Community Health Worker - Health Educator

Job Description

Job Description

Join the ICHS Team!

Discover how you can make a difference in people’s lives and help strengthen communities.

International Community Health Services (ICHS) is a nationally recognized community health center. For over 50 years, we have provided medical, dental, and wellness care to individuals and families from all regions and all walks of life many of whom face significant barriers to receiving the care they need. We believe that quality health care supports stronger families, healthier communities, and a more just society.

At ICHS, we are proud of our team-based approach and the shared commitment that drives our work. We value respect, collaboration, and compassion in everything we do. When you join ICHS, you become part of a mission-driven team that believes everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive.

We offer

• Competitive salary for the Seattle/Puget Sound region
• “Share the success” bonuses
• Insurance premiums 100% paid by ICHS
• Paid time off accrual up to 200 hours annually with up to 264 hours rollover year to year
• Automatic 4% retirement contribution
• 9 paid holidays a year, including 2 personal holidays
• Reimbursement for professional licensure

Job Summary

This position provides both clinic and community education, which includes individual and group level education, community presentations and in-service training for staff. This position provides support to the respective infectious disease program at ICHS - for example grant-funded programs, Hepatitis B and C Program, HIV/PREP program, latent tuberculosis and related functions to the clinic. This position requires experience serving patients from a wide range of backgrounds, population health-based approach to health education with a focus on infectious disease, chronic conditions and reproductive health.

Education - Bachelor’s Degree in Health Education, Nursing, a Public Health specialty, Social Work or related field preferred. Four (4) years of educational, counseling, or teaching experience in a health care setting may be substituted year for year for the education requirement.

Experience - Two years' experience providing individual or community health education.