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Program Coordinator, Russian/Ukranian/EnglishReq #:0000198414

Category:Clerical / Administrative Support

Status:Per Diem

Shift:Day

Facility:Monmouth Medical Center

Department:Community Specific Med Program

Location:

Monmouth Medical Center, 300 SECOND AVENUE, LONG BRANCH, NJ 07740

Job Overview:

Assist Russian and Ukrainian speaking patients to verify eligibility in grant programs and schedule appropriate appointments.

Responsible for effective interaction among interdepartmental personnel, physicians, patients and family members, visitors, co-workers, supervisors, and representatives of community and business agencies for purpose of providing or obtaining information.

Required:

+ Bachelor degree required.

+ Must be fluent in Russian/Ukrainian and English, and able to read, write and speak Russian/Ukrainian proficiently required.

Preferred:

+ Experience in a health care setting highly desirable.

Schedule

+ This is a PerDiem positon and the hours and days will vary.

+ Flexible working hours with outreach and education and community events. Please note that some of the working hours will be weekend for the community events, internal events and program education/screening events with other health providers.

Essential Job Functions

Assist Russian/Ukrainian speaking patients to verify eligibility in grant programs and schedule appropriate appointments. Make reminder calls to patients prior to screenings to ensure that appointments are kept

Assist Russian/Ukrainian speaking patients to verify eligibility in grant programs and schedule appropriate appointments. Make reminder calls to patients prior to screenings to ensure that appointments are kept. When follow up testing is required, serves as a navigator with MMC and other RWJBH hospitals to ensure appointment coordination.

Organize patient schedules across teams and systems and manage their appointments to ensure services are received in a timely manner. Support teams at other sites and do navigations as needed, travel to different physician offices and hospital departments to provide on-site language support and follow-up appointment scheduling. Also communicate with site managers to continue the health care needs for all the patients.

Provide Cross Coverage and Support for Other Chinese/Russian/Indian Teams with Regional Community Outreach.

Support other regional Chinese/Russian medical programs with community events planning, including webinar promotion, media & social media outreach for event promotion. Reach out to speakers, physicians, community leaders, venues regarding events-related needs. Build collaborative relationships with physicians, senior centers, weekend schools, supermarkets, community organizations, and hospital departments. Create and participate community events and activities. Writes Program event news, translate educational materials into Chinese and update advertisement with Chinese/Russian Media; Also, responsible to communicate with vendors for event giveaways.

Maintain organized paper and electronic document files when scheduling and following up on patient results. Maintain detailed database for the various programs/projects for abstracting/analyzing data to collect and identify community needs related to breast care prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to improve outcomes.

Organize and conduct various health education programs in Russian/Ukrainian and English, providing translation when needed for speakers as well as maintaining databases, data analysis, mailing lists, and telephone networks to facilitate ongoing health programs.

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered,

high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering

a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer