Description

The Health Educator is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, instructing, and evaluating the educational programs for the Community Wellness department focusing on health and wellness courses. Instructs health education courses including but not limited to weight management, diabetes prevention, blood pressure self-management, tobacco cessation, and CPR. Provides community health education through presentations, class instruction, information distribution, and working with various organizations. The Health Educator must consistently demonstrate professional performance, and reflect the key moral commitments, ethical principles, values and philosophy of the department and Providence as set forward in the mission statement.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence Health Care Region and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Community Health, Health Promotion, Health Education, Public Health, or a closely related field.

• National Provider BLS - American Heart Association upon hire.

• 1 year of related experience in the health care field and/or education experience with groups and individuals.

• 1 year of experience with latest trends in health education, self-management, and behavior change including through school curriculum.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1 year of experience in teaching adult learners.

• 3 years of experience with in-person, phone, and web based behavior change programming.

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

About the Team

Providence has been serving the Inland Northwest since 1886 when Mother Joseph and the Sisters of Providence founded Sacred Heart Medical Center. Today, Providence is the largest health care provider in Washington located in communities large and small across the state. In eastern Washington, Providence provides care throughout Spokane, Stevens and Walla Walla counties.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network also provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 282042
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Clinical Education
Job Function: Clinical Support
Job Schedule: Per-Diem
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Clinical Professional
Department: 3041 COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION WA SPOKANE RIVERPOINT BLDG
Address: WA Spokane 501 N Riverpoint
Work Location: Prov Health Care Region-Spokane
Pay Range: $26.30 - $41.02
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.