The Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine seeks a motivated, highly organized individual to serve as a Community Health Care Worker to provide asthma education and support activities of the NIH school-based research study.  This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities:

Schedule and conduct asthma lessons for parents and children with asthma, either remotely or in-person as per study protocol and procedures

Revise and develop asthma lesson materials and other study-related materials, as needed

Provide asthma care coordination and referral to community resources

Gather available community resources

Collect and enter data,  maintain appropriate documentation, and prepare reports

Assist with recruitment of study subjects and survey completion

Communicate with schools and health care providers

Assist with other study-related tasks or other asthma studies within the team, as needed

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Bilingual (English/Spanish) required

Experience working with children and families, community engagement, care coordination, case management is required

Member of the Bronx, NY community is highly preferred

Knowlegde of asthma and research is highly preferred

2 year college/Associates Degree in health education or equivalent is required

Community Health Worker certification preferred

Bachelor's degree preferred

Experience may be substituted for education

Interested candidates should email a resume to Dr. Marina Reznik, [email protected]