Senior Community Health Representative

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Community Health Representative. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Geriatric Community Health Worker (CHW) within the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine. In coordination with the primary emergency department care team and the Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) team, the Community Health Worker will actively support older adults in the emergency department (ED) by addressing non-medical barriers that impact safe discharge planning and overall health outcomes.

The CHW will provide non-clinical support focused on the social, functional, and environmental factors affecting adults aged 65 and older. Working alongside the interdisciplinary clinical team, the CHW will screen for barriers such as caregiver strain, food insecurity, transportation challenges, housing instability, and home safety concerns.

The Geriatric Community Health Worker will be embedded within...