Public Health Emergency Preparedness Clerk

About the role

This position will assist the Health Services Division Emergency Preparedness Coordinator with performing activities and implementing initiatives related to a comprehensive public health emergency response plans and will also assist in developing and delivering educational safety presentations and training to increase awareness of emergency preparedness within the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance with the maintenance of office files.
• Screens incoming calls and correspondence; exercises judgement and responds accordingly.
• Affords assistance with maintaining inventory of office supplies, personal protective equipment, and medical equipment; arranges for equipment maintenance and repair.
• Assists with performing and documenting inspections and audits with special emphasis on hazard identification/recognition and observation of unsafe behaviors as designated.
• Develops general safety training and gets final approval of content from management; Conducts general safety training to individuals and groups under the direction of PHEP Coordinator.
• Records the completion of inspections and findings, escalating discovered issues to management with corrective action recommendations and immediately corrects correcting issues within scope of authority.
• Affords assistance with investigating and evaluating hazardous conditions and employee safety concerns.
• Affords assistance with typing of correspondence, memos, minutes, agendas or reports from drafts, recordings, or verbal instruction.
• Receives, logs, sorts, and distributes incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• Contributes to a team effort and accomplishes related results as required.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level as requested by supervisor or director.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.
• A minimum of two (2) years experience working with diverse communities.
• Experience working with and/or training community health workers.
• Experience providing population health focused nursing services aimed at preventing illness, injury, and disability.
• Experience advising on health maintenance and disease prevention to improve and sustain health and well-being.

Skills

• Basic Access skills.
• Intermediate Word, Excel, Outlook, & PowerPoint skills.
• Understanding of emergency management software and programs.
• Assessing communities to determine public health risk factors of populations in a specific geographic area.
• Preparing and delivering medical/public health training and information directly to patients/clients, their families and to the general community.
• Maintaining appropriate confidentiality of information encountered during performance of duties.
• Planning, organizing, assigning, and evaluating.
• Operating a variety of office equipment, including a computer and related software applications.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with co-workers, supervisor, management, Council members, and the public.
• Ability to sufficiently exchange or convey information and receive verbal and written work instructions.

Benefits

• 22 days of Paid Time Off which increases with years of service.
• 15 paid Holidays per year.
• A comprehensive healthcare benefit package that surpasses or rivals the biggest organizations in Tucson.
• An onsite Wellness Center.
• A 401(k) Plan with a generous match in which you're immediately vested along with a profit sharing plan after one year of employment.
• Sworn police and and fire employees are eligible to make Pre-Tax and After-Tax contributions to the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement Systems ("PSPRS").