Health Educator III

Health Educator IIIRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Health Educator III in the Department of Emergency Medicine within the New Jersey Medical School (NJMS). The Health Educator III position is responsible for fostering statewide public awareness on poisoning injury risk, poison prevention safety, and the services of NJPIES by providing poison prevention education programs to diverse populations within the state of New Jersey. This is a full-time position under the direction of the Director of Public Education. Among the key duties of this position are the following: assesses and communicates community health needs; plans, develops, implements and evaluates NJPIES' community education programs; provides outreach and education to diverse populations within the state of New Jersey by collaborating with community-based organizations, schools, municipal government, civic groups, community leaders, colleges/universities, religious groups, childcare centers and other injury prevention organizations; serves as a community resource person on unintentional poisoning injury and poison center services; develops and maintains relationships with community-based organizations, and represents the poison control center on coalitions, work groups, committee meetings, and special events.