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Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary :
The system Community Health Consultant serves as a liaison between the community and the healthcare system to support health engagement activities with community-based organizations and health equity action plan implementation. Working closely with department leadership and community partners, the consultant will catalogue, build, and execute health promotion programming. This role will also develop specific initiatives aimed at addressing social determinants of health.
Under the direction of the Community Engagement Program Manager, the Consultant will assist in the development and implementation of the larger community health strategy to include program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provides leadership, in a community setting to address local needs and concerns related to healthcare access, transportation, health literacy, and food insecurity. The Consultant will also assist with the development of social marketing campaigns.
Responsibilities :
Community Engagement - works with coalitions and various groups to determine opportunities to collaborate on work utilizing the collective impact framework to assess community needs, assets, capacity, and partnerships to carry out community health programming.
Relationship Building - Functions in a way that builds trust internally within the health care system and externally with patients and community partners respectfully valuing input from all partners. Demonstrating Self-awareness and practicing open communication.
Cultural Competency - having knowledge about individuals and groups and translating to specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of care; thereby producing better outcomes.
Program Planning & Evaluation - conducting research assessing needs, setting goals and objectives, planning activities, implementation and measuring outcomes.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree required
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Minimum three (3) years' of experience in community engagement which should include: *Minimum one (1) years' experience initiating and developing projects/programs/initiatives in a complex organization *Minimum one (1) years' of training and facilitation experience *Minimum one (1) years' experience working in healthcare industry
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: Community Health
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range:$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Hybrid
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
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