Health Educator (Grant Funded) (Grade 9)

About the role

This position is advertised from the minimum to the mid-point hourly rate. Salary will be determined based on education and experience at the time offer.

Under general supervision, performs work of routine difficulty assisting in the design and delivery of specialized public health education programs in clinics, schools and homes. This position has department specific responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, recruits, delivers educational presentations, presents information to individuals for their own health care and trains high-risk individuals to attend health care classes
• Conducts needs assessments at the individual, organizational, and community levels
• Collects and applies health information related to assigned community health problems in curriculum and material development
• Evaluates the effectiveness of health education/promotion programs and makes necessary changes
• Establishes and maintains partnerships with agencies, communities, or organizations in determining the need for specialized health education program and planning
• Implements and evaluates such programs, including strategic planning, the use of logic models, development of performance measures, and specific application of health behavior theory
• Teaches culturally appropriate, effective health promotion and disease prevention classes and workshops for target population
• Maintains a current list of community resources for patients and their families to maintain and improve their health status
• Participates in community health fairs and events, networks with community organizations, schools, and outside agencies to provide information on available public health resources in the community
• Develops, prepares and conducts community outreach and recruitment to enroll individuals in health department programs
• Acts as advocate and makes appropriate health/community referrals
• Organizes and distributes printed information, audiovisual materials, and educational aids
• Assists with the design and preparation of health education materials and departmental publications
• Maintains records, rosters, and registration forms on clients and program documentation
• Provides clients with follow-up forms and maintains appropriate records
• Makes appropriate health referrals within specified guidelines

Work Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the job functions require the following physical demands: occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity; generally the job requires 60% sitting, 20% walking and 20% standing; working at a computer monitor for extended periods required; the job is performed under minimal temperature variations and may have risk of exposure to communicable diseases.