HEALTH EDUCATOR I

About Us:

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Job Overview:

Assists in planning and implementing evidence-based and promising health education strategies, interventions, and programs as well as serves as a health education resource

Salary: - $21.29-$24.36 per hour, DOE

Responsibilities:

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

• Addresses injury prevention and/or chronic disease risk factors in group settings per grant funding guidance.
• Services align with specific grant objectives, may be provided to individuals, small groups, and communities in the SEARHC region, and may include presentations to larger groups of community members and/or Tribal leaders.
• Partners with existing Health Promotion and community programs to locally recruit and provide evidence-based and promising prevention interventions per grant guidelines.
• Communicates and advocates for health and health policies in the local community.
• Provides monthly reports and conducts evaluation activities as requested.
• Provides biometric screening and patient coaching if required by grant funding.

Other Functions

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Education, Health Promotion, Public Health, School Health, Health Sciences or in a related field
• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license

Experience Required

• Four years of progressively responsible, relevant, health promotion or related experience (paid or volunteer) if no degree; one year if degreed

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Health education strategies, interventions, and programs that are culturally sensitive and evidence based
• Public health communication theories that foster change ranging from individual to population levels
• The appropriate use of fitness equipment
• Brief motivational interviewing/coaching techniques

Skills in:

• Effective oral and written communication
• Delivering effective health education strategies, interventions and programs
• Time Management and organization

Ability to:

• Be non-judgmental while coaching a client with their health goals
• Incorporate demographically and culturally sensitive health education techniques when promoting programs
• Work independently

Computer Skills: 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Other SEARHC provided computer applications

Other Qualifications:     

•  Must be a non-smoker

Travel Required: 

• Travel expected.

Safety and Risk Management Responsibilities:

• Employees are responsible for complying with safe work rules; reporting all accidents and injuries immediately; cooperating in all accident and injury investigations; reporting defective equipment and unsafe conditions.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Work Environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The setting for this role will include office and healthcare settings. Exposure to controlled temperature environments, both hot and cold, is to be expected.
• The normal work routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but exposure or potential exposure may be required as a condition of employment – For example, receptionists accounting or insurance staff or others who may, as a part of their duties, be asked to help in clean up, instrument recirculation, laboratory or other similar procedures where exposure may result.