COMMUNITY SERVICE AIDE - VACCINE DISTRIBUTION - Public Health

Tarrant County; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Tarrant County in Fort Worth, TX, seeks a Grant Funded Vaccine Program Assistant to support vaccine handling, training, and audits for VFC providers. You will review monthly vaccine inventories and provide basic customer service to provider offices and public health staff.

The role requires a High School Diploma, at least two years of relevant work experience (one year in public health or healthcare), driver’s license, and strong reading, math, organizational, data-entry, and communication

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• Two years work experience with one year in public health, healthcare, or related field.
• Public speaking experience is preferred since small group trainings will be done in the provider offices.
• Driver’s License required.
• Reading, basic math, organizational skills, data entry, and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists with training and audits of Vaccine for Children (VFC) providers following the VFC Policy and Procedure manual.
• Helps train provider office staff and public health immunization staff on vaccine storage, handling, temperature monitoring, and loss reporting.
• Reviews provider monthly reports and provides technical assistance as needed.
• Receives, issues, and returns vaccines.
• Issues immunization records.
• Provides customer service by phone.
• Performs all other duties as required.

Skills

Public speaking

Customer service

Reading

Basic Math

Data entry

Organizational skills

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Assists with vaccine handling and storage as well as training and audits for the office staff for Vaccine for Children providers. Reviews monthly reports on vaccine inventories and provides basic customer service.

***THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED POSITION***

1. Assists with training and audits of Vaccine for Children (VFC) providers following the VFC Policy and Procedure manual.
2. Helps train provider office staff and public health immunization staff on vaccine storage, handling, temperature monitoring, and loss reporting.
3. Reviews provider monthly reports and provides technical assistance as needed.
4. Receives, issues, and returns vaccines.
5. Issues immunization records.
6. Provides customer service by phone.
7. Performs all other duties as required.

• High School Diploma.
• Two (2) years work experience with one (1) year in public health, healthcare, or related field.
• Public speaking experience is preferred since small group trainings will be done in the provider offices.
• Driver’s License required. Reading, basic math, organizational skills, data entry, and customer service skills

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, lift, push and pull.