Public Health Training Assistant Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Provides public health nursing services and actions directed toward the goals of prevention, assessment, risk education and health status improvement for individuals, families, and the community.

Essential Functions:

• Timely, regular, and consistent attendance.
• Project a positive and professional image. Provide respectful customer service to external and internal clients.
• Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety issues.
• Provides public health information to others either through formal training or informal communications in the most effective manner for that individual or group; distributes educational pamphlets, brochures, and booklets to the public; utilizes various types of communication to convey information.
• Interview people to obtain health and program specific information; handle complaints, inquiries, and emergencies as required by state and health district protocol.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
• Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of the community.
• Follow federal, state, and local laws, regulations, rules and/or regulations, including HIPPA and grant requirements, and health district policies and procedures.
• Perform client assessments by acquiring health and family histories and conducting routine medical tests and makes appropriate referrals; utilize a variety of nursing and counseling skills; provide client education; prepare and maintains patient records; perform laboratory and diagnostic workups, providing follow-up and referrals based on findings; instruct and counsels parents and clients regarding normal anatomy and physiology.
• Use public health surveillance/disease investigation methods in community outreach, screening, and case finding of communicable and infectious disease and environmental health problems. Assist in the initiation of enforcement or corrective action as required.
• Use quality improvement (QI) and performance management (PM) processes and/or techniques to improve the effectiveness of environmental health programs and services including but not limited to creating, implementing, and evaluating performance standards and identifying, implementing, and assessing QI processes.
• Responsibilities include other duties as assigned including but not limited to Accreditation requirements and responding to emergency events.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (four-year college or technical school): Required Field of Study: Nursing
• Experience: Six (6) plus months of experience in public health or equivalent. One registered nurse without a BSN is grandfathered into the position of public health nurse as per the classification series adopted by Greene County Board of Health Resolution #17-01-05-9.
• Computer Skills: Ohio Impact Statewide Immunization Information System (Impact SIIS) and Ohio Department of Health Gateway programs (e.g., Early Intervention Data System (EIDS), Medicaid A Claiming, MATCH, Ohio Comprehensive Home Visiting Integrated Data System (OCHIDS, AHLERS, etc.), Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and video conferencing training including Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, Zoom and Microsoft Teams to be obtained upon hire.
• License & Certifications: Current and valid Registered Nursing License (RN) as issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing; current CPR certifications; Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license. Other Requirements: National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200 and 700.a to be obtained within six (6) months of hire.

Competencies/Knowledge-Skills-Abilities (KSAs): Dependability, Judgement, Communication, Customer Satisfaction, Quality, Community Partnership Skills, Data Analytics and Assessment Skills.

Physical Demands: Stand (Occasionally), Walk (Occasionally), Sit (Frequently), Manually Manipulate (Occasionally), Reach Outward (Occasionally), Reach Above Shoulder (Occasionally), Grasp (Occasionally), Speak (Frequently), Lift/Carry (Occasionally), Push/Pull (Occasionally).

Work Environment: Employees may be exposed to, negotiate, use, or work with or in the vicinity of blood, bodily tissues, and fluids; may be exposed to potentially dangerous/fatal infectious diseases. Work-related travel may subject employees to conditions that range from inclement weather to dangerous conditions such as snow/ice, heat, noise and sudden temperature changes. Employees in this classification may occasionally need to relate to members of the public who exhibit challenging, atypical or hostile behavior and/or communication.

Benefits: Greene County Public Health pays 90% of Health, Dental, and Vision insurance premiums.