Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hiring for Program Manager, General Pediatrics at Nashville, TN Full Time

Job Summary:
Our research team is focused on improving the health of families by implementing behavioral health interventions in community settings. Our team is conducting a 5-year clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention at reducing both parent and child obesity among Latino families in Nashville. We are looking for an experienced health coach who can be responsible for delivering the family-focused intervention in local community settings. Content expertise is required in health coaching around healthy living, healthy nutrition, physical activity, sleep, parenting, and use of built environment. Experience in research is preferred, as the health coach will also be responsible for adhering to study protocols, monitoring fidelity of the intervention, and working as a part of the study team to successfully implement all phases of the study. Our research group flourishes because of a supportive team environment, so working as a part of a team is an essential component of this job. Intervention content will be delivered exclusively in Spanish, making Spanish language fluency a necessity. Because we work to meet families where they are, intervention sessions will primarily take place on nights or weekends, which will require scheduling flexibility for the health coach delivering those sessions.

Key Functions and Expected Performances:
Deliver health coaching curriculum for Latino families around diet, physical activity, sleep, media use, and parenting.

Facilitate small-group coaching sessions for both parents and children

Conduct health coaching over the phone or using virtual platforms when needed

Adhere to study protocols around intervention implementation, including fidelity monitoring

Lead a group of research assistants who will be responsible for assisting in intervention delivery.

Work well with other team members, including adhering to professional communication standards.

Interventionists should be organized and self-directed.

Interventionists must have reliable transportation.

**Minimum Qualifications Required**

Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) and 3 year experience

• Preferred Qualifications:*

MPH or PhD

Fluent in Spanish with excellent English skills.

Experience in health communication skills such as motivational interviewing and shared goal setting is preferred

Experience working with underserved populations.

Additional Information:
This is a full-time position; 40 hours per week; will include some evenings and weekends.

Some heavy lifting is required.

Salary is dependent upon qualifications

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Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children’s Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
• Healthcare’s Most Wired: Among the nation’s 100 “most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
• Becker’s Hospital Review: named as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America”, in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children’s hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:
Sedentary category requiring exertion up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and uses negligible amounts of force to move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

Movement

Occasional: Standing: Remaining on one’s feet without moving.

Occasional: Walking: Moving about on foot.

Occasional: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another

Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.

Occasional: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.

Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

Frequent: Sitting: Remaining in seated position

Frequent: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.

Frequent: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.

Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.

Sensory

Continuous: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.

Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information

Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.

Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.

Environmental Conditions

Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.