Health Promotion Specialist

Job Summary:

Promotes and provides services that promote a proactive process to address health and wellness for individuals, families, and communities by enhancing protective factors that increase knowledge, skills, and attitudes for making healthy choices.

Essential Functions:

• Develops, plans, implements, and evaluates comprehensive health education and promotion programs for Health & Wellness.
• Works directly with children and youth in carrying out health promotion deliverables and activities to support healthy lifestyles.
• Conducts outreach activities to promote health education programs and services.
• Plans, organizes and coordinates Health & Wellness and other community events.
• Coordinates with other relevant departments and enhances collaborative partnerships with internal and external partners. 
• Supports and contributes to community and health assessments and ensures activities are aligned with department plans and priorities.
• Participates in mobile clinic events.
• Provides transport to children, youth, and other community members.
• Writes reports and proposals to document program activities and outcomes.
• Adheres to HIPAA law as it impacts a client's private health information.
• Maintains accurate and current client records and program reporting as required, including documentation in electronic health records and shared department folders.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a High School Diploma or GED and a minimum of two (2) years of post-high school/GED specialized trade or job skills training in health and wellness such as coursework in Certified Nurse's Assistant training or Community Health Representative
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver's license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe's vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Requires frequent weekend availability.
• Requires First Aid and CPR certification or able to complete 90 days upon hire.
• Requires demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft products, Nextgen electronic health record, copy and fax machine, and telephone system
• Must have working knowledge of HIPAA law.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture is required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers.  Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan. 
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required. 

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.

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All positions are located in the greater Grand Ronde area unless specifically noted otherwise.

If you have questions or need more info, please call: 1-800-422-0232 x-2109

Application materials must be received in Human Resources by 5pm on the closing date.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS ARE DEFINED AS:

• Grand Ronde Tribal members
• Spouse of a Grand Ronde Tribal member
• Parent or legal guardian of Grand Ronde Tribal member children.
• Current Regular Employee, past their six-month introductory period, receiving at least a "meets expectations" on most recent performance evaluation and not under disciplinary action or performance improvement within the previous six months.

For individuals that meet the minimum qualifications: 

AN INTERVIEW WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING RANKING ORDER:

1. Grand Ronde Tribal members.
   a. (Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal members who show they meet the minimum qualifications of the position during the course of the interview process will be given first consideration for hire and the recruitment process will end)
2. Tribal member spouses, parents and/or legal guardians of Grand Ronde Tribal member children and current regular employees.