This position is to serve as a member of a multidisciplinary Primary Care Team in a clinical setting providing group and one-to-one counseling and education, in conjunction with the facility Health Education Department.
Essential Functions:
- Assesses patient's educational needs on an individual and/or group basis in consultation with members of the PCT and to apply this assessment to designing educational interventions
- Conducts brief disease management, lifestyle and health risk counseling with patients and family members one-to one
- Promotes prevention and self-care strategies
- Coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates group visits for disease management and prevention and self-care education
- Identifies health education needs of the (PCT) Primary Care Team and provides consultation to team members on education and behavior change skills and strategies
- Selects and recommends appropriate educational materials in conjunction with the Facility Health Education Department
- Provides linkage to and from the Facility Health Education Department
- Arranges referrals to appropriate Kaiser Permanente and Community services
- Provides and promotes culturally appropriate interventions
- Collects, prepares reports, and documentation as needed for planning and quality assurance
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum of two (2) five (5) years experience in counseling or health education, preferably in a clinical setting
- Master's degree in public health, clinical psychology/health psychology, health science, counseling, or social work OR master's degree in a health related field that is applicable to the clinical environment, (i.e., Gerontology for Geriatrics department, Childhood Development in Pediatrics)
- For specialization - content expertise or certification required
- Knowledge of behavior change, adult learning, group process theory, and application
- Knowledge of PC applications required
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.