Public health educator Jobs in Tacoma, WA

Position Summary :

Full-time Health Educator position available for our Health Education department in Puyallup, WA. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual passionate about working with the community to improve health and wellness. Experience in personal training, coaching, or fitness industry or equivalent is accepted. Exposure to curriculum or health program development is desired for this role. The successful candidate will be able to engage patients in-person or virtually and promote health education program objectives demonstrating an improvement in patient health outcomes. Fluency in English and Spanish is highly preferred.

Responsibilities :

• The successful candidate will be able to creatively engage patients in preventive health education and health promotion activities to improve patient health outcomes and will have a working understanding of the social determinants of health, working from a health equity framework.
• The Health Educator provides health education interventions, primarily one-on-one interactions in a clinic settings, group classes along with community-based education and outreach.
• The Health Educator initiates and maintains professional contact with community groups and organizations in order to increase accessibility and availability of resources for patients and to establish partnerships to strengthen health education programming.
• The desired candidate will be effective at leading groups, providing client-centered educational interventions 1-on-1, engaging patients in services, and establishing relationships with patients, employees across departments, and local partners.

Qualifications :

What We Offer :

Sea Mar offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing community health organization. Working at Sea Mar Community Health Centers is more than just a job, it’s a fulfilling career with opportunity for advancement. The fringe benefits surpass most companies. For example, Full-time employees working 30 hours or more, receive an excellent benefit package of :

We also offer 401(k) / Retirement options and an exciting opportunity to work in a culturally diverse environment.