Health Educator (RN) Part Time, Medicine

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Part time

Job summary

The University at Buffalo seeks a Health Educator to deliver protocol-driven education to study participants using face-to-face, telephone, or videoconferencing methods. The role emphasizes collaboration, attention to detail, and dependable effort in a fast-paced research environment.

Key duties include coordinating sessions, training participants on study protocols, collecting clinical data, and supporting research coordination with community sites to advance education and training goals.

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.
• Schedule and coordinate sessions, attend supervision, record sessions as directed, and perform data collection during visits.
• Organize and remind participants of upcoming appointments.
• Train study participants on key elements of study protocol.
• Collect blood and other biological samples as part of clinical research support.
• Measure and record vital signs and anthropometric data; calibrate and QC lab equipment.
• Serve as liaison with lab staff to triage and interpret results.
• Assist with grants and prepare research reports and protocols.
• Provide health education to community sites and establish community partnerships.

Skills

Biology knowledge

Clinical judgement

Documentation

Records management

Cultural awareness

Trust building

Communication

Empathy

Listening

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 daytime schedule with no nights, weekends, holidays, or on-call requirements

Primary Functions

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

This category includes responsibilities related to delivering structured health education interventions and supporting study participants throughout the research process.

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.

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.

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

Part Time (20 hours per week), typically scheduled between the hours of 7am-6pm.

Learn More:

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

As an Equal Opportunity / Affiantive 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.