National Health Corps North

NHC Objectives:
1) empower individuals to become public health leaders in the future;
2) decrease health disparities through addressing social determinants of health; and
3) improve organizational efficiencies, community engagement and reach of services addressing social determinants of health.

Skills: Teamwork, Communication, Social Services, Leadership, Public Health.

NHC Florida is a program of the NHC Ameri Corps program and is administered by the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition. NHC operates in 5 regions of the United States:
Central California, Florida, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. NHC members complete 1,700 hours of service over 42-46 weeks. Most member service activities take place at their host sites.

Member Duties: Members’ host site service activities may include care coordination, case management, health education, outreach, and patient navigation to produce significant and unique contributions to host sites' existing efforts to improve health outcomes.

Members are assigned a host site mentor who provides supervision and access to professional development opportunities. Members also participate in ongoing professional development, team-building, and additional outside/group service and committee activities through their NHC program.

NHC and its partners strive to ensure that members can contribute to the capacity and reach of their host sites and have a rewarding experience that exposes them to a variety of health-focused careers.

Program Benefits: Education award upon successful completion of service, Childcare assistance if eligible, Health Coverage.

Terms:
None

Service Areas:
Community Outreach, Health.

To learn more about positions with NHC, visit this link and submit your application at this link.