Community Health Specialist Senior

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Lead and implement community health partnerships, programs, and activities throughout the community the ministry serves. Maximize the related reporting of qualifying expenses.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as the market leader to conduct the Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) including the collection and analysis of internal and external data in service of the CHNA processes. 
• Facilitates collaboration with community stakeholders in the CHNA process, creatively adds value to the CHNA by leveraging SSM Health assets across the markets and ensure community engagement – including diverse groups within the community in the CHNA process.
• Ensures successful completion and implementation of a Community Health Improvement Plan including the design, implementation and evaluation of policies, program and services that align with identify community health needs. 
• Builds and maintains a successful level of community engagement with community members, partners and collaborators in a culturally aware and competent manner and ensures that the diverse perspectives of internal and external stakeholders are honored. 
• Brings about collaboration and improved health in the communities served by the ministry and identifies public policy advocacy opportunities aligned with community health needs and organizational advocacy leadership.
• Partners in strategic thinking and organizational leadership as part of a region-wide community health improvement strategy.
• Promotes public health principles within the broader activities and efforts of SSM Health and helps co-workers understand connections between community health efforts and the mission and values of SSM Health while also generating co-worker engagement in community health and reporting.
• Plans and manages community health improvement activities that includes managing a local budget and accomplishing community benefit reporting in a thorough, timely and accurate manner. 
• Evaluates the impact of policies, programs and services to support informed decisions about future activities and programming. 
• Develops expertise in reporting and champions further clarity in reporting practices across the region in partnership with other community health leaders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

EXPERIENCE

• Three years’ experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

• None

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

8770000033 Chief Community Health Officer

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits