Project Assistant

Job Title: Project Assistant
Location: Bronx, NY
Duration: 07/06/2026 – 08/29/2026
Shift: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM | 7.00 Hours/Day | 35.00 Hours/Week
Pay – $33/hr – $38/hr.

Purpose of Position:
To oversee and improve efforts throughout various hospital departments and settings to screen patients for unmet social needs and connected them to resources able to address those needs. To serve as a subject matter expert for the hospital on social needs screening and referral.

Under the direction of the Chronic Disease Manager, the Program Manager s duties include:

Overseeing and expanding workflows for social needs screening and referral, ensuring the hospital meets and exceeds Clients.
Ensuring the resources patients are connected to are effective at addressing unmet social needs, such as by regularly liaising with staff from the hospital departments and community-based organizations patients are referred to, reviewing outcomes data, and identifying new resources.
Recruiting, training, and supervising a Health Advocate workforce (volunteers and interns) who will engage patients in real time at the hospital and connect those with unmet social needs to set resources.
Training the Health Advocates and other interested staff, through an intensive 3-day training held every four months, which the Program Manager will help plan and facilitate, including arranging the speakers, space, food and presentations by invited speakers.
Training and supporting other staff engaged in screening and referral, such as Treat 2 Client nurses.
Liaising with Central Office staff charged with SDOH screening and referral to obtain support and assistance for Client s workflow and program.
Obtaining and reviewing data to ensure the program is a success, and creating presentations and reports as needed.
Other tasks as needed.

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