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Texas Children's Hospital

Public Health Program Assistant

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Job Description We’re hunting for a Public Health Program Assistant, someone who’s ready to be part of a growing team with amazing opportunities. In this position you will perform receptionist and secretarial responsibilities for the department and represent Hospital utilizing exemplary customer service skills with all patients, families, visitors and health care team members.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

Provides support for families and health educators for the upWORDS program or other healthcare events.

Provides a safe environment for children/infants within upWORDS class to support the families as needed.

Supports health educators in helping families to be recruited for the program.

Transports necessary classroom/recruiting materials for upWORDS or healthcare events.

Maintains attendance and classroom-related data in paper and online systems.

Provides information and resources to families and members of the community regarding early brain development at recruitment events.

Provides customer service to patients, families, visitors, and healthcare team members.

Coordinates area communication systems/procedures.

Completes secretarial duties and is assigned special projects.

Participates in achieving hospital and department goals.

Skills & Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent required

CHW - Community Health Worker by the Texas Department of State Health Services preferred

2 years related experience preferred

6 months experience in a medical office, childcare setting, or hospital environment preferred

Bilingual (Spanish) Highly Desired

About Us Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the‑art facility providing world‑class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after‑hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children’s without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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