Associate Program Manager

Health Plus, Population Health

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Job Summary:

Health Plus is the health promotion department for VUMC faculty & staff that provides programs as a benefit to help live a healthy lifestyle. This position assists in planning, coordinating and executing programs, i.e., Population Engagement Programs, New Staff Orientations, Health Fairs, Employee Celebrations with some guidance.

Experience of measuring blood pressure and knowledge of risks associated with high blood pressure is preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Staff Health Plus On-site Biometric Screening events. This will include weekly New Staff Orientation events, Health Fairs, travel to Regional Hospitals and off-site clinics, as well as events for night shift staff.
  • • On-site Biometrics (Know Your Numbers) includes screening blood pressure, weight, height, and BMI (body mass index).
• Assists with the administrative support, marketing/scheduling and execution of Health Plus programs and events, including Step Challenges, Farmers' Market, Mindful Stretch Breaks, Wellness Commodores, etc.
• Collaborate on Go for the Gold program component development/marketing as needed
  • Biometric upload administration
    • PCP identification and communication for those indicating no PCP
  • GFTG presentation scheduling
  • GFTG enrollment lab staffing

Department Summary:

At VUMC, we are rewriting how healthcare organizations keep people healthy. We're shaping the path of healthcare through changes to what we do and changes to how we engage with our local communities.

At its core, Population Health is -

• patient-centered, helping us deliver the kind of care we want for our families and ourselves
• holistic and supports the physical, mental, social and behavioral health needs, not just their illnesses
• proactive and preventive, identifying the health needs of patient populations
• focused on teamwork and coordinated efforts that includes each one of us to be successful

The national and state award winning Health Plus Program supports VUMC faculty and staff in recognizing their health risks and providing education and programming to reduce those risks.

Programs and services are offered in a wide array of formats and locations to meet the needs of VUMC's diverse population.

Position Shift:

Monday is required: 8:00am-2:00pm

Tuesday - Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm

Might need to work evenings 1-2x per month: 6:00pm-10:00pm

View how Vanderbilt Health employees celebrate the difference they make every day:

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

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.

Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled.

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: 6^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) and < 1 year relevant experience

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):

• 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.