Health Educator I or II

Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.

The Health Educator I provides quality health education services to Sea Mar patients; provides in-service education to Sea Mar staff; initiates and maintains professional contact with community groups and organizations to increase accessibility and availability of services. The Health Educator I also initiates and maintains contact with other community health centers and various medical associations in order to ensure that information and educational materials are current.

The Health Educator I is responsible for effective presentation of education material to emphasize preventive health care and health maintenance; works collaboratively with clinic staff including but not limited to the medical providers; recognizes and provides for the educational needs of the community; and maintains a close relationship with physicians and other service professionals at Sea Mar in order to meet the needs of the target population.

Health Educators are expected to meet certain goals for productivity as agreed upon with senior management.

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services. Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continuously learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

• Assess health education needs of target population and provide education in the following areas:
  Hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, stress management, positive parenting, weight management, smoking cessation, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS pre and post-test counseling and new diagnosis, pregnancy options counseling including termination of pregnancy and referral to specialty clinics, family planning, Intrauterine Device, Depo Provera, bilateral tubal ligation, and vasectomy counseling and consent.
• Design, promote, present and evaluate community group health sessions as appropriate.
• Develop collaborative relationships with other local health, educational and social service providers and agencies.
• Attend staff meetings and in-service trainings as scheduled.
• Complete and submit accurate weekly and/or monthly reports.
• Review and update health education materials as necessary and create pamphlets as necessary.
• Participate in Literacy Review process for all health education…