SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATOR
City of Houston · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions. Must not include Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. Let's see what info we have:
Position Overview: includes Applications Accepted From, Division, Section, Location, Workday & Hours. That's like location, schedule maybe. Workday & Hours: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change. That's schedule info. So we can have a Schedule section with that.
Description Of Duties/Essential Functions: list of duties. That's Responsibilities.
WORKING CONDITIONS: exposures etc. Could be part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like Working Conditions but not in allowed headings. We could incorporate into Responsibilities or maybe under Requirements? Not exactly. The allowed headings are limited; we can put working conditions under Responsibilities as part of duties? Might be better to include under Responsibilities as bullet.
Minimum Requirements: EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, Experience Requirements, Substitution, License Requirements. That's Requirements/Qualifications. We can have Requirements section.
PREFERENCES: Veteran preference, Bilingual. That's Skills or Preferences. Could be Skills.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Selection/Skills Tests Required None. However, the Department may administer a skills assessment test. SAFETY IMPACT POSITION: Yes ... random drug testing. That's maybe Requirements or Qualifications? Could be under Requirements.
SALARY INFORMATION: GENERAL FUND POSITION ... Pay Grade 16. That's Pay info. So we can have Pay section with Pay Grade 16.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES etc: we must remove application instructions. So drop that.
EEO etc: remove.
Thus we have sections: About the role (maybe Position Overview?), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (maybe combine?), Skills, Pay, Schedule.
We need to avoid duplicate or thin sections. Let's decide:
- About the role: could include Position Overview summary: Division, Section, Location, maybe mission. We have info: Division: Public Health Services Branch, Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis, Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX. 77054. Also Workday & Hours is schedule, so maybe not here.
- Responsibilities: list of duties from Description Of Duties/Essential Functions plus maybe WORKING CONDITIONS? Could include working conditions as bullet.
- Requirements: Minimum Requirements (education, experience, substitution, license). Also Safety Impact Position (drug testing) maybe.
- Qualifications: maybe combine with Requirements? But we need to avoid thin sections. Could have Requirements covering education/experience/license, and Qualifications covering preferences (veteran, bilingual) and skills assessment test.
- Skills: maybe bilingual, veteran preference? Or we could put preferences under Skills.
- Pay: Pay Grade 16.
- Schedule: Workday & Hours: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, using
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions. Must not include Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. Let's see what info we have:
Position Overview: includes Applications Accepted From, Division, Section, Location, Workday & Hours. That's like location, schedule maybe. Workday & Hours: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change. That's schedule info. So we can have a Schedule section with that.
Description Of Duties/Essential Functions: list of duties. That's Responsibilities.
WORKING CONDITIONS: exposures etc. Could be part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like Working Conditions but not in allowed headings. We could incorporate into Responsibilities or maybe under Requirements? Not exactly. The allowed headings are limited; we can put working conditions under Responsibilities as part of duties? Might be better to include under Responsibilities as bullet.
Minimum Requirements: EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, Experience Requirements, Substitution, License Requirements. That's Requirements/Qualifications. We can have Requirements section.
PREFERENCES: Veteran preference, Bilingual. That's Skills or Preferences. Could be Skills.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Selection/Skills Tests Required None. However, the Department may administer a skills assessment test. SAFETY IMPACT POSITION: Yes ... random drug testing. That's maybe Requirements or Qualifications? Could be under Requirements.
SALARY INFORMATION: GENERAL FUND POSITION ... Pay Grade 16. That's Pay info. So we can have Pay section with Pay Grade 16.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES etc: we must remove application instructions. So drop that.
EEO etc: remove.
Thus we have sections: About the role (maybe Position Overview?), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (maybe combine?), Skills, Pay, Schedule.
We need to avoid duplicate or thin sections. Let's decide:
- About the role: could include Position Overview summary: Division, Section, Location, maybe mission. We have info: Division: Public Health Services Branch, Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis, Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX. 77054. Also Workday & Hours is schedule, so maybe not here.
- Responsibilities: list of duties from Description Of Duties/Essential Functions plus maybe WORKING CONDITIONS? Could include working conditions as bullet.
- Requirements: Minimum Requirements (education, experience, substitution, license). Also Safety Impact Position (drug testing) maybe.
- Qualifications: maybe combine with Requirements? But we need to avoid thin sections. Could have Requirements covering education/experience/license, and Qualifications covering preferences (veteran, bilingual) and skills assessment test.
- Skills: maybe bilingual, veteran preference? Or we could put preferences under Skills.
- Pay: Pay Grade 16.
- Schedule: Workday & Hours: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, using for headings, - for lists,
for prose.
We must not repeat job title. No markdown.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: we can put a paragraph summarizing Division, Section, Location.
Division: Public Health Services Branch. Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis. Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX 77054.
That's fine.
Responsibilities: list of duties. We'll extract each duty sentence.
List:
- Conducts initial and follow-up interviews of reported and suspected TB cases to identify and prioritize contacts, with emphasis on high-risk populations including children under five years of age and immunocompromised individuals.
- Conducts field visits for contact investigations, including performing QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) tests and/or administering and interpreting TB skin tests in accordance with established protocols.
- Coordinates and schedules medical evaluations for identified contacts and follows up on results with healthcare providers.
- Provides Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for TB and TBI patients, including medication delivery, sputum specimen collection, and visual acuity assessments in accordance with program guidelines.
- Locates, counsels, and re-engages non-adherent TB patients to ensure return to medical supervision, including follow-up with immigrant and refugee populations according to Bureau guidelines.
- Accurately documents all investigative and treatment activities in field and electronic records, including medication administration, toxicity monitoring, sputum collection, control orders, mileage, and itineraries.
- Immediately reports issues, barriers, or concerns to supervisory staff and maintains ongoing communication to resolve patient care challenges.
- Collaborates with healthcare providers, clinics, and laboratories to facilitate timely diagnosis, treatment, and continuity of TB care.
- Participates in patient case conferences and assists supervisory staff with case management planning.
- Supports the training and mentoring of new Public Health Investigators and other personnel involved in communicable disease intervention activities.
- Completes special assignments and provides services to community and governmental agencies, including correctional facilities, as assigned.
- Participates in departmental and bureau-wide public health initiatives to promote disease prevention and community health.
- Travels between work sites using a personal or City-issued vehicle as required. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license in compliance with City of Houston Administrative Policy (A.P.) 2-2.
- WORKING CONDITIONS: There are frequent exposures to extreme levels of temperature, air pollution, noise pollution, chemical gases and substances, and/or contagious diseases or physical trauma conditions of a short-term disabling nature, such as broken bones or temporary loss of sight or hearing.
We could include working conditions as a bullet.
Now Requirements: education, experience, substitution, license.
- Requires an Associate’s degree in Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Public Health or a closely related field.
- Two years of experience in the public health field is required.
- Pertinent professional experience in the public health field may be substituted for the above educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
- Requires a valid Texas driver’s license and compliance with the City of Houston policy of driving.
- Safety Impact Position: Yes; subject to random drug testing; if promoted into this position, must pass an assigned drug test.
Now Qualifications/Skills: Preferences: Veteran preference, Bilingual, Skills assessment test possible.
We could have Skills section: Bilingual ability preferred; Veteran preference given to eligible applicants meeting qualifications; May be required to pass a skills assessment test.
But we need to avoid filler like "preference shall be given". We can keep the substance.
Now Pay: Pay Grade 16.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change.
Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
Division: Public Health Services Branch. Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis. Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX 77054.
Responsibilities
- Conducts initial and follow-up interviews of reported and suspected TB cases to identify and prioritize contacts, with emphasis on high-risk populations including children under five years of age and immunocompromised individuals.
- Conducts field visits for contact investigations, including performing QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) tests and/or administering and interpreting TB skin tests in accordance with established protocols.
- Coordinates and schedules medical evaluations for identified contacts and follows up on results with healthcare providers.
- Provides Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for TB and TBI patients, including medication delivery, sputum specimen collection, and visual acuity assessments in accordance with program guidelines.
- Locates, counsels, and re-engages non-adherent TB patients to ensure return to medical supervision, including follow-up with immigrant and refugee populations according to Bureau guidelines.
- Accurately documents all investigative and treatment activities in field and electronic records, including medication administration, toxicity monitoring, sputum collection, control orders, mileage, and itineraries.
- Immediately reports issues, barriers, or concerns to supervisory staff and maintains ongoing communication to resolve patient care challenges.
- Collaborates with healthcare providers, clinics, and laboratories to facilitate timely diagnosis, treatment, and continuity of TB care.
- Participates in patient case conferences and assists supervisory staff with case management planning.
- Supports the training and mentoring of new Public Health Investigators and other personnel involved in communicable disease intervention activities.
- Completes special assignments and provides services to community and governmental agencies, including correctional facilities, as assigned.
- Participates in departmental and bureau-wide public health initiatives to promote disease prevention and community health.
- Travels between work sites using a personal or City-issued vehicle as required. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license in compliance with City of Houston Administrative Policy (A.P.) 2-2.
- Frequent exposures to extreme temperatures, air pollution, noise pollution, chemical gases and substances, and/or contagious diseases or physical trauma conditions (e.g., broken bones, temporary loss of sight or hearing).
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Public Health or a closely related field.
- Two years of experience in the public health field required.
- Pertinent professional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
- Valid Texas driver’s license and compliance with City of Houston driving policy.
- Safety Impact Position: subject to random drug testing; must pass assigned drug test if promoted into the position.
Skills
- Bilingual ability preferred.
- Eligible veteran applicants receive preference when qualifications are met.
- May be required to pass a skills assessment test.
Pay
Pay Grade 16.
Schedule
Monday‑Friday, flexible (subject to change).
Check if any content missing: we omitted "Applications Accepted From: All Persons Interested". That's metadata but not essential? It's part of Position Overview but maybe not needed. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short or drop it." So "Applications Accepted From: All Persons Interested" is minor metadata; we could drop it or include in About the role paragraph. Could add a sentence: "Open to all interested persons." But it's minor; we could drop. Probably fine to drop.
We also omitted "Workday & Hours: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change." We used that in Schedule.
We omitted "Subject to change" note; we included "(subject to change)". Good.
We omitted "Division: Public Health Services Branch Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX. 77054". We included.
We omitted "Position Overview" heading; we used About the role.
We omitted "Description Of Duties/Essential Functions" heading; we used Responsibilities.
We omitted "WORKING CONDITIONS" heading; we included as bullet.
We omitted "Minimum Requirements" heading; we used Requirements.
We omitted "EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS", "Experience Requirements", "Substitution", "License Requirements". We included.
We omitted "PREFERENCES" heading; we used Skills.
We omitted
- for lists,
for prose. We must not repeat job title. No markdown. Let's craft. First, About the role: we can put a paragraph summarizing Division, Section, Location.
Division: Public Health Services Branch. Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis. Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX 77054.
That's fine. Responsibilities: list of duties. We'll extract each duty sentence. List: - Conducts initial and follow-up interviews of reported and suspected TB cases to identify and prioritize contacts, with emphasis on high-risk populations including children under five years of age and immunocompromised individuals. - Conducts field visits for contact investigations, including performing QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) tests and/or administering and interpreting TB skin tests in accordance with established protocols. - Coordinates and schedules medical evaluations for identified contacts and follows up on results with healthcare providers. - Provides Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for TB and TBI patients, including medication delivery, sputum specimen collection, and visual acuity assessments in accordance with program guidelines. - Locates, counsels, and re-engages non-adherent TB patients to ensure return to medical supervision, including follow-up with immigrant and refugee populations according to Bureau guidelines. - Accurately documents all investigative and treatment activities in field and electronic records, including medication administration, toxicity monitoring, sputum collection, control orders, mileage, and itineraries. - Immediately reports issues, barriers, or concerns to supervisory staff and maintains ongoing communication to resolve patient care challenges. - Collaborates with healthcare providers, clinics, and laboratories to facilitate timely diagnosis, treatment, and continuity of TB care. - Participates in patient case conferences and assists supervisory staff with case management planning. - Supports the training and mentoring of new Public Health Investigators and other personnel involved in communicable disease intervention activities. - Completes special assignments and provides services to community and governmental agencies, including correctional facilities, as assigned. - Participates in departmental and bureau-wide public health initiatives to promote disease prevention and community health. - Travels between work sites using a personal or City-issued vehicle as required. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license in compliance with City of Houston Administrative Policy (A.P.) 2-2. - WORKING CONDITIONS: There are frequent exposures to extreme levels of temperature, air pollution, noise pollution, chemical gases and substances, and/or contagious diseases or physical trauma conditions of a short-term disabling nature, such as broken bones or temporary loss of sight or hearing. We could include working conditions as a bullet. Now Requirements: education, experience, substitution, license. - Requires an Associate’s degree in Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Public Health or a closely related field. - Two years of experience in the public health field is required. - Pertinent professional experience in the public health field may be substituted for the above educational requirement on a year-for-year basis. - Requires a valid Texas driver’s license and compliance with the City of Houston policy of driving. - Safety Impact Position: Yes; subject to random drug testing; if promoted into this position, must pass an assigned drug test. Now Qualifications/Skills: Preferences: Veteran preference, Bilingual, Skills assessment test possible. We could have Skills section: Bilingual ability preferred; Veteran preference given to eligible applicants meeting qualifications; May be required to pass a skills assessment test. But we need to avoid filler like "preference shall be given". We can keep the substance. Now Pay: Pay Grade 16. Schedule: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change. Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Let's craft HTML. We'll have:About the role
Division: Public Health Services Branch. Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis. Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX 77054.
Responsibilities
- Conducts initial and follow-up interviews of reported and suspected TB cases to identify and prioritize contacts, with emphasis on high-risk populations including children under five years of age and immunocompromised individuals.
- Conducts field visits for contact investigations, including performing QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) tests and/or administering and interpreting TB skin tests in accordance with established protocols.
- Coordinates and schedules medical evaluations for identified contacts and follows up on results with healthcare providers.
- Provides Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for TB and TBI patients, including medication delivery, sputum specimen collection, and visual acuity assessments in accordance with program guidelines.
- Locates, counsels, and re-engages non-adherent TB patients to ensure return to medical supervision, including follow-up with immigrant and refugee populations according to Bureau guidelines.
- Accurately documents all investigative and treatment activities in field and electronic records, including medication administration, toxicity monitoring, sputum collection, control orders, mileage, and itineraries.
- Immediately reports issues, barriers, or concerns to supervisory staff and maintains ongoing communication to resolve patient care challenges.
- Collaborates with healthcare providers, clinics, and laboratories to facilitate timely diagnosis, treatment, and continuity of TB care.
- Participates in patient case conferences and assists supervisory staff with case management planning.
- Supports the training and mentoring of new Public Health Investigators and other personnel involved in communicable disease intervention activities.
- Completes special assignments and provides services to community and governmental agencies, including correctional facilities, as assigned.
- Participates in departmental and bureau-wide public health initiatives to promote disease prevention and community health.
- Travels between work sites using a personal or City-issued vehicle as required. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license in compliance with City of Houston Administrative Policy (A.P.) 2-2.
- Frequent exposures to extreme temperatures, air pollution, noise pollution, chemical gases and substances, and/or contagious diseases or physical trauma conditions (e.g., broken bones, temporary loss of sight or hearing).
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Public Health or a closely related field.
- Two years of experience in the public health field required.
- Pertinent professional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
- Valid Texas driver’s license and compliance with City of Houston driving policy.
- Safety Impact Position: subject to random drug testing; must pass assigned drug test if promoted into the position.
Skills
- Bilingual ability preferred.
- Eligible veteran applicants receive preference when qualifications are met.
- May be required to pass a skills assessment test.
Pay
Pay Grade 16.
Schedule
Monday‑Friday, flexible (subject to change).
Check if any content missing: we omitted "Applications Accepted From: All Persons Interested". That's metadata but not essential? It's part of Position Overview but maybe not needed. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it." So "Applications Accepted From: All Persons Interested" is minor metadata; we could drop it or include in About the role paragraph. Could add a sentence: "Open to all interested persons." But it's minor; we could drop. Probably fine to drop. We also omitted "Workday & Hours: Monday-Friday, Flexible* Subject to change." We used that in Schedule. We omitted "Subject to change" note; we included "(subject to change)". Good. We omitted "Division: Public Health Services Branch Section: Bureau of Tuberculosis Location: 8000 N. Stadium Dr., Houston, TX. 77054". We included. We omitted "Position Overview" heading; we used About the role. We omitted "Description Of Duties/Essential Functions" heading; we used Responsibilities. We omitted "WORKING CONDITIONS" heading; we included as bullet. We omitted "Minimum Requirements" heading; we used Requirements. We omitted "EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS", "Experience Requirements", "Substitution", "License Requirements". We included. We omitted "PREFERENCES" heading; we used Skills. We omitted