Communicable Disease Spec 2

Georgia Department of Public Health; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Dental

Job summary

The Georgia Department of Public Health seeks a Communicable Disease Spec 2 for the Fulton County Board of Health in the Nursing Services Division. The role focuses on gathering and analyzing data on communicable diseases and coordinating timely intervention strategies to protect residents.

The candidate will assist with disease cluster investigations, patient interviews, contact tracing, and guiding clients to testing and care.

Qualifications

• Associate degree from an accredited college or university; or licensure as a registered nurse and one year of nursing experience; or four years of experience in a medical-related field.
• Two years of experience in a related area; or four years of experience in a medical-related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Science, Biology, Community Health, Nursing, Social Science, or a closely related field is preferred but not required.
• Experience conducting patient interviews, contact investigations, field investigations, and community outreach.

Responsibilities

• Gathers, analyzes and monitors data regarding communicable diseases within a health district.
• Ensures implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of such diseases.
• Assists with investigations of disease clusters, outbreaks, and other urgent public health events and implements appropriate disease-control measures.
• Monitors assigned cases and contacts to ensure completion of required testing, medical evaluation, treatment, and other interventions.

Skills

Patient interviews

Contact investigations

Field investigations

Community outreach

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Pay Grade: I

Connect passion with purpose. The Fulton County Board of Health provides a variety of services that help protect residents from health threats, increase access to health services to improve health outcomes, and provide information that assists Fulton County citizens in living healthier lives.

The agency is seeking a highly qualified candidate for the position of Communicable Disease Spec 2 within the Fulton County Board of Health in the Nursing Services Division.

Standard Benefits for FULL Time Salaried Employees. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible schedule, training opportunities, health insurance, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance.

Under general supervision, gathers, analyzes and monitors data regarding communicable diseases within a health district. Ensures implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of such diseases.Assesses clients requesting rapid STD screenings and escorts them to the lab for testing. If any rapid test returns positive, the client is referred to the provider for treatment.

Monitors assigned cases and contacts to ensure completion of required testing, medical evaluation, treatment, and other recommended public health interventions.

Assists with investigations of disease clusters, outbreaks, and other urgent public health events and implements appropriate disease‑control measures.

Associate degree from an accredited college or university and two (2) years of experience in a related area; or four (4) years of experience in a medical‑related field; or licensure as a registered nurse and one (1) year of nursing experience; or one (1) year of experience at the lower level Communicable Disease Spec 1 (HCP080) or position equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting patient interviews, contact investigations, field investigations, and community outreach.
• - Bachelor’s degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Science, Biology, Community Health, Nursing, Social Science, or a closely related field is preferred but not required.

Performance Aptitude:

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to synthesize, hypothesize, and/or theorize concerning data involving modification of existing policies, strategies, and/or methods to meet unique or unusual conditions. Requires the ability to do so within the context of existing organizational theories and management principles.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a managerial capacity for a division or organizational unit; includes the ability to make decisions on procedural and technical levels.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of references, descriptive, advisory, and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform moderately complex algebraic and geometric operations; ability to utilize principles of basic probability and statistical inference.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; deal with concrete and abstract variables; and analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or email. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for the next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive a notification.

This position is subject to close at any time, once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.

*District 3-2 is an Equal Opportunity Employer*

The State will not unlawfully consider an applicant’s race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, genetic information, political affiliation, protected uniformed service, or otherlegally protected categories when making selections.

The candidate chosen for employment will be subject to Criminal Background Check/Fingerprinting, Reference Checks.