Bilingual Health Promoter - Hispanic Health Resource Center- Full-Time

ProHealth Care • Waukesha, WI

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Begin your story with ProHealth Care. Here we offer a culture that's warm, welcoming, and vibrant. Additionally, we offer a generous benefits plan and resources to help you further your education. After all, it's the way you should be treated. Enjoy our video series featuring our own employees sharing why they choose ProHealth Care and what they enjoy about working here. Culture is built every day, and we want you to be a part of this. If you're like us and are passionate about providing exceptional patient care, we'd like to meet you! Schedule Details: Barstow Office Building in Waukesha Regular business hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Some weekends/after hours required for community outreach events. 40% travel This position will strengthen and expand Pisando Fuerte across Wisconsin by building partnerships with Hispanic/Latino-serving organizations, promoting the program, and recruiting both provider organizations and Spanish-speaking facilitators. The coordinator will organize facilitator trainings, offer ongoing technical assistance, and support organizations in implementing and sustaining PF workshops. They will also help identify future master trainers, contribute to project documentation and reporting, and participate in regular team meetings. In addition, the role includes supporting a culturally tailored dementia initiative for the Hispanic/Latino community. ProHealth Care’s Hispanic Health Resource Center has an immediate need for a bilingual (Spanish/English) health promoter! This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic candidate with great organizational skills who would like to succeed in an excellent work environment. Candidate must be proficient in many dialects of Spanish and Microsoft Office. Great oral and written communication skills in both languages required. Multi-tasking and the ability to support other staff members are strongly desired. As a bilingual health promoter, you will be implementing evidence based programs in the Hispanic community with emphasis in nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease management. The Health Promoter will also provide support through advocacy services, care management and implementation of programs that promote healthy lifestyles for children, families and seniors. Duties may include providing support to child safety car seat programs, Living Well with Chronic Conditions (“Tomando” and “Manejo” Stanford evidence based programs,) facilitating group health presentations, become an advance care planning facilitator and implement nutrition and physical activity initiatives for all age ranges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in health promotion, community health education, social work, nutrition, exercise science or related field
• Broad knowledge in nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease management, including strategies and best practices.
• Minimum of 2 years working in a community setting
• Must be familiar or have experience working with uninsured/under-insured community members.
• Must have knowledge of working with local and federal assistance applications.
• Demonstrated stakeholder engagement skills
• Must be fluent 100% in Spanish, orally and written
• Strong written and oral skills for the use in the development of oral presentations, summaries and statistical reports
• Ability to work independently as well as within an interdisciplinary team
• Excellent time management, organizational, problem solving, interpersonal skills and a great team player
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced environment while keeping focus on task at hand

Nice To Haves

• Certified fitness instructor and/or nutrition educator a plus.
• ”Tomando Control de su Salud,” “Manejo de la diabetes” and/or National Diabetes Prevention Program leader certifications a plus
• Knowledge of Waukesha community resources a plus

Responsibilities

• Strengthen and expand Pisando Fuerte across Wisconsin by building partnerships with Hispanic/Latino-serving organizations, promoting the program, and recruiting both provider organizations and Spanish-speaking facilitators.
• Organize facilitator trainings, offer ongoing technical assistance, and support organizations in implementing and sustaining PF workshops.
• Identify future master trainers, contribute to project documentation and reporting, and participate in regular team meetings.
• Support a culturally tailored dementia initiative for the Hispanic/Latino community.
• Implementing evidence based programs in the Hispanic community with emphasis in nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease management.
• Provide support through advocacy services, care management and implementation of programs that promote healthy lifestyles for children, families and seniors.
• Providing support to child safety car seat programs, Living Well with Chronic Conditions (“Tomando” and “Manejo” Stanford evidence based programs,)
• Facilitating group health presentations
• Become an advance care planning facilitator
• Implement nutrition and physical activity initiatives for all age ranges.

Benefits

• Engaging and community focused culture
• Competitive Salaries
• Opportunity for professional career growth
• Robust benefits for full-time and regular part-time roles, including Generous PTO
• Choices in insurance
• HSA
• Tuition reimbursement
• immediate 401K match
• discounted tickets to various entertainment, social, and sporting events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level