HeartCorps Service Member
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Job Description
Overview
What is HeartCorps:
HeartCorps is an initiative with Public Health AmeriCorps and the American Heart Association created to drive health equity in rural communities. This service positionoffers a great opportunity to gain valuable professional public health experience while advancing more equitable health outcomes for your community.
We are seeking fulltime service members to serve starting May 19 2025 at The Chautauqua Center in Jamestown NY.
Responsibilities
What you will do includes:
- Typically serve fulltime Monday Friday 41.25 hours per week). Some placements may include occasional evening or weekend hours.
- Deliver health education and support patients/community members in navigating the care community programs and resources on heart health related topics including cardiovascular disease smoking cessation nutrition blood pressure and chronic diseases such as diabetes.
- Assist with public health surveys. This may include recruiting participants administering the survey inperson or via phone tracking data and/or running reports.
- Plan and conduct local health skill building workshops health fairs town halls or community conversations to raise awareness and help community members manage their health.
- Support patients and community members in initiating and conducting Blood Pressure SelfMonitoring.
- Host HandsOnly CPR demonstrations for community members.
- Engage local organizations to help identify and develop resources to support families in accessing chronic disease interventions and/or overall health and wellbeing services.
- Actively participate in AmeriCorps preservice orientation HeartCorps member development meetings and assigned trainings.
Qualifications
Ideal HeartCorps Candidates are:
- United States citizen United States national or a lawful permanent resident alien of the United States at least 18 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Able to secure reliable transportation to and from the host site daily and to communitybased activities. You will be required to maintain a valid drivers license as well as at least the minimum automobile liability insurance coverage required by law.
- Strong written and oral communicators.
- Customer and solution focused. Good listeners nonjudgmental open minded and resourceful.
- Required to satisfy the National Service Criminal History Check eligibility criterianationwide check of the National Sex Offender Public website state criminal history record check and a fingerprintbased check of the FBI criminal history record database.
- Experience as health aide or have coursework in public health health communications health promotion or health sciences helpful but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
Benefits of HeartCorps Service include:
- Biweekly living stipend of $1108.70 (taxable) for fulltime service members.
- Healthcare benefits.
- Childcare subsidy if eligible.
- An educational award upon successful completion of service.
- Personal and professional development.
- Direct access to job opportunities upon successful completion of program.
To learn more about HeartCorps click here:HeartCorps: Public Health AmeriCorps at the AHA American Heart Association.
For questions related to HeartCorps please email us at
This program is available to all without regard to race color national origin age religion sexual orientation disability political affiliation marital or parental status genetic information and military service.
The American Heart Associations 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.
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