Public Health Program Representative - FCH
About the role
This is work of a professional nature designed to do work planning, promoting public health initiatives, implementing public health programming and evaluating program activities and implementation. An employee in this class is responsible for providing assistance and guidance to partners and organizations involved in program implementation.
Responsibilities
- Performs investigations in Allegheny County and ensures treatment for individuals who have been at risk for chronic or communicable diseases.
- Enters demographic and other related patient information into data collection systems.
- Performs required record searches.
- Disseminates instructional and informational material on disease control to the general public, and private agencies, which may involve one-on-one education sessions.
- Performs investigative field work to bring to medical evaluation and treatment, or return to treatment, patients at risk of having a chronic or communicable disease or patients who have lapsed from a treatment regime.
- Follows up with patients to ensure compliance with a treatment regime and reports on the efficacy of the treatment regime.
- Locates patients exposed to, or who have, a chronic or communicable disease, and refers them and their contacts to an appropriate facility for treatment.
- Counsels patients to take appropriate precautions to halt the spread of disease and avoid the complications of untreated infections.
- Completes mandated disease reporting and analyzes medical and epidemiological information for all cases.
- May perform pre- and post-test counseling and testing of those requesting screening for particular communicable diseases.
- Responds to Public Health emergencies as assigned by the Health Department.
Requirements
- Knowledge of principles and methods of individual and group counseling.
- Knowledge of state regulations for disease control.
- Knowledge of chronic and communicable diseases and methods for screening, detecting, and eradicating communicable diseases.
- Knowledge of basic medical terms and terminology.
- Knowledge of basic principles of computer use, data searches, internet searches, email use.
Skills
- Interpersonal Communication
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Community Engagement
- Family Caregiving
- Team Building
- Report Writing
- Data Entry
- Public Health
- Microsoft Office
Benefits
Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First AID, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more); ability to advance in county system; job security; meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service; eligible for federal loan forgiveness; organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.
Qualifications
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff members, individuals, groups, public and private agencies, and the general public.
Ability to express ideas clearly, orally and in writing and to speak effectively in public.
Ability to prepare clear, concise and comprehensive reports and to keep statistical records.
Ability to travel to and from work locations to carry out the responsibilities of the position.
Ability to exercise good judgment in evaluating information and situations and making good decisions based on these evaluations.
Ability to explain and interpret provisions of laws and regulations pertaining to disease control.
Ability to respond to public health emergencies.
Residency: Allegheny County within 1 year.