Prevention Education Outreach Coordinator Jr

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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

The Junior Prevention, Education and Outreach Coordinator learns to facilitate, coordinate, implement, and evaluate prevention and community based outreach programs at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO). The Junior Coordinator supports programming by prescribed coordination of class details, including coordinating with the relevant community partners.

Department Name: Pulmonary Medicine
Job Status: Full-Time; 40 hours/week - eligible for benefits
Shift:

• EDUCATION - High School Diploma.
• EXPERIENCE - Two years of experience coordinating and implementing preventing and education initiatives that help address social determinants of health required. Three years of experience assisting patients and families or other related healthcare/community experience preferred. Spanish speaker preferred. Knowledge of state social services agencies and community resources.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Collects and uses valid and reliable quantitative and qualitative data.

Contributes to assessments of community health status and factors influencing health in a community.

Contributes to development of program goals and objectives; contributes to implementation of

Implements CHCO population health strategies; Gathers information that can inform options for policies, programs, and

services

Assists with the coordination of program specific outreach events, as prescribed, and maintains program branding materials including brochures and websites. Suggests approaches for disseminating public health data and information.

Describes the concept of diversity as it applies to individuals and populations; addresses the diversity of individuals and populations when implementing policies, programs, and services that affect the health of a community.

Serves as liaison between program, department, CHCO and community partners. Describes the programs and services provided by CHCO population health to improve the health of a community.

Supports development and implementation of population health programs based on community benefit strategic plan, including activities designed to improve health, safety and family education/empowerment.

Actively trains and develops prevention, education, and outreach skillsets and progressively becomes responsible for more complex duties and responsibilities.

Participates in local, state, regional and national efforts related to issues identified by the CHCO community health needs assessment.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

Guidelines: Trains in the field and assists higher level personnel to acquire learning through practical experience.

Complexity: Performs routine and/or basic tasks common to the field. Procedures, methods, and techniques to be used are well established with options to be considered well defined. Tools, work aids, and materials to be used are specified.

Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.

Communications: Contacts with the public or employees where factual information relative to the organization or its functions are received, relayed, or a service rendered according to established procedures or instructions.

Supervision Received: Under close supervision, the employee receives training to develop skills and abilities in a specific line of work or general occupational area. Work product is subject to close, continuous inspection.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good

Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

General Activity: Sit: 2-4 hrs. per day

Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 10 pounds: 1/3 or more of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.