Public Health Educator-Level I

2 months ago


New York, United States NYC Health Hospitals Full time

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is a 457-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The facility has earned numerous Center of Excellence designations, accreditation, and recognition for its renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, regional Stroke Center, Snakebite Treatment Center, Breast Health Center, Bariatric Surgery Center, and Cancer Service. The facility also offers the region's only multi-person hyperbaric chamber, allowing up to nine patients to dive together at one time. Jacobi's Ambulatory Care Pavilion is a stunning complement to its inpatient acute care, allowing staff to provide patients with high-quality service in a modern, state-of-the-art environment.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Check us out online:

www.nychealthandhospitals.org

careers.nychhc.org

Docs4nyc.org

Work Shifts

7:00 A.M - 3:30 P.M
8:00 A.M - 4:00 P.M
8:30 A.M - 4:30 P.M
9:00 A.M - 5:00 P.M
10:00 A.M - 6:00 P.M


Job Description

The purpose of the Public Health Educator/Wellness Health Coach for the Ambulatory Care Service is to assist in the overall management of primary care patients diagnosed with obesity and subsequent chronic health conditions. The Individual will assist patients in making behavioral changes and promote tailored lifestyle recommendations regarding physical activity and diet. The lifestyle coach will collaborate with the clinical team and serve as a liaison to the chronic disease team, providers, patients and families for coordination of services.

He/she will offer group and individual sessions and should be comfortable utilizing a video platform for outreach.

  • Contacts and performs initial interviews with patients who are eligible for health coaching programs
  • Assist patients in developing personalized care plans to establish behaviors that are health promoting (diet, exercise)
  • Provides educational material in brochures, pamphlets, and books regarding wellness.
    Serve as emotional support to patients and fosters behavioral change via motivational interviewing
    Maintain a record of patient encounters and collects Performance Improvement data.
  • Serves as liaison for patients and their care team
  • Ensure Compliance, adherence, and follow-up..
Minimum Qualifications
1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in public health education, education, public/community health administration, public administration or business administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in developing public health education programs, including identifying target populations, conducting needs assessments, designing educational materials, planning educational presentations or workshops,
evaluating health education programs; presenting public health education programs; and/or counseling in areas such as communicable diseases, substance abuse, assault, sexual abuse, and/or family planning; or,
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as outlined in one (1) above.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
  • Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
  • Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
  • Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
  • Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
  • College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
  • Multiple employee discounts programs


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