Community Program Assistant

Augusta University

Job ID
248004

Location
Augusta University

Full/Part Time
Full-Time

Regular/Temporary
Regular

About Us
Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 9,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.


Location
Augusta University -

Our Health Sciences Campus:

1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912


Our Summerville Campus:

2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904


College/Department Information
The Georgia Cancer Center is on a mission for Georgia providing industry-leading cancer research and care that benefits patients locally and globally. Our ultimate goal is to eradicate cancer and we are proudly making progress every day. When we say patient care is a priority, we mean it. We assemble custom teams of field experts to address each individual's unique needs.

The Georgia Cancer Center M. Bert Storey Research Building provides quality research space to promote multidisciplinary collaborations and translational research, which is essential to creating an environment that promotes innovation. Our research approach supports important National Cancer Institute goals including ensuring every cancer patient has access to the newest and most innovative clinical trials in the nation, clinicians and researchers work together to initiate new research protocols based on the clinician's interaction with the patient, and each cancer patient receives personalized treatment through the interaction of the multidisciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals.

The Medical College of Georgia is one of the nation's largest medical schools by class size, with 260 students per class. The educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students across the state and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. MCG's expanding partnerships with physicians and hospitals across Georgia currently provides about 350 sites where students can experience the full spectrum of medicine, from complex care hospitals to small-town solo practices. MCG and its teaching hospitals also provide postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in 50 different Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved programs. Our researchers and clinicians focus on what most impacts the health of Georgia's and America's children and adults, including cardiovascular biology and disease, cancer, neurosciences and behavioral sciences, public and preventive health, regenerative and reparative medicine, personalized medicine and genomics. Our physician faculty also share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 100 clinics and hospitals statewide.


Job Summary
The Community Program Assistant position is designed to assist in administrative and technical work in support of cancer prevention programming and intervention initiatives. This person will assist in planning, implementation, data collection, data entry, and careful, exact documentation within the contract/grant and institutional guidelines. The position will include work with a contract/grant to provide training and education in faith-based and community sites on risks of breast, multiple myeloma, and prostate cancers and encourages screenings in those eligible and encourages smoking cessation in current smokers. The grant uses the train-the-trainer approach and trains community health workers (CHWs) to deliver the education. Data is also obtained on screening behaviors, perceptions, and attitudes toward breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer. Goals are to improve early detection and improve health outcomes related to these three cancers.


Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Schedule project visits. Weekly follow-up with community members. Data collection, entry, and quality control. Maintain project files. Lead group sessions with parents and students. Assist with establishing and maintaining outstanding relationships with community partners. Attend meeting with community partners.

Attending staff training and research meetings. Participating in project planning and development of research protocols while insuring adherence to accepted scientific research principal and community engaged approached.

Perform other related duties as assigned.


Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.


Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Ability to maintain confidentiality

Ability to prioritize and manage conflicting deadlines

Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

Detail-oriented with strong multi-tasking and organizational skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases

Ability to work independently, perform well under pressure, meet deadlines and exercise good judgment


Shift/Salary/Benefits
Shift: Days; Monday - Friday (Work outside of normal business hours may be required)

Pay Grade: 13

Salary: Minimum $16.19/hour -$17.31/hour

Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position

Recruitment Period: Until Filled

Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.

Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Requirement Retirement), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.

Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!


Conditions of Employment
All candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.

All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial, business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during the course of their employment and beyond.


Other Information
This position is also responsible for promoting a customer friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner everyday with patients and families for success."

Augusta University is a tobacco free environment and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.


Equal Employment Opportunity
Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.


How To Apply
Consider applying with us today! https://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/

Select University Faculty & Staff > External Applicants if you are a candidate from outside the university

Select University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee

If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706-721-9365

To apply, please visit: https://careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=12000&JobOpeningId=248004&PostingSeq=1



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