PRN Community Health Educator

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is looking for a Community Health Educator who is passionate about working in St. Louis City Schools. PRN position – 1–2 days per week. Occasional evening/weekend availability is a plus.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, it provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury‑prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Providing comprehensive, high‑quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today the hospital serves patients and families across a 300‑mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in all surveyed categories.

In 2021, it was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, it has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Responsible for the planning, developing and implementing prevention community health education. Serves as a resource for school and community groups and an access point in delivering best practice programs.

• Plans, develops, coordinates, and oversees delivery of school and/or community health education and screenings. Consults with school community clients to determine health needs and assists in formulating and implementing plans to reduce risk factors.
• Partners with program staff, physicians, hospital administration, and relevant clinical disciplines and marketing teams to implement an integrated approach to managing priority populations.
• Establishes key relationships with community-based organizations focused on improving the health of their employees/school‑age children to gain efficiencies in providing programming and support to requesting agencies.
• Evaluates effectiveness of programs by implementing, monitoring and tracking program outcomes. Assesses health trends and ways to evaluate and focus on high‑risk and special‑needs populations.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience:
  
  2–5 years

• Education:
  
  Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration or related field

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

Equal Opportunity Employer