WALLE Volunteer Program Seeking Interns
The WALLE Volunteer Program is excited to invite pre-health students and alumnae of Barnard College to volunteer as interns. As part of a program at Columbia University / New York Presbyterian to implement universal screening for social determinants of health in clinical settings, students and alumnae have the opportunity to work as WALLE interns (Waiting Room as a Literacy and Learning Environment). WALLE interns seek to improve quality of care by informing patients about community resources that address health-related social needs.
Responsibilities include:
• Assisting patients in completing clinical and social needs screenings through NowPow, a new IT platform
• Referring patients to available community resources that may meet patients' needs
• Interviewing patients to identify barriers to health-related social needs
• Employing tenets of health literacy to engage caregivers in culturally relevant discourse
• Imparting knowledge about general health information and related social needs
• Encouraging caregivers to articulate their concerns, beliefs, and questions about health-related social needs
• Referring patients to available community resources that may meet patients' needs
• Interviewing patients to identify barriers to health-related social needs
• Employing tenets of health literacy to engage caregivers in culturally relevant discourse
• Imparting knowledge about general health information and related social needs
• Encouraging caregivers to articulate their concerns, beliefs, and questions about health-related social needs
Position Requirements
• Must be technology savvy and have strong interpersonal skills
• Bilingual candidates a plus (top three languages: Spanish, Arabic, and French)
Time Commitment
Minimum commitment of one semester, 4 to 8 hours per week, split between any day Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Shifts may be available in the adult and pediatric emergency departments on evenings and weekends.
Minimum commitment of one semester, 4 to 8 hours per week, split between any day Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Shifts may be available in the adult and pediatric emergency departments on evenings and weekends.
How to Apply
Please email both Rebecca Lichtin (rdl2129@columbia.edu) and Emelin Martinez (emm9016@nyp.org) with your name, preferred email address, and a list of all sites at which you would be interested in interning by October 26th, 2018. Upon receipt of your email, you will be sent a volunteer services department application to complete. Site options include:
Please email both Rebecca Lichtin (rdl2129@columbia.edu) and Emelin Martinez (emm9016@nyp.org) with your name, preferred email address, and a list of all sites at which you would be interested in interning by October 26th, 2018. Upon receipt of your email, you will be sent a volunteer services department application to complete. Site options include:
• Adult Emergency Department (Allen or Milstein Hospital)
• Pediatric Emergency Department (CHONY)
• Outpatient NYPH Ambulatory Care Network (pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, OBGYN, family planning)
If you have questions about this volunteer opportunity, please feel free to reach out to Rebecca Lichtin (rdl2129@columbia.edu).
