"Health Educator (Masters), Population Health"

Position Information

Position Title: Health Educator (Masters), Population Health

Department: Medicine

Posting Link: https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58555

Job Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

The Division of Population Health, Department of Medicine within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences seeks a Health Educator. In this role as a Health Educator, you will deliver protocol driven health education interventions to study participants within the Division of Population Health via face-to-face, telephone, or videoconferencing technology as appropriate. The ideal candidate will practice strategic thinking, attention to detail, be dependable, enjoy working in a highly collaborative setting, and remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.

Primary Functions

• Deliver protocol driven health education interventions to study participants.
• Schedule and coordinate sessions, attend and participate in supervision sessions, record sessions as directed, and perform research health educator data collection during initial visit and follow-up sessions.
• Organize and remind study participants of upcoming appointments.
• Train study participants on key elements of study protocol.
• Monitor study participant adherence to key elements of the study protocol.
• Assist with multiple research grants as needed with tasks to support PI in writing and presenting research reports and research protocols.
• Perform duties needed including case management and decision-making and work collaboratively with other center personnel to achieve goals of research studies.
• Serve as liaison to various team members to ensure smooth running of research projects.
• Track and monitor adverse patient outcomes.
• Provide health education to community sites, establish and nurture community partnerships, work with designated community sites to advance research, education, and training mission of the center.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge - Skills - Abilities

• Knowledge of biology, clinical judgement, documentation, records management, and cultural awareness.
• Building trust, collaboration, decision-making skills, communication, critical thinking, and influencing skills.
• Customer focus, interpersonal, empathy, listening, and patience.

Work Hours: Full-time role with expectations for coverage during core business hours and flexibility required as necessary to accommodate business needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters degree in public health, social work, education, or relevant field

Salary Range: $60,000 - $65,000