Health Educator Specialist

Job Summary:

MaineGeneral Health is a leading health care system that is proud of the culture of excellence, compassion and collaboration that extends to our customers and caregivers. We are committed to attracting talented, ambitious people who share our values and strive to provide excellent customer service. We are offering an exciting full-time opportunity for an individual to join our team as Health Educator Specialist. The primary role of this position is to provide education, including HIV and Hepatitis C prevention, Hepatitis A and B vaccination, influenza vaccination, naloxone distribution, and safer sex practices. In addition, the position would provide outreach and testing for HIV and Hepatitis C. If you have a passion for service excellence, we want to hear from you!

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Assists Community Health Department with needs assessments, program design, implementation and evaluation.
• Prioritizes multiple tasks and projects to ensure timely completion.
• Maintains data tracking spreadsheets, inputting data and performing quality assurance audits.
• Provides health education to patients and the community with particular focus on HIV, hepatitis, influenza, and other vaccine preventable diseases.
• Provides outreach and testing services for HIV and Hepatitis C.
• Assists with special events and projects, communicating with partners/sponsors and ensuring availability of resources/materials.
• Interacts and responds to patients and communities.
• Other duties, as assigned. 

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Health or related field
• Substance Use Prevention and/or HIV experience strongly preferred
• Proficiency in a suite of Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work independently, effective time management and problem-solving skills, able to manage multiple priorities
• Detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
• Confident and effective oral and written communication skills

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Scheduled Work Shift:

Job Exempt:

Yes

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.

• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.

• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.

• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.

• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .