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Out-of-work New Yorkers looking to secure employment as New York City COVID-19 contact tracers -- tracking the spread of the virus in an effort to contain it during the city's recovery phase
New York, in addition to understanding how racism fits into the COVID-19 pandemic, candidates should have health-related professional experience and computer skills and the ability to show empathy toward distressed individuals. Being able to speak multiple languages in addition to English is a plus.
The listed salary for the position is $57,000.
New York City is hiring 1,000 contact tracers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. Since the positions opened, there have already been at least 4,000 applications for the new roles.
Those 1,000 tracers are part of what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo referred to as the "army" the state is hiring to reach out to individuals who are newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients.
A contact tracer is "a detective, investigator, in the public health space," Cuomo said during an April press conference. In conjunction with former Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins University, the state plans to hire between 6,400 and 17,000 contact tracers to stem the spread of COVID-19.
abcnews.go.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls contract tracing "part of a multipronged approach" to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. It involves public health staff working "with a patient to help them recall everyone with whom they have had close contact during the timeframe while they may have been infectious."
Those who have been in contact with an infected person are informed by the contact tracer, though they aren't informed of who contracted the disease, according to the CDC.
The FPHNYC position offers a salary of $57,000 and the position offers benefits, according to the job posting. The contact tracers will be tasked with calling New Yorkers who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in order to determine who they had been in contact with prior to their diagnosis and provide follow-up instructions to infected people and their contacts related to quarantine, isolation, and symptom monitoring.
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New York, in addition to understanding how racism fits into the COVID-19 pandemic, candidates should have health-related professional experience and computer skills and the ability to show empathy toward distressed individuals. Being able to speak multiple languages in addition to English is a plus.
The listed salary for the position is $57,000.
New York City is hiring 1,000 contact tracers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. Since the positions opened, there have already been at least 4,000 applications for the new roles.
Those 1,000 tracers are part of what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo referred to as the "army" the state is hiring to reach out to individuals who are newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients.
A contact tracer is "a detective, investigator, in the public health space," Cuomo said during an April press conference. In conjunction with former Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins University, the state plans to hire between 6,400 and 17,000 contact tracers to stem the spread of COVID-19.
What it takes to be a COVID-19 contact tracer in NYC
To be a contact tracer in New York City, candidates must have an understanding of how structural racism impacts underserved communities, according to the job description.
abcnews.go.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls contract tracing "part of a multipronged approach" to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. It involves public health staff working "with a patient to help them recall everyone with whom they have had close contact during the timeframe while they may have been infectious."
Those who have been in contact with an infected person are informed by the contact tracer, though they aren't informed of who contracted the disease, according to the CDC.
The FPHNYC position offers a salary of $57,000 and the position offers benefits, according to the job posting. The contact tracers will be tasked with calling New Yorkers who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in order to determine who they had been in contact with prior to their diagnosis and provide follow-up instructions to infected people and their contacts related to quarantine, isolation, and symptom monitoring.
Here's how to apply to be a contact tracer in New York City and make $57,000 with benefits
The CDC describes contact tracing, which tracks who infected people have had contact with, "part of a multipronged approach" to tackle COVID-19.
www.businessinsider.com
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