SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Promote health benefit programs and clinical services in
- Organize community meetings and focus groups
- Develop and complete a community survey and needs assessment to determine additional services, eligibility for health programs, feasibility for expanded hours, and options for another facility in the community
- Outreach to community residents to promote benefits for the uninsured
- Provide clinic-based health education services for clients and conduct community-based education and outreach addressing chronic diseases and prevention techniques
- Travel to different sites as assigned
- Attend and participate in staff meetings and training as required by supervising staff
- Maintain records of community outreach, education and meetings and complete data entry as needed for progress reports
- Prepare reports, collect data, evaluate projects, and submit appropriate information to supervisor in a timely manner
- Perform other tasks as assigned
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of routine office practices
- Knowledge of community resources and referral agencies
- Knowledge of computer systems and applications
- Knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation to compile and type reports
- Knowledge of instructional skills and educational techniques to influence and guide participants
- Knowledge of group dynamics
- Skill in interviewing and communicating to elicit information and cooperation from patients
- Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, staff, and the public
- Skill in public speaking
- Skill in facilitating support groups
- Ability to communicate information on sensitive issues including sexual activities and drug related practices
- Ability to identify problems, provide information, and recommend solutions
- Ability to prepare routine records and reports using terminology common to outreach programs
- Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply appropriate written guidelines and work practices
TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
May require sitting for long periods of time. May require occasional bending, stretching, or lifting. Requires frequent walking and standing for prolonged periods of time. Lifts and carries items weighing in excess of 50 pounds. Vision must be correctable to 20/40 and hearing must be in the normal range for telephone contacts. May require contact with individuals with communicable diseases. Requires the ability to work under stressful conditions. Ability to prepare written reports. Requires ability to drive to outreach areas for presentations and other activities. May require working weeknights and weekends.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
Work is performed in an office environment within a clinic setting. Involves frequent contact with staff and the public. Work may be stressful at times. Contact may involve dealing with upset people.
Community Medical Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is CMC’s policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons, regardless of age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliations, marital status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, membership, or non-membership in an employee organization or on the basis of personal favoritism or other non-merit factors except where otherwise provided by law.
