Project Assistant

Project Assistant

JOB-10046859

Anticipated Start Date

August 03, 2026

Location

Bronx, NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full-time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individuals to join our client’s team as Project Assistant . You will oversee and improve efforts throughout various hospital departments and settings to screen patients for unmet social needs and connect them to resources able to address those needs. To serve as a subject matter expert for the hospital on social needs screening and referral.

Job Description

• Overseeing and expanding workflows for social needs screening and referral, ensuring the hospital meets and exceeds targets.
• 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 Target nurses;
• Liaising with Central Office staff charged with SDOH screening and referral to obtain support and assistance for Lincoln’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.

Skills Required

• Minimum of 3 years of experience
• Knowledge of public health, health policy, law, community health
• Supervisory experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge or familiarity with Excel, data analysis, presentations, reports

Education/Training/Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Master’s degree preferred

Additional requirements

• Shift Time: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Pay rate

• $30–$35 per hour, based on experience, skills, and market factors

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