Health Specialist Job Description
Health specialist
provides guidance on and ensures compliance with Federal, State, Regional and Local laws and regulations regarding occupational safety and environmental health.
Health Specialist Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations
Delivers direct care for employees at site according to medical directives within the scope of practice and State and National Regulations
Monitors and maintains a safe, clean and welcoming environment at the worksite ensuring personal and facility appearance meet HFC guidelines
Researches health and fitness education topics and creates member educational materials and promotions including nutrition, lifestyle change, special populations
Coordinate the activities of prevention, preparedness and care established in the emergency plan and EMS, the proper functioning of the Emergency Brigade Plant (formation, training, drills)
Examine lighting, equipment, ventilation, and other conditions and materials in the workplace that could affect employee health, safety, comfort, and performance
Responsible for managing unit-wide Safety Committee, including actions and communication
Monitor the MHS for trends, analysis, and comparisons
Research and prepare responses to ad-hoc or recurring inquiries from PHP, DHCC, and DHA leadership from Congress
The Safety & Health Specialist develops, plans, directs and implements organization safety and maintenance programs to prevent injuries and work-related health conditions and comply with applicable regulatory requirements
Health Specialist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Health Specialist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, AED, NSCA, NASM, ACSM, AFAA, ACE
Education for Health Specialist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the health specialist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Collage Degree in Health, Public Health, Social Work, Health Promotion, Communications, Continuing Education, Administration, College Student Personnel, Education, Psychology
Skills for Health Specialist
Desired skills for health specialist include:
Head Start performance standards and all applicable federal
State and local laws
Rules and regulations
Case management and discharge planning
Governmental home health regulations and Medicare requirements
Hospital/skilled nursing facility
Regulations
Another official UN language
Local language is an asset
Crisis intervention
Desired experience for health specialist includes:
Personal Training and Programming experience preferred
Experience instructing group exercise classes and recognized industry certification preferred
Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science, Health Promotion, Kinesiology or equivalent combination of education, experience and industry certifications
Min 5 years experience in occupational health and safety, workplace inspection and accident investigation
Experience in implementing preventative measures for working from height, road worksite protection, road safety, confined space work and electrical safety
Experience in unionized environments
Health Specialist Examples
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of health specialist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for health specialist
- Work with the Marble Institute of America and service as a committee member
- Lead efforts pertaining to value streaming of safety and health programs as it relates to programs, databases and training
- Maintains accurate documentation and assists in departmental medical records upkeep
- Perform comprehensive safety and industrial hygiene audits of Duke departments
- Develop comprehensive sampling strategies for specific project and work areas, and perform sampling to evaluate personnel exposures and engineering controls
- Recognize injury and illness trends within the organization and work with supervisor to develop and implement Duke-wide solutions (policies and training strategies)
- Perform Job Hazard Assessment and recommend measures to control exposures, including substitution of less hazardous materials, personal protective equipment (PPE), work practice changes, and engineering controls
- Prepare training classes and materials and deliver training courses that have already been developed
- Provide solutions to a variety of problems where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
- Ability to work with HSHCI management and follow supervisory instruction
Qualifications for health specialist
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a specialized area related to occupational health & safety
- Experience working in public health a plus, but not required
- Knowledge and implementation of behavior change theory
- Bachelor's Degree in health/fitness related field
- Maintain positive and proactive relations with managers and employees, our clients and regulatory agencies
- Current CPR/AED certifications preferred group Exercise experience a plus
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of health specialist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for health specialist
- Complete physician orders including transcribing
- Develop and maintain awareness of and competence in the use of motivational interviewing
- Adopt ongoing QI initiatives, this includes overseeing the manipulation and presentation of collected data, such as tracking the proportion of counseled patients who made quit attempts, and quit rates at 6 months
- Attends and actively participates in group meetings with the Director at least weekly to review progress and discuss cases as needed
- Communicate daily with other counselors and coordinators to collect incoming referrals and gather appropriate information on referrals (full name, location, availability of patient, diagnosis when available)
- Contacts patients who have already been discharged to gather information on long term smoking status
- Develop and maintain knowledge of interventions for tobacco use, including improving compliance to medication and others as indicated
- Document all encounters in electronic health record and contact the primary physician-led team to make recommendations for medication and additional counseling related to tobacco cessation
- Engages in educating clinical staff on the most up-to-date science on available tobacco treatment interventions
- Generates daily report in electronic health record to generate the most up-to-date list of patients who smoke and who were admitted to Montefiore and Presbyterian Hospitals in the prior 24-48 hours
Qualifications for health specialist
- Ability to instruct a variety of group exercise classes is required
- Lifeguard or Aquatics certification preferred
- Experience instructing group exercise classes (strength, kettlebell, spin, kickboxing, Pilates, ) preferred
- Must have a good working knowledge of company accident and health policy forms
- Must be proficient in computer applications such as Excel, Word, Mainframe, and Oracle applications
- University Degree in one of the following areas
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of health specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for health specialist
- Own customer satisfaction & service quality KPIs for assigned account
- Provide solution service support to team members as required
- Develop and maintain good relationships with customers
- Plan and deliver assigned service to customers with high quality, including Corrective Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Installation, FCO and lifecycle change management
- Prepare and provide kinds of Service Report on an accurate and timely basis
- Work professionally and effectively to maintain a high system up rate
- Communicate and work with SCS Technical Consultant (TC) to raise escalation case and solve difficult technical challenges
- Maintain and improve customer satisfaction to keep high loyalty in entire solution service lifecycle
- Adopt team spirit to make sure whole team deliver same service quality
- Accurately identifies, abstracts, and codes medical and demographic information for ARHMS
Qualifications for health specialist
- Proficiency in English, spelling and arithmetic
- Must be flexible, willing to travel locally
- Able to work in team setting
- Experience conducting research and evaluation of sexual health programs or initiatives is required
- At least one year previous clerical experience, preferably in a medical setting
- 6 years of experience with health care consulting, operations, and payment policy
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of health specialist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for health specialist
- Partners with corporate wellness team to communicate and all onsite program offerings (external and internal customers)
- Trains providers and health and wellness center staff on wellness offerings and the policies and procedures regarding wellness programming (wellness portal, wellness coaching)
- Assists the QuadMed Sales Team in presentations and execution of wellness program offerings
- Understands internal and external resources that are available and utilizes appropriately
- Collaborates with key stakeholders on and off campus to implement a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to health for students
- Develops goals and measurable objectives for policies, programs, and services and evaluate effectiveness
- Provides oversight to, and coordination of, student groups, including student organizations, student volunteers, and peer education groups
- Hires/recruits, trains, manages, supervises and evaluates paid and/or volunteer student staff, interns, student volunteers, and peer educators
- Completes corporate wellness assessments for corporate clients to establish customized work-site wellness plans
- Core to the Health Placement Specialist’s role is communication directly with students and mentors using various remote methods such as skype, phone, email
Qualifications for health specialist
- Bachelor's degree in industrial hygiene, safety, environmental science/engineering, biology, chemistry, geology or demonstrated equivalent
- Bachelor Degree in Safety or related field
- Strong communications skills (verbal and written), mastery of loss control principles, understand the Logistics business, and possess technical safety, health and environmental skills
- Proficiency in MS Office computer applications
- Ability to act decisively under pressure and exercise excellent judgment
- 5 - 10 years’ overall field safety experience, highly preferred
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a health specialist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for health specialist
- Work collaboratively with other members of the Health Management Team
- Work with other members of the Health Plan Health Management Team to review member health information and triage members to the appropriate health intervention
- Support licensed medical staff to directly deliver and support clinical services, conduct health promotion counseling, and make referrals to needed services based on assessed behavior change readiness
- Be responsible for field based syringe exchange services
- Be responsible for field based overdose prevention trainings and naloxone distribution – naloxone is a prescription medication that reverses opioid overdose
- Work closely with men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and clientele from culturally/ethnically diverse communities including African Americans and Latinos
- Provide services in field based and clinic based settings with service hours scheduled to meet population needs
- Have the ability to work in an effective, respectful and culturally competent manner with clientele, community partners, and team members to provide a full complement of services that prevent infections and work to eliminate health disparities
- Have the ability to learn and perform phlebotomy / STD testing and competently navigate EPIC (electronic medical record)
- Perform and document radiation measurements related to medical treatment or diagnostic procedures involving radio-isotopes
Qualifications for health specialist
- Ability to independently frame and approach policy and business development projects and lead others in accomplishing them
- Bachelor’s degree with a major in scientific/technical area of study required.· Significant work experience with radiological control techniques
- Master’s Degree in health education, public health, health promotion, health communications, social work or related field
- Strong knowledge of health promotion and student development theories
- Exceptional communication and public speaking skills in order to effectively deliver programs and health promotion materials to diverse audiences
- High School Diploma required, Associates or Bachelors degree is preferred