Consultant- Community Health and Development

How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare:

Consultant – Community Health and Development supports Carilion’s hallmarks of service excellence, innovation, and quality through leadership in program design, execution, and evaluation. This position supports community-based clinical and wellness initiatives, guides departmental strategy, and serves as a liaison to community partners to improve community health and address identified needs across Carilion’s service area.
 

•    Facilitates, with leadership, the community health improvement process, including Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs), internal and external health improvement planning including plans to address community health needs, program implementation, and continuous quality improvement.
•    Leads the design and evaluation of evidence-based and outcome-driven interventions, collaborating with internal and external partners to maximize population level impact. Plans and implements evidence-based health education programs and practices to influence health behavior change among underserved audiences
•    Fosters a collaborative team environment grounded in accountability, outcomes, innovation, and service excellence while championing Carilion’s mission, vision, values, and commitment to community health.
•    Represents Carilion on coalitions, advisory boards, and cross-sector initiatives aligned with CHNA findings and public health goals.
•    Aligns community-based efforts with clinical operations and system-wide community health improvement objectives.
•    Applies data, research, and evaluation tools to inform decision-making and demonstrate measurable impact. Facilitates program outcomes and KPI reporting
•    Creates and maintains dashboards and reports focused on health outcomes, clinical indicators, and return on investment.
•    Assists in the development of business plans, grant applications and reports, and community benefit reporting. Includes documenting key milestones, decisions, and risks across initiatives.
•    Engages patients, families, and community members to gather input and improve programming
•    Develops and manages program budgets; identify cost-effective strategies to advance goals.
•    Consistently delivers the best in customer service and patient care. As a team member, demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with patients, families, visitors, and other employees. 
•    Champions Carilion's mission, vision, and values; comply with the policies and procedures, ethical standards and code of conduct set forth by the company. 

What We Require:

This position requires expertise in public health, clinical integration of community health initiatives, community benefit, and program management including oversight of program budgets under leadership guidance. It involves cross-functional collaboration, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously. This position works on a team supporting Carilion’s mission and community health improvement goals. The Consultant must uphold confidentiality, cultural humility, and professional integrity at all times


Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with extensive experience required. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience: 5 or more years experience managing projects pertaining to clinical strategies, community health improvement, business, or leadership. 

Other Minimum Qualifications: Excellent oral and written communications skills, knowledge of business practices, positive attitude, self-motivated, ability to work with minimal direction, ability to lead, and adapt to change. Highly skilled in use of personal computers.

About Carilion

This is Carilion Clinic ...

An organization where innovation happens, collaboration is expected and ideas are valued. A not-for-profit, mission-driven health system built on progress and partnerships. A courageous team that is always learning, never discouraged and forever curious.

Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., you will find a robust system of award winning hospitals, Level 1 and 3 trauma centers, Level 3 NICU, Institute of Orthopedics and Neurosciences, multi-specialty physician practices, and The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

Carilion is where you can make your own path, make new discoveries and, most importantly, make a difference. Here, in a place where the air is clean, people are kind and life is good. Make your tomorrow with us.