What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Health Educator position at ChesPenn Health Services?
About Us
ChesPenn is a network of community health centers spanning Chester and Delaware Counties. Our mission is to provide quality, integrated, and culturally sensitive medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to adults and children regardless of their income, insurance status, or ability to pay.
Simply put, our goal is to provide a healthcare home for every person living in the communities we serve. Be part of our mission to care for your community. This is a job that will love you back!
Position Summary
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 conditions. Participating in community health events is a key activity.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in public health or nursing required
- 2 years experience implementing community health activities
- Current COVID-19 and flu vaccines required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- 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
What You’ll Do
- Translate 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, implement 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 collaboratively with MCO-CCP team members to achieve patient health goals.
- Administer tobacco control program.
- Travel to service locations as assigned.
ChesPenn's Mission
Our mission is to provide comprehensive primary and preventive care and social services to medically underserved families and individuals regardless of their ability to pay. We strive to meet the unique health needs of the communities we serve in linguistically and culturally competent ways.
ChesPenn is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Because employees work with families and children and due to the sensitive nature of patient medical information, we require all applicants who receive and accept employment offers to complete child abuse and criminal background checks before being hired.
NOTE:
ChesPenn uses a web-based application portal and emailing system to correspond with applicants. Please be sure to add notifications@app.bamboohr.com to your contact list to ensure delivery of all correspondence from us.