A Health Educator creates programs that are designed to teach people and motivate them to follow healthy behaviors. Works with individual patients and families in a health care settings, or develops campaigns and materials directed to larger groups such as college students. Organizes events like health screenings, trainings for peer educators or professionals, or incentive programs like weight loss challenges. May advise on public health policy.
Public Health Educator (Behavioral Health and Chronic Diseases) City of St. Louis - 3.2 St. Louis, MO Job Details Full-time $54,886 - $82,342 a year 1 day ago Qualifications Statistics Health data analysis Copy machines Basic math Employee relationship building
Driver's License Full Job Description Description Salary:
$54,886 - $82,342
Position Grade:
211
G Department:
Health Job Type:
Full-Time (Permanent)
Examination Number:
EX1590
Location:
St. Louis, MO Incumbents in this position will be responsible for providing instruction and information to individuals and groups and counseling individuals regarding Behavioral Health Bureau Linkage to Care programs and services.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Conducts assessments and surveys to determine Behavioral Health educational needs. Collaborates with health specialists and stakeholders to set goals and achieve sustainable results. Develops plans and policies toward achieving health education objectives and monitors progress. Provides and coordinates services, referrals and helps individuals navigate behavioral health care services. Identifies community partners in creating a space for engagement, and collaboration; designed to connect individuals to supportive care. Designs and distributes health education material and aids, including pamphlets, notices, videos, audio clips, images, and posters. Assists with tracking calls, data and gaps in services; addressing mental health care in the community. Assesses individual needs; connecting them to appropriate community resources and maintaining communication to monitor progress. Facilitates health education events, workshops, outreach events, and presentations. Promotes health education initiatives via press releases, media campaigns, social media platforms, and websites. Identifies strategic partnerships with organizations and stakeholders that promote health education. Analyzes, evaluates, and reports public health data. Uses public health data to identify and establish community health needs in relation to mental health services. Provides staff, community agencies, and organizations with access to educational training. Maintains comprehensive program and activity records. Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Extensive experience in collecting and analyzing data, as well as formulating objectives. Advanced ability to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate health education programs. Ability to develop educational materials and aids and to promote and present health education initiatives. Ability to plan, develop, direct, and administer the work of a public health education unit or area of community need. Extensive experience in fostering strategic partnerships and coordinating objectives. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and/or Google Workplace. Comfort functioning in a role that requires a high degree of flexibility with the ability to independently interpret policies and solve non-routine, complex issues under minimal supervision. Aptitude for working in collaborative team environments focused on maturity, proactive communication, relationship-building skills, and resiliency. Demonstrates understanding of City of St. Louis policies and procedures and their application and impact on departmental operations and success.
Data Utilization:
Requires the ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives. Requires the ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
Human Interaction:
Requires the ability to provide first-level professional counseling to clients and/or patients on public health issues.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as motor vehicle, computer terminal, photocopier, TV/VCR, telephone and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive and advisory data and information such as medical records, disease data, activity reports, professional periodicals, resource manuals, procedures, guidelines and non-routine correspondence.
Mathematical Aptitude:
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate percentages and decimals; interpret descriptive statistical reports.
Functional Reasoning:
Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems such as supervision, managing, leading, teaching, directing, planning, coordinating and controlling. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.
Situational Reasoning:
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the direction, control and planning of an entire program or multiple programs.
Environmental Factors:
Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as diseases.
Physical Requirements:
Requires the ability to lift, push and pull books, audiovisual equipment and presentation materials light to heavy objects and materials, weighing twenty (20) pounds and occasionally to over one hundred (100) pounds.
Sensory Requirements:
Requires the ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of shapes to clearly distinguish objects and sounds to communicate with others and give public presentations. Qualifications A Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Community Health Education, Social Work, or a related field; plus two years of experience in Public Health, which should include some experience with human services, community education, or conducting health investigations; OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Preferences:
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).
License:
Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license while employed by the City of St. Louis. Must possess a valid driver's license at the time of filing application and be able to present it upon request. Please note type of license, number, class and expiration date on the Employment Application. Only qualified applicants who provide proof of a valid driver's license will be considered for this position.
Scoring Components and Their Weights Experience and Training:
100% May be Subject to:
Background Investigation:
Pass/Fail Medical Examination:
Pass/Fail Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience, training and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Veterans Preference Points To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation. City Residence Preference Points City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points. City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points. Accommodations If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.
