Health Educator at Jobisite / America Jobs

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Health Educator

at Jobisite in United States Of America

Health Educator
Waikiki Health has been providing healthcare services to our community for over 50 years. Thanks to our members and passionate and dedicated professionals, we have grown from our single Waikiki Drug Clinic, helping minimize the drug use among our community’s youth, to a multi-service, multi-site non-profit agency. Our mission is to provide quality medical and social services that are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of ability to pay. We strive to provide compassionate healing and expert care that result in improved health and quality of life for all in our island community. We work hard each day to better ourselves in order to care for our Hawaii Ohana. If you are looking for a career path that will make an everlasting difference in your community, Waikiki Health is right for you.

Waikiki Health is now recruiting for a full-time Health Equity Health Educator. The Health Educator will provide preventative health education on HIV, Hepatitis C, & STDs to clients enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs on the State of Hawaii. Provide confidential HIV and Hepatitis C outreach, testing, and linkage to community resources.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Present HIV/Hepatitis C/STD prevention education to groups of up to 85 or more patients and encourage HIV/Hepatitis C/STD testing.
• Offer Case Management Services and/or linkages to care to all Hepatitis C and or HIV positive patients.
• Regularly reads, interprets, inputs, and maintains accurate data to ensure and concise reporting, billing and quality improvement data for HEIS/EIS services. Software programs include: WITS, APHIRM, ATHENA Net, and other Windows based programs.
• Link patients to appropriate HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C medical providers and community resources.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
• Valid Hawaii State Driver’s License with 5 year history record.
• Phlebotomy trained or willing to be trained.
• CPR/AED/First Aid Certified or willing to be certified.
• Must have the ability to correspond through email, refer to online schedules and databases.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Must be able to complete Outreach Testing Linking (OTL) training provided by the State of Hawaii Department of Health.
• Must be able to travel inter-island
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school university in social work or related field and appropriate work experience.
• Teaching or public speaking experience required.
• Case Management experience required.
• Experience working with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and/or diverse populations (substance abuse, mentally ill, homeless, crisis) preferred.

Waikiki Health requires proof of the following immunization; with or without reasonable accommodation: TB skin test or chest x-ray, MMR, Hep B (optional), Covid-19.

Waikiki Health provides a comprehensive set of benefits to our employees, including 100% premium paid employee health care, voluntary life insurance, generous employer matching, paid holidays, paid time-off, and more. We are currently looking for compassionate and team-oriented individuals to join our organization. If you are interested in improving health and quality of life for all in our island community, please visit our website for more information: Waikikihealth.org

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