Health Education & CHW Training Coordinator

Company: Caridad Center
Location: Boynton Beach
Posted on: May 12, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionDuties & Responsibilities

• Maintain fidelity with exciting programs and identify evidence-based programs or best practice modules for Healthy Lifestyles, Chronic Diseases, and Florida Board CHW certification.
• Retrieve reports from all software used by the Health Education Department.
• Develop material to show the impact of efforts.
• Conduct bi-weekly meetings to discuss the Health Education Programs Agenda.
• Maintain updated all the Covid-19 health education according to the CDC.
• Coordinate two CHW training per year.
• Coordinate one SMR Chronic Disease and Diabetes Self-Management training per year.
• Track all the information on all the scholarships provided for CHW training.
• Work in collaboration with the department manager to develop policies and procedures for Health Education Department.
• Track all online health education and training.
• Maintain up-to-date all CHW's training profiles according to projects and grants.
• Oversee and analyze the increase in knowledge and impact of all educational programs.
• Provide in-person or online health-related presentations.
• Maintain active licenses and certification on evidence-based programs.
• Tracking the total number of patients assessed, number of patients referred to the Health Education / P.E.T. Program, number of patients screened, and a total of patients identified at risk.
• Submit a monthly report of all the activities.
• Implementation of special projects as required.
• Work in support of and cooperation with the CHW Coordinator.
• Be an active member of the FL CHW Coalition.
• Maintains required records and reports statistics for administrative, quality assurance, and safety and control purposes
• Evaluates program effectiveness, analyzes results, and recommends appropriate action.
• Participate in developing and implementing Caridad Center Health Clinic's short and long-range goals.
• Attend meetings and training as required.
• Work in support of and cooperation with CHC staff.
• Other duties as assigned. Programmatic Responsibilities
  • Understand of, and commit to health equity, including racial equity and addressing the social determinants of health.
  • Manage the recruitment effectively, interviewing, hiring, training, and termination of Community Health Workers.
  • Aides in the development of monthly reports provided by CHWs'.
  • Must be able to work independently.
  • Ability to receive and offer feedback constructively.
  • Ability to handle complex and stressful situations with professional composure
  • Provide department presentations to partnership organizations, patients, and community members. Qualifications
    • Post-secondary education, with at least two years of experience in a healthcare environment, specifically health education and management.
    • Preferable to have active Florida Board CHW certification.
    • Must demonstrate strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
    • Bilingual (English & Spanish) proficiency, computer literate, effective collaboration, and culturally competent. Must be computer literate and have effective collaboration, communication, and documentation skills.

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