Work with a greater purpose
Tuition reimbursement
Exceptional work-life balance
Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center, Maricopa County Kids Club , dedicated to serving Maricopa County families
Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
Extensive wellness program, including an incentive
Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% per paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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Participates in disease detection, surveillance, investigations, and related activities involving communicable disease, non-communicable disease, and bioterrorism agents of all categories
Interviews patients and other individuals to obtain epidemiological information, provides health education, and advises disease control measures, including assuring prophylaxis or vaccines are received, if indicated
Researches scientific literature, maintains records of all disease-related contacts, enters data into databases, analyzes data, and produces reports based on collected data
Performs home visits, as needed, to collect specimens (venipuncture, N.P. swab, etc.) and provide health education/counseling to ensure that chemoprophylaxis or vaccine recommendations are followed appropriately
Collaborates with community, County, state, and federal agencies regarding urgent or noteworthy events in health surveillance
Attends regional/state meetings and shares and updates information through in-services and staff meetings
Mentors and trains Epidemiology staff
Provides health education, counseling, and intervention on communicable diseases and prevention to citizens, schools, businesses, and health care providers
Provides back-up and support for other Division of Epidemiology & Informatics staff, including data entry, data management, outbreak/bioterrorism investigations, medical records requests, quality control of data, survey implementation, survey records maintenance, and communicable disease report database management
Participates in public health emergency response planning, exercises, and actions
Makes recommendations to management in writing protocols, policies, and procedures to support surveillance, data analysis, and other activities
Provides immunizations to community members as needed
Must be able to work on-call periodically
Ability to travel to and from job-related locations during the course of a scheduled workday, subject to County policies regarding the use of a County or private vehicle on County business
Ability to participate in emergency response training as scheduled and be available to respond as directed in the event of a public health emergency
Current CPR certification is required upon hire
Valid Arizona driver's license is required upon hire
All employees, within one month of hire, will be required to provide evidence of immunity or receive immunizations for vaccine-preventable illnesses for any position within the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Required immunizations include MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Tdap (whooping cough and diphtheria), Varicella (chicken pox), and annual Influenza. Some positions require a Hepatitis B vaccine and/or a Tuberculosis test
