Wellness Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Main focus is educating others
• Job duties depend on the employer

• Educate the public on how to improve the daily choices they make
• Help prevent illnesses
• Provides client with up-to-date information on diet, exercise and health
• Meeting with clients
• Determining their health goals and helping them achieve their goals
• Manage programs related to health for companies and/or individuals
• Be able to locate medical services and health resources
• Creates educational material and collects data based on their clients
• Teach people about behaviors that can help promote wellness
• Discuss health concerns with certain people in communities
• Teach people how to manage any conditions they may have
• Evaluate how effective programs that have been created are
• Report their findings to healthcare providers
• Provide training programs for health professionals

Salary:  $43,840 per year

Educational Requirements: Minimum requirement in this field is a bachelor’s degree in health education, certification is also needed, become certified by passing an exam, in order to keep your certification you must complete 75 hours of education every 5 years

Demand for this profession: The demand for this profession is about 13% from 2014 to 2024 which is faster than average
Reflection: I would not like to become a wellness specialist because I don’t think I would be able to teach others about health.