Health Educator - 949495 Window Rock, AZ

Job summary

The Health Educator performs professional health education work of moderate difficulty under the general supervision of the Senior Health Educator. The employee plans, coordinates, develops, implements and delivers direct public health education and training services.
Duties include coordinating peer education activities in schools communities worksites patient settings and through street outreach developing implementing and analyzing needs assessments to design program methods and evaluation strategies participating in more complex project phases as assigned designing culturally competent language appropriate age appropriate health education materials for social marketing media campaigns delivering presentations on health promotion topics including substance abuse sexual health physical activity chronic diseases communicable diseases emergency preparedness environmental health injury prevention coordinating community public awareness events planning developing organizing conducting educational training sessions on assigned requested topics performing non-clinical rapid HIV screening testing counseling initiating referrals to appropriate healthcare providers applying interventions that promote reinforce safer behaviors support harm-reduction initiatives collaborating with coalitions establish partnerships identify strategies harm-reduction education serving liaison between clients healthcare providers community organizations promote HIV/AIDS STI prevention awareness navigating complex issues maintaining professionalism confidentiality documenting program activities preparing reports assisting data collection reporting maintaining regular communication with senior staff demonstrating knowledge system regulations fire safety infection control disaster preparedness codes hospital procedures.

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