What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environ Health Specialist position at Wilson County Government?
The Wilson County Health Department is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented professional to join our team as an Environmental Health Specialist.
In this important role, you will help protect and promote community health by ensuring safe food service operations, clean facilities, and compliance with environmental health regulations throughout Wilson County.
A.Clinic Responsibilities: - 80%
1.Work as needed in other Health Department clinics and programs including Family Planning, Maternity, STD, Primary Care, Child Health, Immunizations, Communicable Disease, and Adult Health.
2.Obtain client histories, vital signs, measurements, obtain appropriate lab specimens, and provide counseling and education, and referral to other sources, as necessary.
3. Dispenses appropriate medications and/or vitamins and iron according to Department’s
Programmatic Policies/Procedures.
4. Initiates necessary referrals as per programmatic guidelines.
5. Performs hearing and visual acuity screenings on children in the Well Child Program as per Bright Future/Child Health Program Guidelines. Refers abnormal findings as per program policy.
6. Orders appropriate lab work as per Standing Orders.
7. Position may serve as a back-up for any of the public health programs offered as directed by the Nursing Supervisor or Director of Nursing.
B.Sickle Cell Coordinator – 10% of the time
1.Coordinate and manage the Sickle Cell Program for the Health Department. Act as
contact person for the program between Health Department, regional Sickle Cell
Counselor, and the client to see that appointments are made when necessary and
that additional blood work is obtained prior to Sickle Cell Counselor’s visit when
required.
2.Actively communicate with other agencies including social services and other
medical facilities to ensure that clients have access to transportation to and from
medical facilities out of town. Provide health education to new employees and
other agencies that are unaware of the problems related with Sickle Cell Disease.
3.Serve as nursing resource person when questions arise related to the Sickle Cell
Program, both from Health Department staff and from the general public.
4.Coordinate counseling and follow-up by state Sickle Cell Counselor.
5.Also responsible for informing staff of state changes in the Sickle Cell Program and
work out plans so that these changes can be incorporated into the individual
program area.
6.Responsible for the Sickle Cell manual. Ensure that program policies, standing
orders, and procedures are current and that any changes are incorporated into the
manual.
C. Other Duties: - 10%
1.This position may be required to manage the pharmacy inventory including checking medications in from the vendors, distributing medications to various clinics, and reconciling the drug counts for accuracy as required by Title X 340b program in conjunction with the Nursing Supervisor.
2. Provide educational in-services and/or classes to clients, co-workers, and other community groups.
3.Assist in outreach activities in health promotion and/or other Health Department events, which occur within the community.
4.Attends required staff trainings on OSHA, HIPAA, CPR, as scheduled, as well as other continuing education programs.
5.Maintains required personnel records (ex. time, travel)
6.Helps maintain a safe working environment.
7. Participates in program audits as needed.
8. Assigned duties related to Bioterrorism and Emergency Response activities, to include staffing of emergency shelters.
9. Duties as assigned by the Health Director and/or his/her designee.
Salary : $51,924 - $87,732