Clinical nurse educator Jobs in Houston, TX

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• Various Legacy Clinics Patient Educator - Float (Job Overview) Schedule: Monday-Friday (8AM-4:30PM or 8:30AM-5PM) As a Patient Educator - Float, you’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful connections with patients and help transform health information into practical, achievable action.
• Through education, disease self-management, goal-setting, motivational interviewing, and other proven techniques, you’ll encourage patients as they work toward greater wellness, disease prevention, and improved health outcomes.
• You’ll be an integrated member of the clinic and care team, bringing compassion, knowledge, and a commitment to meeting people where they are.
• By providing tailored education, point-of-care testing, and guidance through Legacy services, you’ll help make community healthcare more accessible, understandable, and empowering.
• Why This Role Matters Provide personalized health education that helps patients build knowledge, confidence, and self-efficacy.
• Support patients as they set and reach goals connected to behavioral, social, and medical needs.
• Conduct point-of-care testing, health screenings, and risk assessments as required by the clinic assignment.
• Help patients access and navigate Legacy services and the broader system of care.
• Join a collaborative interdisciplinary clinic and care team working alongside internal and external partners.
• Contribute to health education programming and materials shaped by patient, clinic, and community needs.
• Grow your impact through participation in new curriculum design, testing, and evaluation.
• Support meaningful, measurable outcomes, including grant or contract requirements when applicable.
• Position may be partially or fully funded by grant(s).
• Key Responsibilities Implement health education programming in one-on-one, co-visit, and group settings to increase patients’ knowledge and self-efficacy in preventing illness, managing health conditions, and improving overall wellness.
• Deliver education on core topics determined by the clinic assignment, recognizing that topics may change based on patient and community needs.
• Assist patients in setting health-related goals based on assessments of behavioral, social, and medical needs, readiness for health behavior change, and desired outcomes.
• Conduct point-of-care testing, such as blood glucose, HIV testing, and pregnancy testing, along with health screenings and risk assessments.
• Guide patients in navigating the system of care to help them achieve their health goals.
• Document all patient services in the electronic health record and other required data systems.
• Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary clinic and care team while promoting effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify, develop, and maintain presentations, handouts, equipment, models, teaching tools, and other instructional materials that effectively convey information to patients and community members.
• Participate in the design and testing/evaluation of new health education curricula and teaching materials that support patient, clinic, and community needs.
• Meet assigned performance metrics, including those related to grant/contract requirements, if applicable.
• Participate in clinic, team, departmental, and agency meetings, trainings, and workshops as directed.
• Travel to different Legacy clinics as directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Minimum Qualifications High School Diploma or equivalent Required Years of Experience 3 - 5 years of relevant experience Desirable Education and/or Experience Bachelor’s Degree in a related field with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience preferred.
• Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Experience providing direct education to clients of diverse cultures and backgrounds in one-on-one and/or group settings.
• Experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience with computers and computer programs.
• Ability to provide point-of-care testing within 3 months if/as required per site assignment.
• Ability to become phlebotomy trained within 3 months of hire if/as required per site assignment.
• Ability to demonstrate core competencies within 3 months of hire.
• Bilingual English/Spanish Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Experience working in an electronic health record system.
• Experience working with people living with or at-risk for HIV.
• Experience working with sexual minorities and gender non-binary persons.
• Experience providing education about pregnancy and/or the post-partum period.
• Experience working with people who have chronic health conditions.
• About Legacy Community Health The largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Southeast Texas, Legacy Community Health has delivered affordable, high-quality care for nearly 40 years across 50+ clinics in Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast.
• Our mission — driving healthy change in our communities — guides everything we do, and it starts with our people.
• Approachable & Collaborative — Leads with humility, values diverse perspectives, and builds trust through teamwork.
• Driven & Committed — Takes initiative and goes the extra mile to improve patient outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
• Thoughtful Communicators — Pairs clinical/technical skill with emotional intelligence, navigating complex situations with empathy and professionalism.
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