2 Job Openings

Healthcare Surveyor

Phase I – Research Surveys

Job Type:                     Temporary Staffing

Assignment Dates:     10/28/19 – 7/31/2020

Work Hours/Days:     Variable schedule, Mon-Fri 8am-5pm (10-15 hours/week)

Work Sites:                 Pleasanton, TX and surrounding communities (within 30 miles)

Specific Duties:

  • Follows study protocol as defined by the Principal Investigator, Program Director or Research Staff
  • Administers surveys and conducts other assessments with study participants in a community setting, both indoors and outdoors
  • With general oversight from the Principal Investigator, works closely with and reports to the Research Coordinators to implement study protocol
  • Record participant measurements and organize and maintain study participants records
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • Able and willing to travel to various community settings
  • Ability to occasionally lift study equipment or supplies, up to 25 pounds
  • Strong skills in both written and oral communication

Qualifications:

  • 18+ years of age with valid Texas drivers license
  • Required Licenses/Certifications Required: CITI – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Training to be provided to Research team)
  • Computer Programs: Microsoft Office Suite including MS Word, Outlook and Excel
  • Computer Experience: Intermediate level
  • Must have current immunizations including annual flu shot , annual TB Skin test (PPD), MMR, Varicella-zoster, TDAP and Hep B series

Please submit resumes with contact information to:

Melissa Garay, Talent Acquisition Specialist

InGenesis

mgaray@ingenesis.com

www.ingenesis.com

Lennox Seminar Lecture: From Moments to Movements: The Power of Community Activism and Organizing

Lennox Seminar Lecture: From Moments to Movements: The Power of Community Activism and Organizin

Wednesday, February 26 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Rosa Clemente, hip-hop activist, community organizer, and former Green Party candidate for vice president, will present a public lecture as a part of the 2020 Lennox Seminar, “Speaking Truth to Power.” Community organizing is the process of building power. This workshop will provide a history of select social justice movements of the last 50 years. It will show how building movements provide space for people to work together for a common social, political and cultural goal. Weaving the personal narrative of the workshop leader we will outline how move from social media moments and viral hashtags to building decentralized movements. What is needed for an idea to be transformed from an idea of the few to the idea of many? How do we build movements that are non-hierarchical? How do we make sure these organizing efforts are inclusive of the multiple identities that we all carry? The workshop will also provide tool that we use to inspire and engage young people to become community activists and organizers.

 

Community Health Worker classes for March 2020

Northwest Vista College is offering the following classes for Flex II, date range March 23, 2020 – May 16, 2020.

Wellness and Health Promotion – 20447 – CHLT 1302 – 001

This class is offered at the Westside Education & Training Center BD 1 RM 17, 563 SW 40th St. San Antonio, Tx 78237.

Community Nutrition – 36507 – CHLT 1305 – 002

This class is offered at the Eastside Education & Training Center, 4551 Dietrich Rd, Room 203, San Antonio, Tx 78219.

Community Health Advocacy – 36503 – CHLT 1340 – 002

This is a fully online Internet course, which begins on Mar 23rd. Online students are expected to complete an attendance verification activity by day 3 or you may be dropped from the course. If you are new to Online Courses, you are required to enroll in a free “Orientation to Online Learning” mini–course. Register for OLRN 0001, CRN 19326, or 19327. This Online Course is accessed through ACES/My Courses.

Community Health Field Methods – 33743 – CHLT 1342 – 002

This is a fully online Internet course, which begins on March 23rd. Online students are expected to complete an attendance verification activity by day 3 or you may be dropped from the course. If you are new to Online Courses, you are required to enroll in a free “Orientation to Online Learning” mini–course. Register for OLRN 0001, CRN 19326, or 19327. This Online Course is accessed through ACES/My Courses.

https://www.alamo.edu/nvc/chw

Community Health Worker Students brainstorming and planning wellness and safety community event

Northwest Vista Community Health Worker Students

Faculty at Northwest Vista College Community Health Worker Program hosted a Meet and Greet for students, both online and face-to-face Community Health Worker classes. Students enjoyed getting to meet other classmates, asked questions about internship options, degree plans and employment.

As a result of this meet and greet, community health worker students formed a planning committee to organize and execute a wellness and safety community event. Planning is underway and students will be looking at engaging other community partners and fellow CHWs to promote and get the word out to the community.

For any questions about this post, please contact Guadalupe Cornejo, CHW Instructor at mcornejo2@alamo.edu