Community Health Educator

Company: Dignity Health
Location: Rancho Cordova
Posted on: September 8, 2020

Job Description:

Overview Dignity Health operates six hospitals in the Greater Sacramento Service Area - Mercy General Hospital, Mercy Hospital of Folsom, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and Woodland Memorial Hospital; as well as Mercy Home Health and Hospice, and Dignity Health Medical Foundation, which includes Mercy Medical Group, Woodland Clinic and Mercy Imaging Centers. Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and under-served. In FY16, Dignity Health provided $2. 2 billion in charitable care and services. For more information, please visit our website at dignityhealth. org/Sacramento. You can also follow us on Twitter @DignityHlthSac and Responsibilities Position Summary: This position oversees the 'Healthier Living' Education Program and is formally titled as the Community Benefit Program Manager. The program specifically targets uninsured and underinsured (Medicaid, Medicare) populations. This position will lead community health education classes, creating virtual forums to educate our community about healthier living options. The 'Healthier Living' Education Program uses two evidence-based educational workshop models: - CDSMP, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program - DEEP, Diabetes Empoowerment Education Program This position is required to become certified as an educator in both workshop programs and facilitate workshops. This position supports the initial program implementation, and will oversee on-going program efforts. Due to COVID-19 this title will be a remote title for the foreseable future as we transition the 'Healthier Living' Education Program into a virtual learning space. Once its safe to do so, this position will return to in person program facilitation. This position is a part time/ 20 hour per week, primarily day shift (but schedule is flexible.) Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree - Three (3) to five (5) years of related experience to include program management, program planning, training/facilitation, and program evaluation. - This position is required to complete training for CDSMP and DEEP education programs (this training will be sponsored by Dignity Health.) - Special skills required include: - Knowledge of the Sacramento region; which includes Sacramento, Yolo and Nevada counties. - Computer proficiency in common office applications and the virtual meeting rooms. - Knowledge of community health and wellness programming. Preferred Qualifications - Stanford-certified educator or Master Trainer - Experience in the health care industry - Fluency in Spanish Equal Opportunity Dignity Health is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please Dignity Health will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). External hires must pass a post offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Dignity Health participates in E-verify.

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