AmeriCorps Member – Precision Medicine Peer Educator

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Healthy Communities is CHC’s AmeriCorps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services. AmeriCorps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, AmeriCorps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services.

This is an AmeriCorps Member role – Precision Medicine Peer Educator – that supports the All of Research Program (AoURP) throughout all CHC sites for the East and West regions, but primarily serving at Meriden site.  The All of Us Research Program (AoURP) is an NIH funded national initiative that seeks to enroll one million people living in the United States in a 10-year longitudinal study and takes into account an individual’s variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle. The goal of the program is to help researchers learn more about what affects people’s health. The program will give new information and tools to researchers. Their discoveries may lead to more personalized care and treatments. The Community Health Center, Inc. was awarded a grant to be part of the Health Provider Organizations that enroll patients into the program.

Terms & Program Benefits:

• One-year service term from September 8, 2026 thru August 31, 2027
• Serve a minimum of 33 hours a week for a total of 1700 hours during service year
• $25,000 stipend over the course of one year, paid bi-weekly
• An education award of $7,395 at the end of successful service term completion
• This is not a staff position.

This is the opportunity for you if you:

• Are highly outgoing, friendly, enthusiastic, and energetic
• Enjoy working with others and public speaking
• Are extremely organized and pay great attention to detail
• Have a strong interest in health care, public health
• Thrive in a fast paced environment
• Can take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team

As a Precision Medicine Peer Educator for the Community Health Center, Inc., you will:

• Conduct monthly patient health education workshops; monitor the completion of pre-post surveys by workshop participants; and complete data entry for workshops and surveys.
• Track and document all completed patient engagement activities in patient’s electronic health record.
• Developing new curriculum for a health literacy program for kids at the Hartford Public Library
• Coordinate and facilitate the health literacy program at 3 Hartford Public Library branches and 1 possible community based organization (1-2 per week)
• Evaluate activities and make adjustments as needed.
• Develop social activities for adult and kid participants such as arts and crafts projects surrounding precision medicine and the All of Us research program.
• Research and create content for patient educations sessions and social activities.
• Create promotional content for precision medicine as well as patient education materials/pamphlets (digital and print).
• Coordinate, conduct, and participate in community outreach and tabling events.
• Develop community partners (i.e. Boys and Girls Club, YMCAs, etc) to educate local communities on precision medicine and the All of Us research Program and collaborate with them on events to host.

• Participate in bi-weekly All of Us team meetings to provide updates on engagement strategies and success of events, activities and workshops.

Qualifications:

• High school or equivalent required
• Proficiency in Microsoft office and internet-related applications
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and remain calm during a crisis
• Successful clearance of all required criminal history checks (NSCHC)
• Able to travel between CHC sites and in state
• Ability to serve in the evenings or weekends, occasionally, due to community events and educational sessions

Preferred:

• Associate’s degree in public health, social work related field
• Experience in health care

Organization Information:

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), with offices in Connecticut, Colorado and California, is one of the country’s most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcare. CHC is designated as a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home by HRSA, the Joint Commission, and NCQA, respectively. We deliver more than 600,000 patient visits per year from primary care hubs and community clinics across the state of CT, all connected by technology and common standards for quality. We employ several hundred medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are engaged in practice, teaching, and research. Our Weitzman Institute is devoted to research and practice transformation and is recognized around the country as one of the premier research institutes focused on improving health care and health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations. In addition, the organization has developed three wholly owned subsidiaries from the original pilot developments within the Weitzman Institute: the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (NNPRFTC), the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA), and ConferMed.

Location:

Community Health Center of Meriden

City:

Meriden

State:

Connecticut

Time Type:

Part time