Project Manager With George Washington Cancer Institute’s LGBT Health Equity Initiative
Job Description:
The George Washington Cancer Institute is seeking a Project Manager for their LGBT Health Equity Initiative. The Project Manager, LGBT Health Equity is a liaison between GW Cancer Center and the Washington, DC community. The position focuses on improved community engagement among underserved populations, in particular the LGBT communities. This role is primarily responsible for ensuring the patient perspective is included in GW Cancer Center institutional policies related to cancer health care and research and managing a portfolio of community education and outreach projects.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Community Engagement & Education- Create partnerships and maintain relationships to accomplish strategic objectives
- Maintain relationships with local LGBT community organizations and service providers
- Create tools and resources with evidence-based information relevant to theLGBT communities
- Create tools and summaries to make research relevant and useful to patients engaging in their healthcare
- Adapt and implement live, in-person trainings to help patients engage in their healthcare
- Contribute to an e-learning opportunity for health care professionals related to how to deliver LGBT-affirming cancer care
- Contribute to the development of an enduring, online patient engagement training for patients and researchers
- Culture Change at GW Cancer Center-Lead expansion of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data fields for clinical care, research and cancer registry reporting, including working with clinical and administrative colleagues to revise patient intake forms at the hospital and MFA, recommending changes to electronic health records for
- LGBT structured data fields in line with national recommendations and educating a broad variety of stakeholders on the importance of data collection for LGBTpatients
- Adapt and implement live, in-person trainings to help clinicians and non-clinical staff at GW Cancer Center become more competent in caring for LGBT patients and to help develop an institutional culture that is LGBT-affirming and culturally sensitive
- Recommend environmental changes for an LGBT-affirmative health care environment (e.g. brochures in clinic waiting rooms, rainbow stickers welcoming patients, affirming messaging on web sites)
- Work with Whitman-Walker Health to create a smooth pathway of referral forLGBT patients diagnosed with cancer to receive affirming care at GW Cancer Center
- Represent the LGBT patient perspective at designated GW Cancer Center meetings
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 2 years of relevant professional experience. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Established familiarity with LGBT communities in DC
A preferred minimum of two years of community outreach or comparable experience
Experience with cancer and/or patient-centered care initiatives preferred
