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Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title
Community Outreach Worker
Job Category
Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Other
Department
NJMS-Medicine-Infectious Disease
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Community Outreach Worker for
NJMS- Infectious Disease Practice. The primary purpose of the Community Outreach Worker (COW) position is to support the Medical Case Management team in delivering patient-centered, comprehensive and timely high quality services that will assist in reducing avoidable health care costs and improved patient outcomes by providing support, education, outreach engagement and retention activities. This role is supports newly diagnosed or out of care HIV+ individuals to fully engage or re-engage in HIV medical care to improve their health and quality of life.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
NJMS- Infectious Disease Practice. The primary purpose of the Community Outreach Worker (COW) position is to support the Medical Case Management team in delivering patient-centered, comprehensive and timely high quality services that will assist in reducing avoidable health care costs and improved patient outcomes by providing support, education, outreach engagement and retention activities. This role is supports newly diagnosed or out of care HIV+ individuals to fully engage or re-engage in HIV medical care to improve their health and quality of life.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Responsible for identifying individuals who are HIV-positive and not receiving HIV medical care, to build trust and inform them about living with HIV.
- Provides personalized assistance to help them enter medical care, and to provide support until they are established in care.
- Provides transportation/outreach services to patients enrolled at the Infectious Disease Practice (IDP).
- Schedules appointments on behalf of patients/clients and facilitate patients appointment-keeping.
- Advocates for patient/client access of entitlement programs, treatment facilities, and other needed community services.
- Participates on teams and external committees to communicate information, resolve problems and achieve the goals of the organization.
Position Status
Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA
Nonexempt
Grade
1625
Position Salary
21.86/hour
Annual Minimum Salary
21.860
Annual Mid Range Salary
22.360
Annual Maximum Salary
23.030
Standard Hours
35.00
Union Description
Teamsters, Local 97
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment
Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility
PERS
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
- Four (4) years of experience in community work, preferably involving community health related activities.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in social work or other related field may be substituted for the work experience.
- College credits may also be substituted for the work experience on a year-for-year basis.
Certifications/Licenses
- Must also have a valid New Jersey driver’s license.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Must have a working knowledge of Newark and the Greater Essex County community
- Must be computer literate, specifically with Microsoft applications and database software
- Must be accustomed to diversity
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual in Spanish
- New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services HIV training certification
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
PHYSICALDEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to stand, sit, walk, use hands to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Occasionally the employee must stoop, bend and lift or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT:Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic). Exposure to blood-borne pathogens that requires use of the personal protective equipment.
Special Conditions
Posting Details
Posting Number
24ST0308
Posting Open Date
02/08/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus
Newark (RBHS)
City
Newark
State
NJ
Location Details
Pre-employment Screenings
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Immunization Requirements
Under Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees, Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to receive an updated (bivalent) vaccine dose. Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate’s offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.
