Community Educator

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Community Educator serves as a liaison between internal departments, community-based organizations, social service agencies, and public health entities. This key individual attends work group meetings for quality performance maintenance and provides educational activities and materials related to Quality Improvement (QI). The Community Educator is fully dedicated to duties of the Quality Department.

Essential Functions:

1. Disseminates meaningful interventions and health education services within the community.
2. Collects and analyzes data to identify community needs while planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage overall wellbeing.
3. Implements health education strategies and interventions that promote and integrate high quality services at the clinical setting.
4. Complies with all guidelines established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and guidelines set forth by other regulatory agencies, where applicable.
5. And all other duties assigned by the manager and/or supervisor.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Health Educator.
• Current and unrestricted license to practice.

Experience:

• Experience in education, behavioral, managed care and/or health field preferred.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience of education and prevention strategies.
• Personal computer experience should include working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook at the intermediate level at a minimum.