Oral Health Educator

Position: Oral Health Educator

Shift: 8:30AM-5:00PM CST. 

Location: City Wide Health Centers

The Oral Health Educator will implement outreach activities to increase access to dental services, provide oral health education to targeted populations, and offer case management to dental patients to encourage completion of treatment plans. The role also includes training and coordinating Oral Health Promoters to deliver community-based oral health education. Individual accountabilities and work volume will be established annually through Success Objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Learn the oral health outreach curriculum and train Oral Health Workers to perform targeted outreach activities.
• Provide oral health education to existing and new patients.
• Manage patient care follow-up via phone calls and other outreach to promote treatment plan completion and support other outcomes; assist with reporting as needed.
• Conduct outreach to community partners (e.g., WIC offices, Head Start/Early Head Start programs, health fairs, CPS schools) to arrange and deliver oral health education to at-risk populations.
• Participate in community fairs, create and distribute flyers and newsletters, manage social media efforts related to oral health, answer questions, and explain program services.
• Promote dental services at community events and outreach activities to increase utilization of the dental program.
• Deliver oral health education with cultural competence and sensitivity.
• Train, collaborate with, and coordinate the scheduling and activities of Oral Health Workers.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of one year of community health experience, related social service experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work effectively in the community with the target population.

Other Skills and Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish may be required.

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange, Windows operating systems, and other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Health. 

Benefits:
 We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being and professional growth.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement and Educational Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
2. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
3. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
4. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
5. The employee must frequently be able to operate an automobile/van.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Heartland Alliance Health makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans’ status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.