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Tarrant County

EPIDEMIOLOGY SPECIALIST - COMMUNITY HEALTH - Public Health

Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76102

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Interview, educate, counsel, and test clients regarding different types of communicable diseases.

Position may close at any time.

Benefits Tarrant County employees enjoy superior health, retirement, and insurance benefits & 13 County Holidays. For more information, please click on the link below: http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/human-resources/employee-benefits.html

Responsibilities

Interviews, counsels, and tests for various communicable diseases

Provides disease related educations program to groups

Compiles statistical reports

Conducts investigative field work to locate contacts

Provides disease related information via phone or in person

Participates in rotation of 24/7 call for communicable disease reports

Performs all other related duties involved in the operation of the Public Health Department as assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Public Health, Science, Nursing, Sociology, Humanities, or Psychology, and one (1) year of Public Health experience, preferably in Epidemiology, required

OR Master's degree in Public Health or a closely related field required

Must possess a valid Texas driver's license.

Must be able to read in order to gather information and conduct literature searches.

Must be able to write and prepare reports on investigations, have computer knowledge, understand the job subject matter, and interact in bilingual settings.

Spanish and English proficiency in oral and written communication preferred.

If hired, must provide proof of educational attainment at New Hire Processing or during the promotional process.

Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudications in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.

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

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