PublicnbspHealth Representative
PublicnbspHealth Representative
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Job Description
Client: State of Tennessee
Job Title: Public Health Representative
Duration: 30 Months
Working Hours: 37.5 Hours Per Week
Start Date: ASAP
Position Type: Contract
Location: CookevilleTN 38501 (Hybrid)
Job Title: Public Health Representative
Duration: 30 Months
Working Hours: 37.5 Hours Per Week
Start Date: ASAP
Position Type: Contract
Location: CookevilleTN 38501 (Hybrid)
Hours per week: 37.5 hrs a week
Interview Type: Webcam/In person
Ceipal ID: STNHD815IK
Requisition ID: 63815
Department: Tennessee Department of Health
Job Overview: Under general supervision is responsible for promoting dementia friendly concepts offering community memory screenings educating the community about Alzheimers disease and related dementia (ADRD) and caregiving promoting early detection and diagnosis advancing access to services and enhancing communityclinical linkages.
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with abachelors degree in public health nursing social work or other comparable discipline and experience equivalent to two years of fulltime increasingly responsible professional publichealth nursing social work or another related field. OR licensed practical nurses with five years or more work experience working in a healthcare home health or community health setting.
Substitution of Education for Experience:
- Additional graduate coursework in public health community organizing social work nursing or other related fields may be substituted for the required nonspecialized experience on a yearfor year basis.
- Qualifying fulltime experience in publichealth nursing social work or other related fields may be substituted for the require deducation on a yearforyear basis to a maximum of four years.
- Individuals with personal experience caring for those with dementia or working in a setting where they came in closecontact with persons with dementia or caregivers are encouraged to apply
Responsibilities:
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:
- Fosters relationships with community partners to offer those with ADRD and caregivers community resource navigation.
- Provides the community with educational materials presentations memory screenings and resources to reduce dementia support caregivers and create dementia friendly environments.
- Actively works with health care providers to educate them regarding early ADRD detection diagnosis available community resources and the importance of creating individualized care plans.
- Provides community members those with ADRD and caregivers with evidence based educational materials and interventions.
Processing Information:
- Compiles information/reports on available funding opportunities to support local activities for those with ADRD and caregivers.
- Appropriately maintain and secure client information followup with client success and barriers to care and ensure referrals are streamlined and appropriate.
- Monitors and tracks program success number of individuals served satisfaction of clients being served and number of those being reached through educational programming.
- Fosters and tracks the expansion and development of community partnerships that focus on dementia risk reduction or serving those with ADRD or caregivers.
- Assesses barriers to care and services in the community for those with ADRD and caregivers and tracks progress in addressing these barriers.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:
- Maintains expertise in evidencebased practices related to dementia risks ADRD and caregiving.
- Utilizes existing data sources to make decisions regarding program delivery and community outreach.
- Attends mandatory and optional training opportunities to understand the latest research and community resources available.
Communicating with Supervisors Peers or Subordinates:
- Communicates regularly with coworkers and/or supervisors at a state regionaland county level to ensure consistent program operation.
- Provides coworkers with opportunities for collaboration with the dementia navigator and external partners to ensure those with ADRD and caregiver are appropriately served.
- Provides effective communication to supervisor by telephone email verbally etc.
Maintain and Protect Personal and Financial Information:
- Ensures HIPAA compliance of those being directly served through the Dementia Navigators program by ensuring data is appropriately stored and protected.
- Maintains and tracks financial expenditures and budgetary documents inline with state and county financial and procurement requirements.
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