Senior Health Education Consultant

Capital Blue Cross • Harrisburg, PA

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About The Position

The Sr. Health Education Consultant is responsible for project management, vendor oversight/program management and staff development activities as related to activities carried out by Health Education and Wellness. This position assists in the identification and analysis of population needs and, as appropriate, proposes and develops targeted disease management, maternity management, and health education and wellness programs and services. Related responsibilities include data collection, reporting, and analysis of existing programs, services, and projects as assigned. The position is responsible as business owner for direct vendor oversight for vendor relations during identification, selection, contract development, implementation, and post-implementation of effective disease, maternity and/or health education programs/services. This oversight requires management of clinical contractual obligations, adherence to defined program structure, and associated cost structure development for vendored programs. Additionally, this position supports curriculum and staff development activities as primary preceptor for orientation and mentoring of staff. This position will research, construct, and support delivery of educational activities to develop a high performance staff compliment, inclusive of knowledge transfer assessments (KTAs). This position will collaborate closely, as appropriate, with the Clinical Management training staff to ensure full delivery of defined position curriculums. This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities or any direct reports; however, this individual does provide feedback to Manager and Sr. Team Leads to support performance management processes. This input is primarily related to staff performance in the areas of developmental activities, teamwork, vendor interaction, and professionalism in the workplace.

Requirements

• Excellent public speaking skills required.
• Must possess strong organizational skills enabling the consultant to successfully work on multiple projects simultaneously as well as an ability to effectively plan work and manage time, responsibilities and assignments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers
• Knowledge of current trends and issues regarding worksite wellness health promotion, health risk behaviors, health care costs and consumer issues.
• Knowledge of statistical approaches for evaluating program effectiveness.
• Knowledge of behavior modification techniques and interventions designed to facilitate lifestyle behavior changes and increase employee participation in health promotion activities
• Knowledge of adult education principles and group dynamics to support communication of educational information to the public or employees at all levels within the employer group
• Experience assessing the health and wellness risks and related programmatic needs of an employer group
• Experience developing, implementing, marketing and evaluating worksite and community based health promotion programs.
• Experience in creating and presenting oral and written proposals and presentations.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in a clinical or health related field along with 1-3 years experience as a health educator, preferably in a market-driven environment.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Outreach to assigned group customers to facilitate engagement in program delivery in workplace.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with key employer group leaders to support the development, implementation and evaluation of worksite wellness programs.
• Analyzes, prepares and delivers existing marketing-oriented presentations, proposals and reports to current and prospective group customers and community organizations.
• Provides consultative services in a confidential manner to employer group customers
• Develops customer-specific recommendations through research of employee population needs based on disease prevalence, utilization, associated costs and related trends.
• Creates customized campaigns and programs that complement the employer group’s health benefits plan, level of commitment to wellness and readiness to change.
• Develops and provides promotional and communication materials to support wellness activities and campaigns for assigned employer group customers.
• Develops mechanisms (i.e., tools/surveys) for evaluating health education activities to support establishment of program effectiveness and validity
• Develops mechanisms to derive qualitative and quantitative outcomes to be used for program improvement and marketing purposes.
• Documents all health education activities in employer group database in accordance with established policies and desktop procedures
• Analyzes interventions and identifies areas for improvement for established health education programs and services
• Prepares recommendations for program enhancement based on outcomes / findings

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• Retirement Plan
• generous time off including Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Volunteer time off
• Incentive Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

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