Community Health Specialist Senior

Its more than a career its a calling.

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This role requires a significant amount of driving in a 4 county area. No overnight travel. (Travel areas include but not limited to St. Anthony Midwest St. Anthony Shawnee St. Anthony Shawnee Seminole Campus and local area foodbanks.)

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in community health and/or a Masters degree in Public Health. This role will serve as an Ambassador for our Mission in the community.

This candidate will also provide assistance in loading food boxes for delivery to the community.

Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as the market leader to conduct the Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) including the collection and analysis of internal and external data in service of the CHNA processes.
• Facilitates collaboration with community stakeholders in the CHNA process creatively adds value to the CHNA by leveraging SSM Health assets across the markets and ensure community engagement including diverse groups within the community in the CHNA process.
• Ensures successful completion and implementation of a Community Health Improvement Plan including the design implementation and evaluation of policies program and services that align with identify community health needs.
• Builds and maintains a successful level of community engagement with community members partners and collaborators in a culturally aware and competent manner and ensures that the diverse perspectives of internal and external stakeholders are honored.
• Brings about collaboration and improved health in the communities served by the ministry and identifies public policy advocacy opportunities aligned with community health needs and organizational advocacy leadership.
• Partners in strategic thinking and organizational leadership as part of a regionwide community health improvement strategy.
• Promotes public health principles within the broader activities and efforts of SSM Health and helps coworkers understand connections between community health efforts and the mission and values of SSM Health while also generating coworker engagement in community health and reporting.
• Plans and manages community health improvement activities that includes managing a local budget and accomplishing community benefit reporting in a thorough timely and accurate manner.
• Evaluates the impact of policies programs and services to support informed decisions about future activities and programming.
• Develops expertise in reporting and champions further clarity in reporting practices across the region in partnership with other community health leaders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

EXPERIENCE

• Three years experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 025 lbs.
• Frequent sitting standing walking reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms malfunctioning machinery etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending stooping kneeling squatting twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 2550 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

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Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (prorated based on FTE).

• Flexible Payment Options:our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned unpaid base pay(fees may apply)before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage:we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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