Patient Educator

• Paid Time Off & Paid Company Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• $0 Copay for Legacy Provider visits
• $0 Copay for prescriptions filled at Legacy Pharmacies
• Travel Insurance & Pet Insurance
• Subsidized Gym Membership
• And much more!

Patient Educator - Job Overview

Schedule:
Monday-Friday (8AM-4:30PM or 8:30AM-5PM)

Join our family as a Patient Educator and help people transform health information into meaningful, lasting action. As an integrated member of the clinic and care team, you will meet patients where they are and support them with compassion, encouragement, and practical tools for healthier lives.

Through health education, disease self-management, goal-setting, motivational interviewing, point-of-care testing, and care navigation, you will help patients build confidence and make progress toward their personal health goals. Your work will connect patients to essential Legacy services while strengthening prevention, wellness, and community healthcare.

This is an opportunity to bring your passion for education and relationship-building to a role with a meaningful impact. You will also contribute to new health education programming shaped by patient, clinic, and community needs. The position may be partially or fully funded by grant(s).

• Help patients prevent illness, manage health conditions, and feel more confident making healthy changes.
• Provide individualized, group, and co-visit education that responds to behavioral, social, and medical needs.
• Help patients navigate the community healthcare system and connect with Legacy services.
• Build meaningful relationships across an interdisciplinary clinic and care team.
• Contribute to health education curricula, teaching tools, and programs that reflect the needs of patients and the broader community.

• Play an important role in the healthcare ecosystem by connecting education, prevention, testing, care navigation, and patient empowerment.
• Collaborate with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders to support stronger patient outcomes.
• Grow your skills through trainings, workshops, program development, and cross-clinic collaboration.
• Find personal fulfillment in work that supports healthier individuals, families, and communities.

• Implement health education programming in one-on-one, co-visit, and group settings to increase the knowledge and self-efficacy of patients to prevent illness, manage health conditions, and improve overall wellness.
• Deliver education on core topics determined by clinic assignment; topics may change based on patient and clinic needs.
• Assist patients to set goals related to their health based on assessments of patient needs, including behavioral, social, and medical needs, readiness for health behavior change, and desired outcomes.
• Conduct point-of-care testing, such as blood glucose, HIV testing, and pregnancy testing, as well as health screenings and risk assessments.
• Guide patients in navigating the system of care in order to achieve health goals and access Legacy services.
• Document all patient services in the electronic health record and other data systems as required.
• Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary clinic and care team while promoting effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify, develop, and maintain presentations, handouts, equipment, models, teaching tools, and other instructional materials that effectively convey information to patients and community members.
• Participate in the design and testing/evaluation of new…