Public Health Research Education Training Coord

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Serving over 70,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, women’s health, and a family birth center. In 2025, we opened our new patient tower, Grand Tower, featuring a dramatically expanded Emergency Department and Family Birth Center that will increase patient comfort and privacy.

Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and recently was awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.

California Hospital Medical Center shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.  

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

The individual joins a multi-disciplinary staff of health care and service providers researchers and public health and community experts to coordinate the day to day activities related to conducting training workshops and webinars for Welcome Baby program staff and their affiliated home visitation programs for high risk mothers.

Welcome Baby is a voluntary program including both hospital and home-based visits offered to pregnant and postpartum women residing in Los Angeles County.   This program aims to assist families to maximize the health safety and security of new babies build strong parent-child relationships and to facilitate access to support and services when needed. Welcome Baby is implemented through agencies across Los Angeles County and funded by First 5 LA.

This work will include working closely with Senior Public Health Research Associate to develop and coordinate training workshops webinars and conference calls. Requires the ability to exchange information answer questions and offer guidance either face-to-face through written correspondence online or via the telephone with individuals inside and outside the organization on a continual basis.

• Minimum 2 yrs. work experience in providing public health or community education.
• Masters in Public Health Maternal and Child Health focus Health Behavior/Health Education Behaviorial Science Infant Child Development Nursing or Similiar field preferred.
• Coursework in maternal and child health education Behavioral Science Infant/Child development nursing or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and direct experience with providing training to multi-disciplinary multi-cultural groups.
• Experience in managing and evaluating projects.
• Ability to speak publically and effectively to diverse groups of community members and health care professionals.
• Creativity and flexability in developing approaches problem solving and working on a multi-disciplinary cross-cultural team.
• Ability to work with time constraints.
• Skilled in applying principles of adult and experiential learning.
• Requires excellent computer skills with programs such as MS Word Excel Access Outlook and Power Point.
• Requires tact and some persuasion beyond the levels of courtesy and politeness required for all jobs.
• Requires the ability to function independently in a community setting. 
• Bilingual English/Spanish speaking skills preferred.
• Fire Safety card within 90 days of hire.