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Job description
The Division of Population Health, Department of Medicine within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences seeks a Health Educator. In this role as a Health Educator, you will deliver protocol driven health education interventions to study participants within the Division of Population Health via face-to-face, telephone, or videoconferencing technology as appropriate). The ideal candidate will practice strategic thinking, attention to detail, be dependable, enjoy working in a highly collaborative setting, and remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.
This role offers a consistent Monday through Friday daytime schedule with no nights, weekends, holidays, or on-call requirements.
Primary Functions:
40% - Protocol-driven health education and participant support tasks
Responsibilities Include:
Delivering protocol driven health education interventions to study participants.
Scheduling and coordinating sessions, attend and participate in supervision sessions, record sessions as directed, and perform research health educator data collection during initial visit and follow-up sessions.
Organizing and reminding study participants of upcoming appointments.
Training study participants on key elements of study protocol.
Monitoring study participant adherence to key elements of the study protocol.
Tracking and monitoring adverse patient outcomes
30% - Clinical research support tasks
This category includes tasks that require clinical expertise to support the implementation of research protocols and involving participant health assessments and biological sample handling.
Responsibilities Include:
Collecting blood and other biological specimen samples
Measuring and recording vital signs and anthropometric measures
Reviewing, calibrating, and performing quality control assessments of lab equipment
Serving as a liaison with lab staff to triage and interpret results
30% - Research coordination and community engagement tasks
This category includes responsibilities that support the operational, collaborative, and outreach components of research studies.
Responsibilities Include:
Assisting with multiple research grants as needed with tasks to support PI in writing and presenting research reports and research protocols.
Performing duties needed including case management and decision‑making and working collaboratively with other center personnel to achieve goals of research studies.
Serving as liaison to various team members to ensure smooth running of research projects.
Providing health education to community sites, establish and nurture community partnerships, work with designated community sites to advance research, education, and training mission of the center.
Performing other duties as assigned to support research and community initiatives.
Knowledge – Skills – Abilities:
Knowledge of biology, clinical judgement, documentation, records management, and cultural awareness.
Building trust, collaboration, decision‑making skills, communication, critical thinking, and influencing skills.
Customer focus, interpersonal, empathy, listening, and patience
Work Hours: Full-time role with expectations for coverage during core business hours and flexibility required as necessary to accommodate business needs.
Learn More:
Our benefits, where we prioritize your wellbeing and success to enhance every aspect of your life.
Being a part of the University at Buffalo community.
As an Equal Opportunity / Affidiative Action employer, the Research Foundation will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin and veteran or disability status.
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Worksite address
buffalo, NY, 14266, US
Who can apply
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