Health and Wellness Specialist in Arlington, Texas at Texas Health Resources

Health and Wellness Specialist

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Based out of Texas Health Dallas and Texas Health Fort Worth

Work hours: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, with up to two Saturdays per month required

This is a grant funded position and subject to the award and continuation of the contract

Here's What You Need:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required.

• MA - Medical Assistant Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) from a nationally recognized certifying organization. Required upon hire. Other National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) 18 Months required.

• 4 Years Experience in a healthcare or community health environment providing patient education, facilitating health discussions, or presenting health-related information to individuals or groups, required.

• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training 90 Days required.

• Driver's License (required)

• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support 90 Days required.

Here's What You Will Do:

• Deliver structured group education sessions utilizing the approved THR Curriculum focused on chronic disease prevention, postpartum recovery, and healthy lifestyle practices.

• Guide participants through curriculum content related to nutrition, physical activity, stress management, chronic disease prevention, and long-term wellness.

• Facilitate discussions that encourage peer support, shared learning, and participant engagement.

• Maintain fidelity to the Centering curriculum while adapting delivery to meet the needs of diverse community populations.

• Support postpartum mothers in adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors that reduce long-term risk for chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

• Support outreach efforts to recruit eligible postpartum mothers and community members into lifestyle education programs.

• Services are delivered in community-based environments and mobile health setting across multiple counties, requiring regular travel and strong community engagement.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health, Health and Wellness Specialist

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.

• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits , Job Listings by Category , recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org .

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Primary Location: Arlington
Job: Support Services
Organization: Texas Health Resources 612 E. Lamar TX 76011
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time