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Description:

Are you passionate about empowering individuals to lead healthier lives? Join our team as a Member Education Specialist II and make a meaningful impact on community well-being! We are seeking a dynamic individual to lead a variety of engaging health education classes, both virtually and in person, aimed at promoting preventive health services and driving positive health outcomes. In this On-call role you will:

· Develop and deliver comprehensive health education classes covering a wide range of topics, including but not limited to weight management, heart health, diabetes, nutrition, exercise and fitness, mental health/wellness, improving sleep, pregnancy and newborn care, healthy children, healthy aging, quit smoking/vaping, cancer, and kidney disease.

· Customize educational materials and curriculum to meet the diverse needs of patients, ensuring accessibility and relevance.

· Utilize interactive teaching methods and innovative approaches to engage participants and foster behavior change.

· Provide individualized guidance and support to participants, addressing their specific health concerns and goals.

· Evaluate program effectiveness through data collection and analysis, adjusting as needed to improve outcomes.

· Stay informed about current research and best practices in health education, continuously enhancing knowledge and skills.

Join us in empowering individuals to take control of their health and well-being. Apply now to be part of our dedicated team of health educators driving positive change in our community!

Job Summary:

Presents, and educates on health education programs and services. This includes coordinating and delivering trainings or other educational encounters, assisting in maintaining and updating educational and training resources, and helping to collect and analyze data from classes and programs. Roles in this subfunction also assess and understand the individual needs of trainees, both from a classroom perspective and a broader population perspective.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Pursues effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and members. Listens to, addresses, and seeks performance feedback. Pursues self-development; acknowledges strengths and weaknesses based on career goals and takes appropriate development action to leverage / improve them. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work. Assesses and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.

• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; follows procedures and policies, and applies data and resources to support projects or initiatives with limited guidance and/or sponsorship. Collaborates with others to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies and speaks up for ways to address improvement opportunities.

• Helps assesses and understands member needs by: helping identify individual needs, interests, abilities, and a variety of learning styles; adjusting teaching style to meet the needs of participants, to create an inclusive environment which exceeds the needs of diverse individuals; and assisting other health education staff to refer members to additional health promotion resources/services, when appropriate.

• Helps collect, analyze, and report on data by: helping to obtain and enter valid, reliable data such as attendance, utilization, referrals, evaluations, and course assignment scores; helping analyze data and find areas for improvement in the course; and helping present data and findings from courses taught to keep relevant parties informed about course progress and initiatives, including department leaders and other stakeholders.

• Helps educate and train members by: providing evidence-based education information to members in single interactions (e.g., a class, a group or one-on-one encounter); ensuring members learn about a requested content area by providing resources for continued education; creating a welcoming atmosphere that encourages learning when interacting with members; and independently providing information or resources that help translate evidence-based concepts into simple and understandable information for members.

• Helps design training by: helping design interactive activities, assignments, and testing appropriate for the goals of each encounter and/or course learning outcomes; helping develop high-quality, culturally responsive multi-media health education materials; and helping identify content changes and collaborating to update member-facing materials.

• Maintains resources by: recommending updates to multimedia health information resources; maintaining the database of educational resources and materials independently; and ordering new educational resources and materials independently.

  Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Counseling, Education, Psychology, Nursing, Nutrition or a directly related field, OR Minimum three (3) years of experience in health-related education or a directly related field.

  Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Written Communication; Data Entry; Computer Literacy; Information Gathering; Business Relationship Management; Conflict Resolution; Presentation Skills

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Member Education Specialist II - On-call

LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia

REQNUMBER: 1286189

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.