Community Outreach Worker - Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

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LOCATED IN BBC CAMPUS

The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine is currently seeking a Community Outreach Worker to join our team of professionals.

• Participates in student educational activities. Assists with the Green Family Foundation (GFF) Neighborhood
  
  HELP courses by providing the interprofessional faculty and student teams status reports and key updates on their assigned households and communities.
• Travels between the Biscayne Bay Campus and the communities within the work schedule to implement the program's goals and objectives. Documents and submits travel expenses, such as mileage, according to FIU policies and procedures.
• Assesses eligibility of households through one-on-one interviews in the home; provides updated information on resources, such as the Mobile Health Center; and enters visit information and the results in the electronic record system.
• Identifies the social and medical issues of enrolled household members; provides and documents needed referrals and follow-up; and motivates households to remain in the program by contacting them every month or every other month depending on applicable protocol.
• Documents all outreach household interactions and attempted contacts in the electronic record system to communicate with faculty and student teams.
• Responds to and closes the loop on telephonic and electronic communications related to outreach activities, including internal and external requests for services and information and addressing urgent household and community issues with supervisor.
• Schedules household visits and maintains outreach calendar.
• Assists with the implementation of strategies aimed at recruiting households for GFF Neighborhood
  
  HELP.
• Provides updates on household visits.
• Community events, and outreach activities to the Scheduling Office, Mobile Health Center, Community Advisory Teams, and community partners.
• Participates in community events, such as health fairs to recruit households and provide community service.
• Works with different communities that speak English, Spanish or Haitian Creole.
• Interacts with minors and/or vulnerable persons within their role in household visits.
• Performs other related duties are required or as directed. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Creole.

Staff

$35,000-$40,000

Begin time: 8:30 AM

End time: 5:00 PM

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Prospective Employee

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To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.

Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. All applicants are required to complete the online application including work history and educational details (if applicable), even when attaching a resume.

* This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.

Current Employee

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To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance…