Asthma Navigator: Contract Position

ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science) through the University of Colorado School of Medicine is contracting with 2 contractors in 3 regions (6 total contracts) across the state to support the NHLBI project: The Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Risk (DECIPHER) Colorado. The three regions in Colorado where we are seeking contractors are: Lower Arkansas Valley (Lamar, La Junta, Las Animas) area, Colorado Springs (Pikes Peak) area, and Greeley/Weld and Morgan area. These contracts are estimated at 20 hours/week at a $28 – 35/hour rate (based on experience) up to the total budgeted allocation for each contract.

The aim of the DECIPHER project is broad-scale implementation of an effective school-based approach called Better Asthma Control for Kids (BACK) to improve asthma disparities for children in communities with fewer resources (ages 5 to 12 years). Asthma is a leading cause of children’s hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and missed school days. This nationally funded research study aims to test the ability of the BACK program to reduce asthma-related burden in rural/mid-sized cities and to be sustained. Asthma Navigators will build off of work completed with school nurses and schools in the fall and spring of 2022. Asthma Navigators will play a central role in the research project and delivering/implementing BACK. Asthma Navigators will work closely with school nurses and their teams to identify students with asthma, complete asthma assessments, recruit families into the program and project, provide the BACK program (at least 3 sessions with children and families providing asthma education, counseling, case management and care coordination) and work with school nurses and schools to create asthma-friendly and supportive environments. Asthma Navigators work is intended to improve health outcomes for
students with asthma and their families by supporting school nurse-led teams and families through health navigation and care coordination.

Services Required:

• Provide BACK program to children with at-risk asthma and their family members. Includes visits to both children with asthma and their families, providing asthma education, assessing asthma control, and identifying gaps in care and asthma management.
• Assist with/provide care coordination among children with asthma, their families, their school nurses and schools, their health care providers and community resources.
• Assess and help address social determinants of health, including the use of referrals and soft hand-offs to community resources/organizations.
• Partner and collaborate with school nurses and school nurse-led health teams to support students with asthma, such as identifying students with asthma, assessing asthma control and providing tailored education and support
• Work with school nurses and their teams to understand school/school district environment and to build a supportive infrastructure for collecting information related to asthma. Will also work closely with the University-based research team.
• Organize, coordinate and deliver the asthma intervention to children/families in coordination with the school nurse and their team.
• Communicate effectively through multiple channels such as in-person visits and school events, phone calls, emails, faxes, letters.
• Attend onboarding trainings provided by University staff to learn best practices for collecting data in a consistent and rigorous manner and to understand confidentiality and protection of personal information protocols. Trainings (as well as team meetings) will be primarily conducted via Zoom. One in-person training, for which the contractor will be reimbursed for travel & accommodations, will be required.”
• Attend trainings and ongoing professional development opportunities to further competency in asthma management, specific intervention, and community health navigation.
• Participate in a community of learning and practice with project team, other asthma navigators, and key project partners.
• Collect and submit research data in a standardized manner to University staff on a scheduled basis.

Application review will be on a rolling basis until contract is filled.
Desired start date: As soon as feasible
Submission sent: Email only to anowara.begum@cuanschutz.edu

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $28.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Work Location: In person