Associate Public Health Manager – Screening Navigator, Nashville TN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health seeks an Assoc Public Health Manager for Cancer Screening to provide patient-centered, non-clinical navigation services for community members needing cancer screening. You will collaborate with community partners to educate on resources and screening options, overcoming barriers to timely care.

Responsibilities include coordinating navigation efforts, tracking outcomes, and supporting education programs while engaging diverse populations and maintaining documentation for

Qualifications

• Public Health background required.
• Experience facilitating small group discussions, workshops, or educational sessions.
• Proven 1:1 or small group health coaching experience with ability to build trust and support behavior change.
• Clinical experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience working in a community clinic or community health environment.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and support diverse patient populations.
• Strong coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide programmatic support as part of the VICC Community Outreach and Engagement team’s population health navigation program.
• Assist community members in understanding local resources available, including educating patients about cancer screening guidelines and options.
• Maintain awareness related to community resources and assist in identifying individuals in need of screening to address barriers by connecting patients to resources.
• Supports program leadership with various programmatic and administrative responsibilities.
• In the course of performing the duties, integrates with partner organizations, including attendance at relevant meetings and outreach events.
• Assist with follow-up of individuals navigated to support action and continued screening.
• Maintain up-to-date, complete, and accurate documentation of navigation interactions and track programmatic activities, reporting quarterly to demonstrate outcomes and performance improvement activities.
• Assist in the development and implementation of patient and community outreach and education programs as appropriate.
• Provides support for the creation, coordination and execution of the program.
• Supports program leadership with various programmatic and administrative responsibilities.
• Maintains awareness related to research project activities.

Skills

Public Health background

Group discussions/workshops

1:1 health coaching

Clinical experience in healthcare

Community clinic/health environment

Engage diverse patient populations

Coaching & relationship-building

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health: With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world‑class care to the people of the Mid‑South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you’ll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization: VICC 40

Job Summary: As part of the multidisciplinary VICC Community Outreach and Engagement population health navigation program, the Assoc Public Health Manager for Cancer Screening provides patient centered, non-clinical navigation services to community members in need of cancer screening, including individuals who are uninsured or underinsured. This position works with community partners to provide education and support around cancer screening and local resources to encourage patient action. Navigation services include individualized assistance to help overcome health care system barriers and facilitate timely access to quality medical care.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Public Health background
• Experience facilitating small group discussions, workshops, or educational sessions.
• Proven 1:1 or small group health coaching experience with the ability to build trust and support behavior change.
• Clinical experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience working in a community clinic or community health environment.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and support diverse patient populations.
• Strong coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide programmatic support as part of the VICC Community Outreach and Engagement team’s population health navigation program.
• Assist community members in understanding local resources available, including educating patients about cancer screening guidelines and options.
• Maintains awareness related to community resources and assists in identifying individuals in need of screening to address barriers by connecting patients to resources.
• Supports program leadership with various programmatic and administrative responsibilities.
• In the course of performing the duties, integrates with partner organizations, including attendance at relevant meetings and outreach events.
• Assist with follow-up of individuals navigated to support action and continued screening.
• Maintain up-to-date, complete, and accurate documentation of navigation interactions and track programmatic activities, reporting quarterly to demonstrate outcomes and performance improvement activities.
• Assist in the development and implementation of patient and community outreach and education programs as appropriate.
• Provides support for the creation, coordination and execution of the program.
• Supports program leadership with various programmatic and administrative responsibilities.
• Maintains awareness related to research project activities.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Research Administration (Novice): Knowledgeable on all phases in the lifecycle of a sponsored research project. Well versed in and able to assist researchers in reducing compliance risks and assisting in routine and specialized processes.
• Data Management (Novice): Interpreting, analyzing and organizing reports and metrics.
• Program Management (Novice): Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific program goals and objectives.
• Program Planning (Novice): Demonstrates ability to realistically anticipate resource needs, identify and break work down into discrete and measurable tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, prepare acceptance criteria and organize work for a medium sized program. Appropriately matches equipment and capital resources to task demands. Reshapes program during life‑cycle evolution, if needed. Demonstrates ability to break down work into manageable and measurable units, estimating time and costs appropriate to the stage of the program. Works with basic program management tools, either paper-based or computer software systems.
• Process Improvement (Novice): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality.
• Mentoring & Coaching (Novice): The essence of training and mentoring on the job is transfer of knowledge. Whereas training can be considered more formal and scheduled, mentoring is often in the form of guidance and "hands‑on" experiences. The reporting relationship is unimportant since the purpose is to pass on information and experiences. These discussions normally center around a person's goal of learning job procedures, content, standards, analysis and problem‑solving.
• Financial Processes (Novice): Ability to monitor costs, expenses and revenue as well as the ability to manage those costs and expenses in relation to budgeted amounts.
• Peer Leadership (Novice): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.
• Networking (Novice): Build relationships through industry contacts, professional organizations and individuals.
• Quality Management (Novice): Developing a systematic process of checking to see whether a process or service is meeting specific requirements.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High‑achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities

Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance.

Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement.

Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements.

Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day‑to‑day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them. - Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications

Responsibilities: Certifications: Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience Experience Level: Less than 1 year Education: Bachelor's

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled. PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO. Great health care takes great people. We’re looking for like‑minded individuals driven to make a difference. We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt Health, where we value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and foster an environment where everyone can thrive. We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and an expanding footprint across towns and communities throughout the region. We employ more than 43,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research and graduate medical education. Our employees also serve in critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fundraising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many other departments.

Our growing academic health system has more than 2,100 licensed hospital beds at eight hospitals: Vanderbilt University Hospital Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Vanderbilt Tullahoma‑Harton Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Vanderbilt Health is the Mid‑South's largest provider of specialty care, with hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region, and Tennessee’s only National Cancer Institute‑designated Comprehensive Cancer Center for adults and children. We are one of the nation's busiest critical care centers, home to Middle Tennessee’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Burn Center for adults and children, and Middle Tennessee’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We are the nation’s largest transplant center, and last year we performed the most heart transplants than any center worldwide. Vanderbilt Health is an epicenter for biomedical research, winning over $1billion in annual research awards from government, industry, foundations and donors. We are also a national leader in medical training and education, with the largest clinical training center in the Mid‑South and the only training center in Tennessee for many adult and pediatric specialties. We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals for quality, safety and patient satisfaction. Three of our hospitals — Vanderbilt University Hospital, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — have been awarded a Five‑Star Quality Rating from Medicare. We support each other and encourage excellence among every member of our workforce. High‑achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth opportunities, competitive compensation and benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. Join us in advancing health care.

Our vision: The world leader in advancing personalized health Our mission: Personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities