HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR
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Summary
Coordinates bilingual health education programs at a community health center: developing curricula and outreach materials, counseling patients on chronic disease and preventive care, managing health education centers, and supporting grant research, program data reporting, and patient outreach calls. On-site role based in San Jose, CA.
The Health Education Program Coordinator manages and implements health education programs, develops community education and outreach activities, and counsels patients.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates bilingual health education programs and activities on preventative health care, chronic disease management, Western medicine, and other related topics
- Develops curricula, toolkits, health education programs and materials
- Provides group class and/or one-on-one health education services to members and the general public
- Acts as primary liaison with appropriate community agencies and schools to establish, promote, and carry out community education and outreach programs
- Manages Health Education centers
- Counsels patients on a variety of subjects such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, smoking cessation, substance abuse, teen health, Hepatitis B, preventive cancer screening and immunization, etc.
- Coordinates with clinical departments to develop multilingual educational material
- Reviews translations of materials for accuracy and appropriateness
- Researches grants and funding opportunities, and assists in writing grant proposals
- Collects, tabulates, analyzes program data, and prepares reports
- Works collaboratively with Administration and Project Management Department, and provides support in health information projects such as activity schedule, newsletter, informational displays, flyers posters, staff bulletin, community health events, etc.
- Travels to NEMS’ clinic site to conduct programs and events
- Supervises summer interns and volunteers and assists in implementing education activities for the Health Center Week
- Provides day-to-day operational support to Health Education Assistants including scheduling, training, and guidance; acts as a liaison to communicate updates or concerns to Health Education Manager as needed
- Supports walk-ins and provider referrals to Health Education
- Administers Remote Patient Monitoring assignment, monitoring, tracking and calls
- Calls outreach lists tied to organizational goals and PIP measures, as needed
- Assists with ad hoc outreach lists (e.g., health plan initiatives or incentive programs that require patient outreach), as needed
- Covers and rotates to other sites as required
- Performs other job duties as required by manager/supervisor