Community Health Educator

ChesPenn Health Services • Eddystone, PA

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About The Position

The Community Health Educator assists the health care team in supporting patients in making healthy choices . Provides health education to patients referred by our physicians for help with tobacco cessation, diet, managing diabetes and hypertension, and other common health condition . Participation in community health events is a key activity .

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in public health or nursing
• Two years’ experience implementing community health activities
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to develop training materials on multiple platforms
• A strong orientation to learning and independent research
• Demonstrates leadership skills, including the ability to influence and motivate patients and peers
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-facility environment
• Ability to contribute to a healthy team dynamic
• Ability to meet approved minimal physical and medical standards.

Responsibilities

• Translates scientific language and concepts into clear, simple and understandable information for patients and to maximize the potential for them to take action
• Assess patient needs for health education, including change readiness
• Help develop, identify , implements and improve patient education material and other tools that encourage healthy decisions
• Conduct health education with patients and their families
• Develop, monitor and assess health communication interventions and policies
• Assist with training Community Health Workers for core competency and health area specific content
• Work collaborative with MCO-CCP team members to achieve patient health goals.
• Administer tobacco control program
• Travel to service locations as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees