Wellness Specialist/Lil' FISH Club Coach - La Porte Hospital Company : Job Details

The Wellness Specialist/Lil' FISH Club Coach is responsible for assisting in Wellness Outreach programming pertaining to the Lil' FISH Club Program. The Wellness Specialist/Lil' FISH Club Coach works independently and/or in conjunction with other Community Programs team members and departments in the system to ensure programming offered through the Lil' FISH Club meets the needs of the community while focusing on our organizational mission and vision.Education:

• Bachelor's degree in education, health education, exercise science, health promotion, fitness, nutrition, or related field preferred.

Certifications/Experience:

• Minimum of two years' experience in education, health promotion or related field with at least 1-2 years' experience in business development in a comprehensive health and wellness effort in a corporate or community setting preferred.
• BLS certification required within 6 months of date of hire.

General Responsibilities:

• Designs and implements all aspects of the Lil' FISH Club program including but not limited to surveys, presentations, newsletters, grant reports, and programming as well as maintains program guide to align with the Indiana Standards of Education.
• Collaborates with schools/educators to schedule monthly presentations and activities geared towards Lil' FISH Club.
• Develop health education materials and presentations tailored to elementary age community members encouraging habits conducive to a higher quality of life.
• Actively seeks out opportunities for growth and expansion for Lil' FISH Club and programming for students at the elementary level.
• Collaborates with Grants Coordinator and Community Program and Wellness Outreach Manager to research apply for grant funding.
• Collaborates with internal volunteer services department to package and prepare monthly giveaways and handouts.
• Research, obtain quotes and order monthly program giveaways.
• Review monthly grant expenditures pertaining to Lil' FISH Club, prepare monthly invoicing, and complete all necessary and requested grant reports.
• Assists with all Community Program, Wellness Outreach, and Mobile Health events as needed.
• Attitude - Provides highest quality service and meeting customers' needs with utmost kindness, care, compassion, courtesy, empathy, respect and friendliness. Always acknowledges and serves customers with a friendly, open smile and direct eye contact.
• Appearance - Takes pride in personal appearance, the facility and its surroundings.
• Commitment to Coworkers - Recognizes we are linked to one another by a common purpose; serving our patients and our community, that we are team members with our physicians and co-workers, and that we each deserve respect and support.
• Communication - Listens attentively to our customers to fully understand needs. Pays close attention to both verbal and non-verbal communication. Is committed to exceeding customers' expectations and providing more than what is expected.
• Customer Waiting - Provides prompt service, keeps customers informed regarding the time in which the service will be performed and makes customers comfortable while they are waiting.
• Privacy - Maintains customer privacy and confidentiality
• Responsiveness - Acknowledges every approaching patient or family member. Responds in a way that demonstrates the care, courtesy and respect our customers deserve.
• Safety Awareness - Ensures an accident-free environment. Establishes, promotes and monitors a proactive innovative approach to enhance hospital and patient safety. Adheres to and ensures compliance with Joint commission Patient Safety Goals and hospital safety policies.
• Sense of Ownership - Demonstrates a sense of ownership in their job, takes pride in what they do, and how they do it. Accepts responsibility for and is in control of the job that needs to be done
• Team Member is accountable for areas of responsibility meeting regulatory requirements including but not limited to maintaining annual TB testing, completing annual mandatories (ALC and competency), and maintaining current registration/certification/licensures as appropriate to position requirements.