Health Promotion Specialist (40 hours/week)

Description Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines. Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work? Summary: ? Position Summary: ? Health Promotion Specialists are responsible to lead and coordinate effective collaboration with community, government and other stakeholders to address health and social determinants of health needs in Lancaster County. This includes developing and implementing strategies that result in health care services, public policies, practices, and programs that effectively address identified needs. Additionally, this role will engage internal stakeholders to align community needs and business imperatives and identify and deploy organizational resources that support community health improvement. This position requires a strong working knowledge of health equity, social determinants of health, community and coalition building, and public policy development and measurement. In this role, incumbent will be responsible for oversight of the construction process of the Health Housing Program. This individual will plan, direct, inspect, and evaluate the day-to-day activities of the remediation projects, which involves planning and coordinating remediation activities for housing units throughout the county. Act as a technical expert for the healthy housing program and resolve issues that may arise from a risk assessor, contractor, or client; explain the healthy housing program to contractors and risk assessors interested in working for the program; approve projects, assist clients with understanding the risk assessments; enter data in multiple software systems; meet with client/contractors to review and sign necessary documents; communicate with, and refer clients to, other local social service agencies for other housing assistance; oversee the expenditures of each remediation project; and prepare related reports. ? Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties: ? Lead transformational planning and execution for community health improvement efforts within the organization and throughout the community. ? Utilize data analysis to drive prioritization of Community Health Needs, interpreting and responding to local, state, and national health trends. ? Apply performance improvement methodology to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive plans that address public health issues within our community. ? Comprehensively review impact and success of initiatives, recommending any modifications to improve effectiveness as part of the strategic Community Health Improvement Plan. ? Build capacity throughout Lancaster County for community health improvement by initiating and facilitating community coalitions and collaboratives to address issues concerning our community. ? Drive collaboration within LG Health and LGHP to develop and maintain sustainable policy and systems changes. ? Outreach to target populations using appropriate age and culturally competent strategies, striving to remove barriers related to health inequity and social determinants of health. ? Effectively engage coalition, team, and workgroup members in an open dialogue to address gaps, overlap, and redundancy to collaboratively focus efforts on evidence-based tools and practices to achieve mutually agreed upon goals. ? Establish and maintain robust local and state relationships with organizations that have missions and or goals that compliment key focus issues. ? Identify, write, and manage grants to advance our initiatives related to community health improvement. ? Fulfill regulatory requirements from the IRS Schedule H, Form 990 , mandated for not-for-profit hospitals. ? Provide community health improvement consulting services for the organization, providing training and networking opportunities to health, mental health and other community based partner organizations, culturally specific organizations, and or social services organizations. ? Present to community corporate groups on community health improvement efforts and or health data. ? Manage special projects as assigned ? Serve as a role model for wellness to colleagues, staff and community at large. ? The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above: ? Provide educational sessions regarding wellness and prevention and health-related topics as needed. ? Respond to media requests. ? Assist manage in tracking budget expenses and revenue related to assigned priorities as appropriate. ? Other duties as assigned. Amount of travel and other special conditions or requirements: The program manager will travel locally to meet with partners and clients. Additional travel for training is required at least annually for mandatory grant related trainings that require air travel and overnight stays. Responsibilities: Minimum Required Qualifications: ? Bachelors degree in Public Health or Health related field; OR in lieu of degree, three 3 to five 5 years of experience with project management, program development, or program evaluation. ? Strong statistical data collection, interpretation and reporting skills. ? Strong track record of problem solving and collaboration. ? Strong working knowledge of positive and adverse childhood experiences and trauma informed principles. ? Three 3 to five 5 years of community and coalition building experience. ? Minimum of three 3 years of experience in health or human service related field. Preferred Qualifications: ? Master degree in Public Health. ? Certification in Healthy Housing or in another environmental field at time of hire. ? Experience with motivating and engaging diverse partners. ? Two 2 years of leadership experience. ? Prior experience in housing code, housing rehabilitation, lead hazard control, or other work related to the project ? Strong working knowledge of health equity and social determinants of health We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives. Live Your Life's Work We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law. Apply Job!