Part-time Health Educator

Ohio  ‐ Onsite
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Position Summary:

The health educator is a part time, exempt employee expected to work 24-28 hours per week including some weekends and evenings; required to work in the office and travel to various locations in the community.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Teach Diabetes Self-Management Education classes and workshops
  • Provide 1:1 individual Diabetes Self-management education to clients and their support team.

  • Provide diabetes prevention and awareness presentations throughout the community

  • Facilitate Empowerment Groups

  • Develop and revise diabetes/nutrition-related education materials

  • Conduct diabetes risk assessments and screenings at community health fairs and in the office

  • Facilitate use of plain language and health literacy concepts in client education materials/programs

  • Answer phone questions

  • Assist walk-in clients

  • Assist clients to access blood glucose testing supply program

  • Conduct Chronic Disease Self-management session.

  • Represent Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland at meetings and on coalitions/committees

  • Develop and manage diverse diabetes education programs and materials including:

    • Diabetes Ambassador Program: train, coordinate, engage, and deploy health care professionals providing community blood glucose screening and education and community members to support health education, outreach and fund raising activities in the community.

    • Coordinate the Summer Internship Program.

    • Manage health literacy initiatives including material and class development.

    • Provide or support other programming as directed by the Program Director.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Nutrition.

Maintain current licensure and registration.

Able/willing to work in office conditions and diverse areas throughout the community

Basic competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Able to lift up to 30 pounds

Ability to work effectively with the team

Ability to manage multiple projects

Ability to meet deadlines

Exhibits punctuality in attendance

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Attends to safety in performance of duties

Maintains high degree of accuracy in work and reporting

Seeks improvement in approach to job responsibilities

Communicates effectively with management

Preferred Competencies:

Experience working with type 1, type 2 and/or gestational diabetes

Prior extensive knowledge about diabetes

Start date
n.a
From
The Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland
Published at
04.09.2014
Project ID:
769771
Contract type
Freelance
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