Health Education Specialist

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• Job Duties/Essential Functions
  • Job Duties
    • Coordinate and deliver biometric testing
    • Analyze data from health risk appraisals and biometric testing
    • Conduct one on one consultations (education) for health improvement
    • Collaborate with other health experts and employer groups
    • Execute incentive program management for companies
    • Create, organize and conduct health education programs
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  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to communicate well orally and in writing; via phone, email and face to face; establish rapport with clients/patients. 
  • Self starter; able to initiate and direct own activities in an organized manner, and make decisions within the framework of the responsibility and authority of the job.
  • Ability to teach group classes or conduct individual consultations.
  • Use of Microsoft Office programs
• Professional Experience
  • Working knowledge of principles in adult education, health education and wellness concepts required.
• Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Health Promotion or an Allied Health Field, with course work specific to health promotion and population management required.
• Licensure, Certification, Registration
  • Must obtain Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within the first 30 days of employment
  • Current valid driver's license, valid auto insurance, own transportation required
  • Health Education certification preferred.
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Location: Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids · Corporate Wellness
Schedule: PRN, Day, Variable, based on volume