Senior Health Program Field Auditor

DelDOT; Smyrna (DE); On-site; AUD 69,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) in Smyrna, DE seeks a Senior Health Program Representative to conduct onsite compliance visits and audits for Vaccine for Children (VFC) providers and IQIP sites. You will schedule visits, provide immunization education, and assist with data uploads to federal databases.

Applicants should have at least six months in data collection, reporting, and disease/health hazard knowledge; a valid driver's license is required.

Qualifications

• Six months experience in eliciting and assessing information to make referrals or provide additional information to others.
• Six months experience in data collection including compiling and maintaining data from multiple sources.
• Six months experience in record keeping.
• Six months experience in narrative report writing.
• Knowledge of etiology of communicable or chronic diseases/health hazards.
• Possession of a valid Driver's License (not suspended, revoked or cancelled, or disqualified from driving).

Responsibilities

• Plans and participates in selective or multiphasic screening surveys to identify cases of communicable diseases/health hazards.
• Conducts field investigations which includes on-site and office interviews to obtain information to locate exposed individuals and recommends and/or implements necessary follow-up measures.
• Takes samples of blood and body fluids and may perform clinical tests.
• Locates individuals exposed to infected patients through confidential investigative techniques.
• Contacts private health care providers to ensure rapid case reporting and refers for treatment and/or examination.
• Counsels patients and individuals in high risk target groups to reduce potential spread of communicable disease/health hazards by obtaining named contacts.
• Prepares confidential statistical and narrative reports.
• Provides educational programs to groups and organizations.

Skills

Interviewing skills

Data collection

Record keeping

Narrative reporting

Knowledge of diseases

Driver's license

Job description

Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) in Smyrna, DE seeks a Senior Health Program Representative to conduct onsite compliance visits and audits for Vaccine for Children (VFC) providers and IQIP sites. You will schedule visits, provide immunization education, and assist with data uploads to federal databases.

Applicants should have at least six months in data collection, reporting, and disease/health hazard knowledge; a valid driver's license is required.