and multiple communities in Essex and Passaic Counties, as well as in other areas of New Jersey in conjunction with our collaborators.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:Minimum Education and Experience:
City: Newark
State: NJ
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : Standing, walking, sitting, talking and hearing. No special vision requirements, except as needed for driving. This position also requires the ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT : This position will have a variety of work environments in communities throughout New Jersey. These include: Moderate noise areas such as patient care areas and typical work officer areas. This position will also require the individual to go out into the communities where they can be in either low, moderate, or high volume areas. This position may require the individual to work part-time in the offices of providers of preventive health and related services, where the individual will have to abide by all health and safety requirements of such offices.
Posting Number: 24ST2490
About Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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