The Program Assistant is responsible for providing administrative and logistical support for IPHI’s efforts to develop, engage and sustain the community health worker workforce. The Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) is currently recruiting for a Program Assistant to support its community health worker programs. IPHI is the official designated public health institute serving the region as recognized by the National Network of Public Health Institutes. IPHI’s work strengthens health systems and policy, enhances conditions that promote health, and strengthens government and community capacity to ensure equitable health opportunities for all. IPHI’s work strengthens health systems and policy, enhances conditions that promote health, and strengthens government and community capacity to ensure equitable health opportunities for all.Established in 2009, the Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) is a regional non-profit organization that develops multi-sector partnerships and innovative solutions to improve the public’s health and well-being across Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. The Institute for Public Health Innovation is a regional non-profit organization that develops multi-sector partnerships and innovative solutions to improve the public’s health and well-being across Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Friday – Monday 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (32 hours)Īs emergency responders, all positions may be redeployed to other functional areas in order to best meet response needs.Ībout the Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI).Candidates will be assigned one of several shifts which are subject to change based on response needs. Shift work may be required with hours during evenings and weekends. This position is designated as essential and is part of the County’s emergency response which operates seven days a week. This is a temporary position in response to needs resulting from COVID-19. Candidates must be proficient in the use of computers and mobile technology, specifically iPads and mobile apps. Once onboarded, employees will be provided the technology required to fulfill job responsibilities. For an initial training period, IPHI may ask candidates to use their own technology to participate in virtual training, though accommodations can be made as required. Candidates must be able to work onsite at health department. This position is NOT remote work or telework. Fluency in English and one of the following languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic, Urdu, Farsi.Prior experience in public health, particularly in epidemiology or infectious disease settings.Bachelor's degree or higher in nursing, public health, or related health science field.
IPHI FAIRFAX COUNTY PLUS
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree plus two years of health and human services or related professional work experience.Accurately enter interview data into a database and follow all county policies and procedures.Īny combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to:.Identify and elevate those cases who meet the high priority or high-risk criteria to the Case Investigation Team for additional intervention.Assess the capability of cases to comply with isolation protocols, including the self-isolation setting.Provide information about the illness and public health guidance on the methods of disease prevention and control.Gathering information about symptoms, exposures, and contacts (i.e., persons the case has been in contact with while potentially infectious).This will fortify efforts to control the pandemic in Fairfax County. This is in tandem with government efforts to increase testing, improve public communication, and instruct on isolation and quarantine. The aim of this will be to call every person in the county with probable or confirmed COVID-19, gather their contacts, and proceed to call every contact in the area. The Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) will hire, train and deploy a team of community contact tracing staff across Fairfax County, Virginia who will work as an integrated part of the Fairfax County Health Department COVID-19 response effort. We are recruiting Case Interviewers specifically to staff an onsite, 40 hour per week schedule that runs from Friday to Monday (8:30 am to 7:00 pm).
The Case Interviewer is responsible for performing the initial interview of persons with probable or confirmed COVID-19 infection to gather information necessary for public health case investigation and contact tracing.
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