Patient Educator Coordinator

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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Pediatrics has an exciting opportunity for a part time Patient Education Coordinator to work in Miami, FL.

The Patient Education Coordinator provides families with education, guidance, advocacy, and support to help children with hearing loss develop a spoken language through listening. Coordinates health education programs designed to increase awareness and knowledge for community health improvement. Remains up-to-date on changes in health care technology in order to keep the health education program material current.

Core responsibilities

• Develops the cognitive, speech, language, and auditory abilities of children who are deaf/hard of hearing.
• Communicates with parents concerning their child’s progress, while facilitating the parent education component of the Kids Hear Now program.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with schools that have deaf and hard of hearing programs (primarily schools in Miami-Dade and Broward).
• Attends to families at meetings.
• Performs in-service trainings for local schools on developing listening and spoken language.
• Develops a group parenting class for parents of infants and toddlers.
• Documents all professional and clinical reports in a timely manner.
• Works with a multi-disciplinary team to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices.
• Maintains confidentiality of all patient information according to federal and state guidelines and regulations.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required
• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status

Part time

Employee Type

Staff