Tanner Looking for Instructors to Teach Wellness Programs
Monday, October 17, 2016
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Do you like to teach and have a passion for healthy living? Do you have a desire to help people transform their lives? Tanner Health System’s Get Healthy, Live Well is looking for instructors to help lead its evidence-based wellness programs.
Those selected will receive a stipend. A background in health or education is a plus.
“Being a Get Healthy, Live Well instructor provides you with an opportunity to help people make positive changes that will help them lead happy and healthy lives,” said Jamie Brandenburg, LPN, chronic disease outreach coordinator at Get Healthy, Live Well.
There are different ways to help with Get Healthy, Live Well’s wellness programs. Become a Cooking Matters instructor and help teach families how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals that taste delicious. Help people quit using tobacco by teaching them skills for coping with cravings as a facilitator for Freshstart tobacco cessation classes. Become a Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle coach and help participants develop the skills needed to delay or prevent diabetes.
Leaders are also needed for Get Healthy, Live well’s Living Well self-management classes. The Living Well with Diabetes program helps participants learn how to manage diabetes. The Living Well Workshop helps participants manage any health condition, including but not limited to: arthritis, being overweight, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression, fibromyalgia, heart disease, high blood pressure, lung disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke and more.
If you’re interested in becoming an instructor, call 770.812.8888 for more information or email your resume to gethealthy@tanner.org. For more information about Get Healthy, Live Well’s teaching opportunities, visit www.GetHealthyLiveWell.org.