Health Equity Lead Clinic Organizer, Everett

Available Title(s):

1448-YN_ADMINPRO - Extension Coordinator Senior

Business Title:

Health Equity Lead Clinic Organizer, Everett

Employee Type:

Admin. Professional

Time Type:

Full time

Position Term:

12 Month

Position Details:

Summary of Duties:

The Health Equity Lead Clinic Organizer will lead local clinics through ongoing development of clinic organizing programs. This position will be based in Everett, WA at the Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic located at Providence Regional Medical Center.

The lead organizer provides specialized knowledge and experience to the clinic-based community organizing initiative that seeks to identify common health and social issues impacting patients, develop patient and staff leaders capable of leading change, and create patient-clinic-community collaborations (or communities of solution) to address patient-identified issues. Rather than focusing solely on the individual patient as the unit of intervention, the program extends towards the community as the unit of change, diagnosing community-wide barriers/issues (e.g., racism, sexism, trans-/homo-phobia, housing instability, food insecurity) rather than illness alone, and addressing them with community-powered solutions and leadership development for civic engagement.

The Health Equity Lead Clinic Organizer will be a staff member of the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine directly supervised by the Director of Community Health Equity. The lead organizer will work with the Director of Community Health Equity to establish and supervise a cohort of clinic organizers in Washington state and affiliated external partners.

Key responsibilities will include: development and leadership for the clinic organizing cohort; developing systems and services that encourage patient engagement; developing and delivering curriculum involving the impacts of social determinants of health, relational leadership, and community organizing on health equity to build patient/community capacity for upstream change; establishing a strong network of engaged patients and community partners; and regularly convening clinic staff, patients, and community partners to identify potential solutions to patients' identified health and social needs.

Essential Job Functions:

40% Patient Engagement

25% Program/Curriculum Development

20% Community Engagement

10% Staff/Care Team Meetings and Development

5% Other

Required Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant extension program discipline and three (3) years of related program experience. A Masters degree in a related field may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience developing, facilitating and/or coordinating training or educational activities

• Demonstrated experience and/or understanding of and commitment to health equity, racial, gender, and economic justice.

• Demonstrated commitment to health equity, as well as racial, gender, and economic justice.

• Demonstrated experience and/or understanding of the social determinants of health and structural determinants of equity across the lifespan.

• Demonstrated experience and commitment to maintain confidentiality of Protected Health Information (PHI) , Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protected information, and other protected information within WSU and clinical partner institutions. Ability to complete PHI, HIPAA, and other clinical partner training is required within two (2) months of hire.

• Must have valid drivers license and ability to drive/travel for work purposes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare related training or experience.

• Lived experience(s) of the impacts of the social determinants of health and equity.

• Experience developing and delivering leadership trainings, ideally in an organizing setting.

• Experience with facilitating small and large group meetings, ideally with an equity and trauma-informed lens.

• Experience with mentoring and/or coaching others.

• Project management experience.

• Public health experience.

• Healthcare experience, particularly working in or with a community/rural health center.

Additional Information:

Area/College: Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Department Name: Office of Land Grant Mission and Leadership

City, State: Everett, WA

Department Link: https://medicine.wsu.edu/

Monthly Salary: Minimum: $4,386.85, Midpoint: $5,483.56, Maximum: $6,580.27; commensurate with qualifications and experience.

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position. Successful candidates typically begin up to mid-point of the salary range. For additional information, please review WSU's Administrative Professional Compensation Structure.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for AP staff and Total Compensation.

Overtime Eligibility: Eligible

FTE: 100%

This is a Permanent position.

Screening and Posting Close Date: The screening of applicants begins July 16, 2024. Applicants must submit their completed application by July 22, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Application Instructions:

Applicants must upload the following documents to their online application.

• Resume (required)

• Cover Letter (required)

External candidates, please upload all documents in the "Resume/CV" section of your application. Internal candidates, please upload all documents in the "Resume/Cover Letter" section of your application.

Documents may be submitted in one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF if possible. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

Applicants will be requested to provide contact information for professional references within the online application

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.