Careers Job Description
General Description
The Worker Health Protection Program (WHPP), based at The Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment (BCCHE) at Queens College, gives free medical screening examinations to former Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons production workers. The purpose of the medical surveillance program is to evaluate the impact of past exposures to hazardous chemicals and radiation. BCCHE works closely with the United Steelworkers (USW), the largest industrial union in the country. This would be an exciting project for someone with occupational health or labor interests and for those with medical career aspirations.
Other Duties
BCCHE is looking for an administrative assistant to help with a lung cancer screening program that is a component of the DOE medical surveillance program.
The individual will be assisting with all aspects of the lung cancer screening program including, but not limited to:
- Scheduling low-dose CT scan appointments for program participants
- Sending out appointment confirmation letters and registration packets
- Faxing schedules to radiology facilities
- Placing appointment reminder calls
- Entering medical data into the medical screening program database (Filemaker) and proofreading data entry
- Preparing and mailing invitation letters, reminder letters and CT scan results letters
- Requesting medical records including CT images
- Filing, scanning paperwork to program network folders, and other clerical tasks
- Participating in regularly scheduled WHPP program meetings
- Completing required training and certifications, as required
- Assisting with various follow-up and research projects, as needed.
If you have any questions, please call Ms. Manowitz at 718-670-4194 or email amanowitz@qc.cuny.edu.
Qualifications
- College graduate preferred
- Work experience in a health care-related setting preferred
- Computer literate (e.g., proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel)
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Barry Commoner Center
Full Time
$47,000.00 - $50,000.00
Dec 02, 2024 (Or Until Filled)