We are hiring a Community Research Liaison (part-time) to join UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio, TX. In this role, you will set up weekly pop-up clinics in laundromats, conduct point-of-care testing for diabetes, and help individuals navigate care with our partners at University Health. Ideal candidate should have prior experience providing health screenings or medical care background. Bilingual in Spanish, highly preferred.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Summary

Engage clients in-person in laundromats in San Antonio to complete brief health screenings, collect data, provide health education, and help navigate individuals who screen positive for diabetes or pre-diabetes to care at University Health.

Essential Functions:

• Set up pop-up clinics in partnering laundromats for this project
• Meet and provide screenings for diabetes, hypertension, depression, and anxiety disorder
• Help provide health education for diabetes, hypertension, depression, and anxiety disorder
• Navigate individuals who screen positive for diabetes/pre-diabetes to care at University Health
• Follow-up with clients about their care and collect data on their progress over several months
• Codes and edits information for the project for entry into database.
• Handles administrative details such as time and effort reports, and mileage reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Minimum Work Experience

• None
• Experience conducting health screenings, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Completion of Human Research Subject training.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Detailed oriented.
• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

• None

Physical Requirements

• Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
§791.4

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.