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WI-Monroe Clinic Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

SSM Health is searching for an experienced Senior Community Health Specialist to join our team! The home base for this position can be located at Monroe Clinic Hospital or St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo. This role will focus on community needs for Sauk and Green counties. Some travel between Monroe Clinic and Baraboo will be necessary, periodically.

In addition to meeting minimum qualifications, ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and a passion for community health and/or health promotion. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Job Summary:

Lead and implement community health partnerships, programs, and activities throughout the community the ministry serves. Maximize the related reporting of qualifying expenses.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as the market leader to conduct the Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) including the collection and analysis of internal and external data in service of the CHNA processes.

• Facilitates collaboration with community stakeholders in the CHNA process, creatively adds value to the CHNA by leveraging SSM Health assets across the markets and ensure community engagement – including diverse groups within the community in the CHNA process.

• Ensures successful completion and implementation of a Community Health Improvement Plan including the design, implementation and evaluation of policies, program and services that align with identify community health needs.

• Builds and maintains a successful level of community engagement with community members, partners and collaborators in a culturally aware and competent manner and ensures that the diverse perspectives of internal and external stakeholders are honored.

• Brings about collaboration and improved health in the communities served by the ministry and identifies public policy advocacy opportunities aligned with community health needs and organizational advocacy leadership.

• Partners in strategic thinking and organizational leadership as part of a region-wide community health improvement strategy.

• Promotes public health principles within the broader activities and efforts of SSM Health and helps co-workers understand connections between community health efforts and the mission and values of SSM Health while also generating co-worker engagement in community health and reporting.

• Plans and manages community health improvement activities that includes managing a local budget and accomplishing community benefit reporting in a thorough, timely and accurate manner.

• Evaluates the impact of policies, programs and services to support informed decisions about future activities and programming.

• Develops expertise in reporting and champions further clarity in reporting practices across the region in partnership with other community health leaders.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree

EXPERIENCE

• Three years’ experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing.

Department:

8770000033 Chief Community Health Officer

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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