Los Angeles, California
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Posted: 16-Aug-24
Location: Inglewood, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 141337613
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across an area that spans from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org
Come join our Venice Family Clinic as a Health Educator and make a positive difference in others lives. The Diabetes Educator works within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team in the delivery of comprehensive services for patients diagnosed with diabetes and chronic illness in a primary care setting. Acting as the primary contact person for the family, the Diabetes Educator assists the healthcare team in the development and implementation of a health care plan tailored to the needs of the patient and the patients family in order to promote continuity of care, improve the patients health, and ultimately reduce the rate and severity of diabetes-related complications.
This position will be based at our Clinic in Inglewood (1091 S. La Brea, Inglewood CA 90301), but will also work at our Gardena Health Center (742 W. Gardena Blvd, Gardena CA 90247) and South Bay Family Health Care (2114 Artesia Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278) locations.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
Salary offers are determined based on various factors including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, and equity. The full salary range for this position is $30.56 - $60.82 hourly. The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is about $30.56 - $40.00 Hourly.
Required:
- Masters degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition or a related field OR a Bachelors degree in Health or a related field and at two years of experience providing health education services in a public health or primary health care organization.
- Working knowledge of health education issues and programs including nutrition, lifestyle, and behavioral problems.
- Working knowledge of diabetes and strategies to improve patient adherence to medical treatment plans
- Bilingual English/Spanish language skills.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
- Knowledge of the Latino culture and diet.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of people of various educational and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Ability to function efficiently and independently, and to plan and prioritize daily work activities to meet clinic goals and objectives.
- Demonstrated proficiency in using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and Access.
- Ability to travel between clinics and community organizations to conduct health education programs, presentations, services, and outreach.
