Job description

Salary

$20.96 - $32.87 Hourly

Location

Newport, OR

Job Type

Full-Time

Department

Health and Human Services

Job Number

22-100 (646/652)

Closing

Continuous

Position Summary

Compensation will be dependent on experience based on State of Oregon defined bona fide factors in accordance with Oregon's Pay Equity Act.
Disease Intervention Specialist 1 $20.96 - $28.18 Hourly
Disease Intervention Specialist 2 $24.45 - $32.87 Hourly

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Your job in the department is to . . ._
Assist the interdisciplinary team working to prevent spread and reduce the impact of communicable diseases in the Lincoln County Community. Investigate disease cases and outbreaks as well as develop relationships with affected populations and community partners to improve disease detection and mitigation efforts.

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Your job also involves . . ._
Serving as a frontline disease intervention specialist who acts as a liaison, link, intermediary, and navigator between health and community resources to facilitate access and to improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities

Disease Investigation, Intervention and Partner Services:

• Conduct full epidemiological investigations, including but not limited to conducting individual case interviews of reportable conditions, contact tracing, cluster identification, and outbreak investigation.
• Provide education, consultation, and guidance to cases and medical providers on screening, testing, and treatment, and initiates actions to mitigate the impact of communicable diseases.
• Receive and interpret lab results and medical records for use in case investigation.
• Contact potentially exposed persons to encourage testing, treatment, provide education, and obtain information on other potentially infected persons.
• Build and maintain working relationships with key community partners, such as schools, congregate care facilities, and healthcare providers.
• Work with community partners to implement communicable disease prevention and control measures in outbreak settings.
• Communicate by establishing rapport, active listening, using open-ended questions, and communicating at the patient’s level of understanding.
• Provide educational presentations and consultations to medical providers, substance abuse treatment counselors, community groups, and school staff and students on communicable diseases.

Typical Qualifications

Minimum Education Level
Disease Intervention Specialist 1
Associates and/or Professional Certification
Specifics: General Studies

Disease Intervention Specialist 2
Bachelors
Specifics: Public Health, Infectious Disease, Science, Healthcare

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Minimum Experience Level*
One year
Specifics: One year experience as a Disease Intervention Specialist, Community Health Worker, or conducting health-related investigations.

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Certifications*
Certification(s) required
Specifics: CPR certification within 30 days of appointment. Must obtain Community Health Worker Certification within one year of appointment.

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Driver’s License*
Oregon Driver's License required
Specifics: Must obtain within 30 days of appointment.

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Desirable Qualifications: *
Disease Intervention Specialist 1 & 2
Fluent in Spanish
Bicultural competencies for the Latinx and Hispanic population preferred.

Disease Intervention Specialist 2
Two years’ experience at a level equivalent to Community Health Worker or DIS.

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Knowledge of: *

• Extensive knowledge of the Lincoln County Area.
• Principles, policies, procedures, methods, and techniques specific to infectious disease control, prevention, and public health.
• Interviewing and motivational counseling techniques and principles.
• Medical and drug terminology.
• Communicable disease infections and their health effects, modes of transmission, prevention, treatment and effect on families and social institutions.
• Computer tools and software such as Microsoft Power Point, Word.

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Skill or ability to: *

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, clients, and the pubic
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Work independently.
• Apply concepts of cultural sensitivity.
• Follow written and verbal instructions.
• Prepare and present written materials and oral presentations for the public.
• Ability to learn and utilize the Communicable Disease reporting Statewide database.
• Convey information, ideas, and facts both orally and in writing to supervisors, colleagues, and individuals, inside and outside the county, using language and a format the audience will best understand.
• Utilize computers and other technology to communicate in written and verbal forms (e.g., word processing, texts, emails, spreadsheets, department-specific software).
• Effectively relate well with others, including supervisors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the county. Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and working to maintain constructive working relationships.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work. Show up to work on time, and follows instructions, policies, and procedures. Meet productivity standards, deadlines, and work schedules.

Job Conditions and Physical Demands

WORKING CONDITIONS
Job Conditions: This position primarily works some combination of hours Monday through Friday with the possibility of hours in the evening or on weekends.

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Work Location: *Lincoln County

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Travel: * Regular travel in a county vehicle throughout Lincoln County

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS*
The physical demands are typical of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical capability to handle high mobility demands and complex personal interactions.

• Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
• Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS*
Lincoln County is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and essential functions expected of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Lincoln County offers a comprehensive benefit package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision which is paid at 90% by the County and 10% by the employee. Other fully paid benefits include life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance. Other optional insurances are available. A 401K retirement plan is also provided. The County's current contribution rate is 11%.

Regular and Trial Service employees working between 20 - 39 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for pro-rated employee benefits.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.96 - $32.87 per hour

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