Health Education Associate-MSH-Adolescent Health-Full Time-Days

Health Education Associate MSH Adolescent Health FT Days 

The Health Education Associate participates in the preparation and distribution of data to identify the communitys health needs in an effort to plan, design and implement programs that encourage healthy behavior and prevent disease.

• Assists in the development and presentation of health education and promotion programs such as training workshops, conferences, in small groups as well as individual sessions.
• Documents activities, recording information such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted. Assists in assessing the impact of treatment compliance.
• Develops and maintains cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
• Participates in the preparation and distribution of health education materials, including reports, bulletins, and visual aids such as films, videotapes, photographs, and posters.
• Assists in the development of operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.
• Assists health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services, and to develop goals for meeting needs.
• Participates in the design and conduct of evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs.
• May assist, under supervision, in the dissemination of program information to the public conducting media campaigns, and/or maintaining program-related web sites.
• Performs other related duties.

• Associates degree, Bachelors degree preferred, with concentration in public health or community health a plus.
• Phlebotomy training/certification preferred.
• Entry experience but 1+ years preferred
• * Phlebotomy experience preferred depending on the department
• Certification as a Certified Health Educator (CHES) from the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. preferred

 

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH

 

SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 408 - Ac Adolescent Health - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital

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The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of