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POSITION SUMMARY
The Director of Lifestyle Modification and Prevention Medicine uses the knowledge, principles, and practices of wellness and well-being to develop various wellness and prevention programs for TWCCH clients, community partners, and for the internal TWCCH/TWCGME wellness program. The Director of Lifestyle Modification and Prevention Medicine is a strategic partner who collaborates with TWCCH and TWCGME leadership to seek and promote a culture of health and well-being, provide innovative and science-based solutions, and address the wellness needs of our TWCCH population.
Having specialized expertise in the area of wellness with demonstrated success working in the field, the Director of Lifestyle Modification and Prevention Medicine will assess the TWCCH population lifestyles, address health concerns and work with the population to make behavioral, nutritional and other changes in order to promote better health and wellness.
The Director of Lifestyle Modification and Prevention Medicine will oversee the design, development, implementation and long term sustainability of the nutritional service line and other preventable services for patients, including but not limited to health education, tobacco cessation, and other group therapies. The Director of Lifestyle Modification and Prevention Medicine is responsible for leading and managing wellness and preventative programs and is an advocate for integration of wellness data and services into the continuum of care model through collaboration with a multitude of departments including Human Resources, Clinical Operations, and The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education.
Requirements
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & FUNCTIONS
This position will perform the following duties while living and demonstrating the Core Values.
Full Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$99k-128k (estimate)
10/19/2023
06/14/2024
thewrightcenter.org
S ABINGTN TWP, PA
50 - 100
1976
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
The Wright Centers Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Psychiatry Residencies, as well as our Cardiovascular Disease and Gastroenterology Fellowships, were designed to empower residents as innovators and nimble leaders responsive to the needs of the community they serve. Within our non-profit Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortium, our trainees are immersed in diverse community venues where they are most needed, increasing their long-term likelihood of working in such settings after completing their training. Our training model follows the national Beyond Flexner movement, focused... on training community-minded health professionals as agents of more equitable healthcare. Our regional residents and fellows train within Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wayne and Pike counties. Strong affiliations with Commonwealth Health System, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Geisinger, as well as multiple regional learning environments including Maternal and Family Health Services, Pike Family Health Center, Rural Health Corporation, Scranton Counseling Center, Scranton Primary Health Care Center and Wayne Memorial Community Health Center allow us to provide diverse, innovative learning environments for trainees. Our National Family Medicine Residency (NFMR) learners train at 1 of 4 Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) partner sites across the United States. Under our innovative consortium model, the NFMR learners are supported by The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, the educational infrastructure of AT. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona and the osteopathic training support of Still OPTI. Our NFMR learners train at the following FQHC partner sites: El Rio Community Health Center, Tucson, AZ; HealthPoint, Auburn, WA; HealthSource of Ohio, New Richmond, OH; Unity Health Care, Washington, D.C.; and Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, Portland, OR.
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