HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR

The Health Education Program Coordinator manages and implements health education programs, develops community education and outreach activities, and counsels patients.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates bilingual health education programs and activities on preventative health care, chronic disease management, Western medicine, and other related topics

• Develops curricula, toolkits, health education programs and materials

• Provides group class and/or one-on-one health education services to members and the general public

• Acts as primary liaison with appropriate community agencies and schools to establish, promote, and carry out community education and outreach programs

• Manages Health Education centers

• Counsels patients on a variety of subjects such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, smoking cessation, substance abuse, teen health, Hepatitis B, preventive cancer screening and immunization, etc.

• Coordinates with clinical departments to develop multilingual educational material

• Reviews translations of materials for accuracy and appropriateness

• Researches grants and funding opportunities, and assists in writing grant proposals

• Collects, tabulates, analyzes program data, and prepares reports

• Works collaboratively with Administration and Project Management Department, and provides support in health information projects such as activity schedule, newsletter, informational displays, flyers posters, staff bulletin, community health events, etc.

• Travels to NEMS’ clinic site to conduct programs and events

• Supervises summer interns and volunteers and assists in implementing education activities for the Health Center Week

• Provides day-to-day operational support to Health Education Assistants including scheduling, training, and guidance; acts as a liaison to communicate updates or concerns to Health Education Manager as needed

• Supports walk-ins and provider referrals to Health Education

• Administers Remote Patient Monitoring assignment, monitoring, tracking and calls

• Calls outreach lists tied to organizational goals and PIP measures, as needed

• Assists with ad hoc outreach lists (e.g., health plan initiatives or incentive programs that require patient outreach), as needed

• Covers and rotates to other sites as required

• Performs other job duties as required by manager/supervisor