Health Technician; Educator

PLEASE NOTE - This position may require temporarily relocation to other TONHC Facilities:
Sells Hospital, Santa Rosa Health Center, San Simon Health Center, Casa Grande, and San Xavier Health Center.

Provides health education in schools and communities. Serves as a lifestyle coach and coordinates general health promotion activities, including education events for the Public Health Nursing department.

Provides health education and health promotion to improve the well-being of patients and the population served. The Director of Public Health Nursing serves as the supervisor for this position. This position is located within the Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care and its facilities.

• Coordinates with a health educator to plan school health education for grades Pre K through 12 students.
• Develops/selects curricula and lesson plans used in teaching and promoting a healthy lifestyle to meet the needs of local school-age children and community members.
• Provides technical assistance to schools, community, and tribal programs to improve health and physical fitness, such as providing health education curricula, resources, assessing body mass index, and conducting a walking program.
• Provides health promotion/disease prevention education to community, staff, schools, and youth to increase public awareness of the benefits of healthy eating and physical fitness to prevent/manage diabetes and other chronic diseases.
• Serves as a lifestyle coach to deliver a chronic disease prevention curriculum to adults and motivates participants to make lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes and other chronic health conditions.
• Communicates and collaborates with counterparts in health care, communities, schools, tribal, state, and federal programs to improve the population's health status by conducting health activities and participating in collaborations.
• Prepares and distributes health education material such as lesson plans, brochures, and culturally relevant and age-appropriate flyers.
• Utilizes the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to verify patient visits and other health education encounters.
• Maintain accurate documentation; writes narrative and statistical reports on activities.
• Collaborates with and makes referrals to other departments or agencies as needed.
• Maintains professional knowledge by attending seminars, educational workshops, classes, webinars, and maintains certifications.
• Conducts community outreach and health related presentations. Understands non-clinical roles and assists where needed.
• Participates with local community groups in the planning of activities.
• Operates GSA and other department vehicles; sometimes over hazardous roads or in hazardous weather conditions.
• Maintains compliance with all mandatory training requirements.
• Integrates concepts of Tohono O'odham cultural values, beliefs, and practices as appropriate.
• Assists with inventory, purchasing, ordering, storing supplies, and ordering program supplies or promotional items.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned and contributes to a team effort.

• Knowledge of the Tohono O'odham culture, customs, and traditions.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, tribal laws, regulations, and requirements related to health education.
• Knowledge of education principles to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school health education program K-12 and behavior modification programs concerning health, nutrition, and physical fitness.
• Knowledge of tribal, Bureau of Indian Education, and public school systems.
• Knowledge in the use and operation of audiovisual equipment and computers.
• Knowledge of various health topics such as nutrition, diabetes, physical activity, alcohol/drug abuse, tobacco, safety, injury prevention, and violence prevention.
• Knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques to elicit behavior change.
• Knowledge of safe and sanitary food preparation and storage.
• Knowledge of Basic Life Support to maintain a current CPR certification.
• Knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (HIPAA).
• Skill in analyzing…