Community Health Educator

As the only not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in the area, Dignity Health Nevada, guided by the Adrian Dominican Sisters' vision for over 70 years, continues to serve the Henderson and Las Vegas communities. The Siena Campus, a 326-bed acute care hospital opened in 2000, expanded the services of the Rose de Lima Campus to meet growing healthcare needs. St. Rose Dominican is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, with over 9,000 physicians, 60,000 team members, and 400 care centers across 22 states, including hospitals, urgent care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to compassionate, high-quality care, especially for the underserved.

Educator develops, coordinates and implements education programs and support services to serve the needs of community members. Provides knowledge that is relevant to coping with illness, promoting recovery to healthful living and appropriately involves the consumer in his/her healthcare decisions. Ensures customer's initial contact with the Resource Center is one that fosters a sense of security and confidence.

• Assess the needs of the community through involving target population and partner organizations in program
  planning. Formulate appropriate and measurable program objectives.
• Acts as a facilitator and consultant to enhance education goals in caring for hospital customers (in-patient,outpatient and community). Use a variety of methods to implement strategies, interventions and programs.
• Plans curriculum content and sequence and other activities for customers and their families.
• Ensures patient/customer's initial contact with the Resource Center is one that fosters a sense of security and confidence.
• Provides one to one coaching to those individuals desiring this service.
• Develops, coordinates and implements education resources, programs and support services to serve the needs of our community as identified by the Community Health Needs Assessment.
• Consults with internal customers concerning instructional needs of patients and the community.
• Complies with physician requests for patient instruction and coordinates instructional activities of multidisciplinary team members.
• Maintains current, accurate records of attendance/participation and outcomes in educational programs.
• Review research and evaluation procedures to design data collection instruments.
• Collect data on every program and report outcomes on a regular basis. Interpret results from evaluation.
• Utilize results to enhance future programming.
• Respond to requests for health information from the community and colleagues.
• Establish consultative relationships with health partners.

Minimum:

• Bachelors in Health Education or related field.
• Experience in teaching and working in the community.