Behavioral Health Education Instructor III

Behavioral Health Ed Instructor III, Bilingual
(Job Number: 120478)
 
 
At Kaiser Permanente Northern California, you’ll join a team of health advocates who share your passion for helping people. From our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-we work together to help our members achieve their best level of wellness. And you’ll be inspired to do the same. Whether you dream of sailing the bay, hitting the slopes in the Sierras, hiking Yosemite, attending the opera, or strolling the vineyards, you’ll discover the cultural and recreational diversity that makes Northern California one of the most desirable places in the world to live and work. Northern California’s largest health plan, Kaiser Permanente provides you with the resources, scope, and opportunity you need to realize your goals. Come see for yourself.
 
 
Description
 
This position conducts specialized health education classes using moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser Members non-members may serve as content resource expert in the development of class curriculum.

Essential Functions:
• Teaches models self-management skills, concepts, resources, tools related to health, lifestyle change, behavior modification to class participants.
• Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.
• Provides individual instruction counseling, as needed.
• Assesses needs of class participants modifies class content to meet those needs.
• Applies evidence based education techniques in teaching methods.
• Sustains a high level of expertise assures cutting-edge knowledge in specific topic area.
• May coordinate health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc.
• May support staff education training related to specific content area.
• May consult w/ physicians staff regarding related health education services.
• May be called on to review develop or recommend high quality, culturally appropriate, written, audio-visual health education materials to better meet class needs.
• Arranges coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, audio/visual equipment.
• Maintains records of training activities, including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, timesheets or phone TIME system.
• Administers collects class evaluation forms class fees.
• Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, answer related questions.
• Completes required continuous training education such as; those related to workplace safety, legal regulatory compliance, accreditation license requirements, department specific requirements.
• Maintains promotes knowledge utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente through the community.
• Delivers appropriate education/therapeutic content within group time frames (time-limited design). 
• Assists clients in developing specific behavioral goals using relevant coping and life skills. 
• Makes appropriate referrals for follow-up, and triage for crises intervention.
• Maintains knowledge of Kaiser and community resources.
• Encourages utilization of and referral to resources.
• Maintain knowledge of therapeutic topic(s) being processed by group participants.
• Administers class paperwork and completes chart notes as required.

Qualifications
 
Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum of 4 years of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Master's degree in Public Health Administration or equivalent preferred.
• Licensed or professional credentials or certification as appropriate for the course instruction.
• Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory group process.
• Current knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, behavior change.
• Must possess excellent communication interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques presentation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.
• Ability to function independently exercise professional judgment.

 
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience required in group facilitation/group process skills.
• Experience in adult education, teaching, relaxation/stress reduction techniques, communication skills, self-care and goal setting
• Bilingual Spanish preferred.
 
 
 

Primary Location: California-San Jose-San Jose Hospital 250 Hospital Pkwy.
 
Scheduled Hours (1-40): 0
 
Shift: Variable
 
Working Days: On-Call
 
Working Hours Start: On-Call
 
Working Hours End: On-Call
 
Schedule: Call-in/On-Call
 
Job Type: Standard
 
Employee Status: Regular
 
Employee Group: Non-Union, Non-Exempt
 
Job Level: Individual Contributor
 
Job: Education / Training
 
Public Department Name: Health Ed
 
Travel: No
 
Job Eligible for Benefits: No
 
 
 
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.