Health Educator - Population Health

Department:

SOM Department of Population Health

Faseru Research Staff

Position Title:

Health Educator Population Health

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

This role will provide support to the Tobacco treatment Education (TTE) Program Manager in the management of daytoday operations of the tobacco treatment education programs and provide support for the innovative online education courses. Specific duties include assisting with all logistical aspects of the training including recruiting potential trainees assisting the trainees with the application and payment processing and assisting with arranging the logistics for onsite training when applicable (with possibility of occasional travel as necessary) assisting with administrative and technical support to students during the course and following up with trainees on the program evaluation.

Job Description:

Job Duties Outlined:

Tobacco Treatment Education Job Duties

• Assist with scheduling and organizing meetings including preparing agendas minutes and reports.

• Assist with maintaining all records and files preparing documents maintaining databases preparing and collating teaching materials and accreditation application materials as necessary.

• Assist with implementing program protocol to include organizing logistics for online and inperson TTE programs (as needed).

UKanQuit Job Duties

• Provide tobacco treatment counseling and health education with hospitalized and ambulatory patients at the University of Kansas Hospital.

• Document all encounters in the electronic medical record.

• Collaborate with patients medical team regarding smoking cessation medication and treatment plans.

• Complete data collection and data entry for the tobacco treatment service and any related research efforts.

• Participate in process/quality improvement activities to enhance the delivery of services.

• Assist with course development including optimizing for accessibility standards; and working with trainees stakeholders and faculty for curriculum development management and revisions.

• Assist with maintaining accurate and confidential student records and preparing internal and external reports.

• Assist with developing data collection forms preparing summaries of data and procedures as needed for the Director and for scientific presentation and publication of the study data.

• Assist with marketing the program via emails to professional associations social media and booths at conferences. Some travel may be required.

• Assist with any other duties as assigned by Director of KU TTE Program.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities tasks and duties.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree in health sciences public health education or a related field. Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year used to substitute education is in addition to any required work experience.

Work Experience:

• Minimum one 1 year experience with computer applications for word processing MS Word and Excel databases and spreadsheets.

• Tobacco Treatment Specialist training completed or willing to obtain training provided by employer.

• Strong track record of maintaining collegial work environment through flexibility and ability to adapt to changing situations.

• Requires initiative and confidentiality as well as ability to work in a team setting.

• Must be able to navigate a large hospital complex to meet daily patient visit goals during each hospital shift. Most shifts are completed in person.

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Demonstrated experience developing distance learning courses and planning scientific meetings and conferences.

• Experience providing counseling coaching or health education in a healthcare setting.

• National certification or experience in tobacco treatment.

• Experience in REDCap or similar database program.

• Experience with O2/Epic or similar medical record systems.

• Experience with Blackboard or similar learning management systems.

• Experience conducting surveys and recruitment for research studies.

Skills:

• Must be highly organized productive at multitasking and possess a high level of attention to detail.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of people including medical providers behavioral health professionals frontline care providers students and research staff.

• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing situations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package: