DescriptionAs an integral member of Mount Sinai Medical Center's healthcare team, Health Educators function as frontline representatives of The Tisch Cancer Institute's Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) program. Health Educators work strategically within our New York City catchment area to deliver culturally and linguistically tailored education on cancer prevention, early detection, and screening guidelines.
Operating with a health equity lens, Health Educators focus on priority neighborhoods identified through community health needs assessments and geospatial "hot spot" analysis. Through partnerships with community-based and faith-based organizations, Health Educators facilitate access to cancer screening services and support navigation to appropriate care, with particular emphasis on addressing disparities among historically marginalized and underserved populations.
Health Educators serve as trusted resources for cancer information and collaborate across The Tisch Cancer Institute's programs to ensure community voices and priorities inform research initiatives, educational content, and clinical trial recruitment efforts.
Responsibilities- Program Development and Implementation
Develop, refine, and facilitate evidence-based health education programs including workshops, community events, small group sessions, and individualized consultations. Design culturally competent and linguistically appropriate content addressing community-identified needs across priority cancer types.
- Documentation and Relationship Building
Maintain comprehensive documentation of all outreach activities, capturing quantitative metrics such as events completed, presentations conducted, participants reached, and navigation services provided. Establish and nurture strategic partnerships with community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and Federally Qualified Health Centers to expand outreach impact.
- Educational Materials Development
Create, adapt, and disseminate culturally relevant health education materials, including comprehensive reports, informational resources, and multimedia content tailored to diverse audiences with varying health literacy levels.
- Operational Planning and Policy Development
Contribute to the development and evaluation of operational plans and policies to achieve health education objectives, enhance service delivery, and support the COE's strategic priorities in addressing cancer disparities.
- Community Assessment and Collaboration
Partner with health specialists, Community Advisory Board members, Community Scientists, and community stakeholders to assess health needs, evaluate service gaps, and establish strategic goals for cancer prevention and early detection initiatives.
- Program Evaluation
Design and implement evaluation methodologies to assess program efficacy, participant satisfaction, and community impact. Utilize both qualitative and quantitative measures to inform continuous quality improvement of health education activities.
- Public Engagement and Media Outreach
Communicate program information through coordinated media campaigns, community engagement initiatives, and digital platforms. Represent the COE at community forums, health fairs, and collaborative events with regional cancer control partners.
- Clinical Trial Education and Navigation Support
Provide education about clinical trials to community members, addressing barriers to participation. Collaborate with patient navigators to facilitate access to screening and clinical trial opportunities, with emphasis on enhancing diversity in research participation.
- Professional Development
Maintain current knowledge of evidence-based practices in cancer prevention, screening guidelines, and health education methodologies. Participate in ongoing training to enhance cultural competency and community engagement skills.
- Community Partnership and Bidirectional Communication
Serve as the primary bidirectional liaison between community stakeholders and the COE team. Maintain a continuous feedback loop to identify evolving community needs, communicate insights to the team, and adjust programming accordingly. Collaborate with TCI programs to plan and implement cancer awareness events (such as World Cancer Day and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month), coordinate with nurse navigators to ensure seamless transitions for individuals with positive screening findings, and support Community Scientist activities to enhance community-engaged research initiatives.
- Additional Responsibilities
Perform related duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational objectives, including participation in special projects, community needs assessments, and cross-functional initiatives with other Mount Sinai departments.
- Performs other related duties.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in health education/promotion, public health, or community health,
- Masters degree in Health Education preferred. Phlebotomy training/certification preferred.
- Minimum one year experience
* Phlebotomy experience preferred depending on the department
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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
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Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $58661 - $63984.14 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
