Hybrid Community Health Specialist en Hennepin County, MN
Hennepin County, MN · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US, Estados Unidos De América · Hybrid
- Professional
- Oficina en Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US
About the Department
The Environmental Health division within Human Services and Public Health (HSPH) department is seeking a Community Health Specialist to join their team. In this position, you will be working in a supportive team environment and respond to customer/client needs via various communication platforms.
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Location and hours:
This position is hybrid and will be performed both onsite at the Eden Prairie Service Center at 479 Prairie Center Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 and remote as job duties require. Work hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. While this position is designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin. New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.
About this position type:
This is a full-time, benefit earning position.
This position is internally classified as a Community Health Specialist.
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In this position, you will:
- Educate environmental health (EH) customers and callers of the requirements of EH programs and their public health impact.
- Act as a liaison to local and state agencies (MN Department of Health & Agriculture, City offices, IRS, etc.)
- Provide written communications for all environmental public health within our software platform, Digital Health Department (DHD), and other data base systems.
- Prepare information for Hennepin County website and HC SharePoint.
- Assist callers and walk-ins regarding EH program data.
- Provide information to callers on selected infectious conditions and environmental health hazards.
- Assist in hiring and training of support staff.
- Assist Program Manager in developing and writing performance standards related to the use of EH data base systems.
Need to have:
- One of the following:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in public health, nursing, behavioral/social science, or an approved related field.
- Four years or more of experience performing community health assessment activities.
Nice to have:
- Experience:
- With project management.
- In cannabis-related public health programs.
- Knowledge of principles of environmental health, epidemiology, and emergency preparedness.
- Ability to:
- Develop and write clear procedures for the environmental health computer software program, and DHD, as well as act as main contact for staff and customers.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with cities and health departments outside Hennepin County jurisdiction.
- Resolve client complaints.
- Organization management of environmental health data: collection, maintenance, extraction, and purging.
Candidates with fluency in another language in addition to English are encouraged to apply. Bilingual candidates who pass a language assessment may qualify for additional bilingual pay and duties.
About the department:
Hennepin County Public Health’s vision is for all people who live, work and play in Hennepin County to experience optimal health grounded in health and racial equity. Our department works to improve the health of all county residents by addressing the social and environmental factors that impact their health and offering programs and services that help them to be healthy. We promote physical and mental health, prevent illness and injury associated with communicable diseases and environmental conditions, and reduce chronic diseases.
About Hennepin County:
Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (login as Guest).
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
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This position will have access to systems or other documentation that contains HIPAA data.
Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience. Final candidates may be required to complete a drug test that may include testing for cannabis and/or a criminal background check.
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Talent Acquisition division
Hennepin County Human Resources department
Submit a request at hennepin.us/ask-hr or 612-348-7855
Hennepin County Human Resources department
Submit a request at hennepin.us/ask-hr or 612-348-7855
