Health Educator (RN), Medicine

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits program

UB community

Job summary

University at Buffalo’s Division of Population Health, Department of Medicine seeks a Health Educator to deliver protocol driven health education interventions to study participants via face‑to‑face, telephone, or videoconferencing as appropriate. The ideal candidate will be strategic, detail‑oriented and collaborative in a fast‑paced environment.

The role includes clinical research support, coordinating sessions, and engaging community sites to advance research, education, and training

Qualifications

• Knowledge of biology, clinical judgement, documentation, records management, and cultural awareness.
• Building trust, collaboration, decision‑making skills, communication, critical thinking, and influencing skills.
• Customer focus, interpersonal, empathy, listening, and patience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver protocol driven health education interventions to study participants.
• Scheduling and coordinating sessions, attend and participate in supervision sessions, record sessions as directed, and perform data collection during visits.
• Organizing and reminding study participants of upcoming appointments.
• Training study participants on key elements of study protocol.
• Monitoring study participant adherence to key elements of the study protocol.
• Tracking and monitoring adverse patient outcomes.

Skills

Biology knowledge

Clinical judgement

Documentation & records management

Cultural awareness

Building trust & collaboration

Communication & listening

Empathy & patience

Job description

The Division of Population Health, Department of Medicine within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences seeks a Health Educator. In this role as a Health Educator, you will deliver protocol driven health education interventions to study participants within the Division of Population Health via face-to-face, telephone, or videoconferencing technology as appropriate). The ideal candidate will practice strategic thinking, attention to detail, be dependable, enjoy working in a highly collaborative setting, and remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.

• This role offers a consistent Monday through Friday daytime schedule with no nights, weekends, holidays, or on-call requirements.

Primary Functions:

40% - Protocol-driven health education and participant support tasks

Responsibilities Include:

• Delivering protocol driven health education interventions to study participants.
• Scheduling and coordinating sessions, attend and participate in supervision sessions, record sessions as directed, and perform research health educator data collection during initial visit and follow-up sessions.
• Organizing and reminding study participants of upcoming appointments.
• Training study participants on key elements of study protocol.
• Monitoring study participant adherence to key elements of the study protocol.
• Tracking and monitoring adverse patient outcomes

30% - Clinical research support tasks

This category includes tasks that require clinical expertise to support the implementation of research protocols and involving participant health assessments and biological sample handling.

Responsibilities Include:

• Collecting blood and other biological specimen samples
• Measuring and recording vital signs and anthropometric measures
• Reviewing, calibrating, and performing quality control assessments of lab equipment
• Serving as a liaison with lab staff to triage and interpret results

30% - Research coordination and community engagement tasks

This category includes responsibilities that support the operational, collaborative, and outreach components of research studies.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assisting with multiple research grants as needed with tasks to support PI in writing and presenting research reports and research protocols.
• Performing duties needed including case management and decision‑making and working collaboratively with other center personnel to achieve goals of research studies.
• Serving as liaison to various team members to ensure smooth running of research projects.
• Providing health education to community sites, establish and nurture community partnerships, work with designated community sites to advance research, education, and training mission of the center.
• Performing other duties as assigned to support research and community initiatives.

Knowledge – Skills – Abilities:

Knowledge of biology, clinical judgement, documentation, records management, and cultural awareness.

Building trust, collaboration, decision‑making skills, communication, critical thinking, and influencing skills.

Customer focus, interpersonal, empathy, listening, and patience

Work Hours: Full-time role with expectations for coverage during core business hours and flexibility required as necessary to accommodate business needs.

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• Our benefits, where we prioritize your wellbeing and success to enhance every aspect of your life.
• Being a part of the University at Buffalo community.

As an Equal Opportunity / Affidiative Action employer, the Research Foundation will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin and veteran or disability status.