Public Health Adviser-Level I

NYC Health + Hospitals • Full-time • New York, New York State, United States • $50.60k / year • 3w ago

About NYC Health + Hospitals

Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC) is the major tertiary care provider in the borough of Queens. The hospital is comprised of 545 beds and is a Level I Trauma Center, an Emergency Heart Care Station and a 911 Receiving Hospital. It is the premiere health care organization for key areas such as Surgery, Cardiology, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal and Mental Health Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Under supervision, with some latitude for independent judgment, initiative and unreviewed action and decision, applies disease control and/or health promotion principles and methods including interviewing, investigations, case management, and referrals; reviews epidemiological data; and conducts health risk assessments.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Interviews and re-interviews patients with communicable/preventable and environmental diseases, and their contacts and families, to elicit contact and suspect information in order to locate the source and detect or prevent possible spread of causes related to the know infection/condition.

2. Conducts field investigations and follows up on infected patients with communicable/preventable and environmental diseases, and other patients, to ensure that they are continuing treatment and taking prescribe medications; locates contacts and suspects, referring them to appropriate diagnostic facilities for examination, prophylaxis and/or treatment; determines and reports environmental health hazards.

3. Conducts field investigations (surveillance and outbreak control activities) of reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases and of adverse vaccine reactions; locates and refers patients and their contacts to appropriate diagnostic facilities for examination, prophylaxis and/or treatment.

4. Performs health related procedures including the following collects medical samples for diagnostic purposes (e.g., performs phlebotomy, collects sputum samples); prepares blood for analysis and transports blood; in some cases, performs point-of-care testing (e.g., qualitative pregnancy testing). Receives training to perform these procedures.

5. Visits professionals involved in healthcare (such as physicians, laboratory directors, hospital administrators) in a variety of settings (e.g., schools, hospitals, clinics) to gain their cooperation in providing communicable/preventable and environmental disease control programs and treatment in accordance with healthcare guidelines and prescribed protocols; obtains information regarding disease trends; assesses immunization coverage and provides educational information and literature.

6. Maintains records and makes written reports and oral presentations for program evaluation purposes.

7. Provides information and referrals over the telephone on a variety of public health issues, including communicable/preventable diseases and environmental health issues, as well as reproductive health issues; makes appointments and provides follow-up on referrals.

8. Under the general direction of a school nurse, observes students administering their own oral, topical and inhalant medication(s) or injections according to prescribed guidelines. Assists physicians in the preparation and performance of physical examinations and performs simple first aid and CPR tasks.

9. May be assigned to a field site to perform point-of-care qualitative pregnancy testing and provide information on options (reproductive health, STD, etc.); may escort clients to providers as needed; provides case management services for at-risk pregnant women and infants, from pregnancy through the first year of infancy; provides medical, housing, and social services referrals, as needed.

10. Performs related work.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by twelve (12) semester credits in health education, or in health, social or biological sciences; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college of university and six (6) months of full-time satisfactory experience in a health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program, performing one or more of the following: interviewing, conducting field investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data; or

3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four (4) years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or

4. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and/or experience. Undergraduate college credit may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one (1) year of full-time experience. However, all candidates must have a minimum of a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and either twelve (12) semester credits, as described in "1" above or six (6) months of experience, as described in "2" above.

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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
Multiple employee discounts programs