Join Our Team!
Join Egyptian Health Department’s team in investing in Healthy People…Healthy Communities.
Our Agency:
Egyptian Health Department has been serving the citizens of Southern Illinois since 1952. We are COA accredited and a leading agency in Southern Illinois. We are team oriented and a fast growing agency.
Job Benefits:
Excellent benefit package including:
- Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
- Group Health Insurance
- Vacation Days
- Sick Time
- Personal Day
- 14 Paid Holidays
- 35 hour workweek
- 4 day work week available for most positions
- Great work environment
- National Health Service Corp (NHSC) approved site
To Apply:
- Submit an online application at apply.egyptian.org
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Download or pickup a paper application and return to Tammy Karnes at:
- Address: 1412 US 45 North, Eldorado, IL 62930
- Fax: (618) 273-2808
- Email: tkarnes@egyptian.org
Please include resume and three letters of reference with application. Three letters of reference will be required prior to start date.
Next application deadline is:
Current Job Opportunities
Select a job for more information.
CCSO Intensive Care Coordinator
Department: CCSO
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Health and Human related field OR
- High School Diploma with 5 years verifiable clinical experience in mental health or human services OR
- Family partnership professional with current certification from the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Provide intensive care coordination to youth in Tier 2, maintaining an average caseload of 16 youth not to exceed 18 youth on a caseload at one time.
- Coordinate and facilitate Wraparound team meetings and assign responsibilities/activities to members on each wraparound team.
- Maintain comprehensive Plan of Care and update after each team meeting or as needed.
- Assist with the identification, recruitment, and engagement of existing natural supports for development of a natural support team.
- Assist with the development of crisis safety plans.
- Act as a liaison and consult with community providers and families to maintain coordination in the treatment team process.
- Educate families, providers and the community about the wraparound process.
- Participate in all HFS Intensive Care Coordination and High-Fidelity Wraparound trainings and quarterly boosters, as well as in complete yearly certification to administer IM-CANS lifespan assessment and other screenings with clients as required.
Experience Only: $32,000 Bachelor's Degree: $41,000
Community Health Worker - Integrated Care for Adults (InCA)
Department: INCA
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent with any combination of 3 years health/social services experience.
- Experience in engaging community members.
- Excellent computer skills, task oriented.
- Preference will be given to candidate with experience working with clients with psychiatric or substance use issues and complicated medical needs.
- Must have valid driver’s license, transportation and evidence of insurability.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Help clients in utilizing resources, including scheduling appointments, and assisting with completion of applications for programs for which they may be eligible.
- Coach clients in effective management of their chronic health conditions including mental health and substance use disorder.
- Assist clients in developing and understanding care plans.
- Document activities, care plans, and results in an effective manner while strictly adhering to the policies and procedures in place.
- Work collaboratively and effectively within a team.
- Make contact with disengaged attributed clients via telephone, mail, and face to face interactions in the home/community.
- Uploads appropriate information to EHR and data collection systems within specified time frames.
- Contact all clients after behavioral health hospitalizations to complete a Transition of Care form and uploads into HealthEC.
- Attends weekly staffing to update team on progress.
$32,000
Engagement Specialist - Crisis Services
Department: Crisis
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Have lived experience that has navigated or been a consumer of a mental health system.
- Night Shift- Sunday & Monday 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.,Tuesday 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Provide engagement services with Mental Health Professional during face to face screening and assessments for individuals in need.
- Assist Mental Health Professional with completion of screenings for substance use, social determinants of health and any other assessment screenings to be completed during assessment process for individuals in need.
- Provide peer engagement services.
- Provide transition, linkage and after care resources to referrals.
- Provide crisis deflection services within 24 hours to individuals deflected from a higher level of care.
- Increase engagement in care by assisting families/individuals in moving through a mental health system from hospitalization and/or deflection, through the agency intake process and transition from crisis to other levels of services.
- Assist individuals/families/caregivers in understanding, seeking and achieving the best possible outcomes for themselves or a family member (including complete recovery) by supporting consumer rights, empowering individuals/families/caregivers to make i
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served.
$32,000
Environmental Health Practitioner
Department: Environmental
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with a minimum of 30 semester hours or 45 hours in the physical and/or biological sciences.
- Ability to perform technical inspections and made corrective recommendations following such inspections.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with public and private groups and individuals.
- Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Reviews, permits, and inspects food service establishments. Private sewage systems and water wells.
- Must be able to explain state laws, local ordinances, rules, and regulations; offers guidance on environmental practices and principles; advises regarding improvements or corrections necessary to assure compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulat
- Complete activity reports and records of inspections; investigations, and correspondence.
- Participates in making recommendations relative to the protection and disinfection of private and non-community water samples.
- Investigates complaints involving possible sanitary violations; offers advice on solutions; makes follow-up inspections.
- Investigates insect and rodent conditions; participates in making recommendations for control programs involving abatement procedures.
- Participates in Public Health Emergency Preparedness planning, training, exercising and real-world events.
- Apply for Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner In-Training (LEHP in Training) within two years of hire.
- Obtain credentials as a Licensed Environmental Health Practitioner (LEHP) within five years of becoming a LEHP In-Training.
Bachelor's Degree: $41,000 Master's Degree: $48,000
Health Educator
Department: SRAE
Minimum Requirements:
- Masters in community health education OR Bachelors in community health education OR applicable professional and/or personal experience.
- Performs responsible consultative and promotional work in planning, organizing and conducting comprehensive public health education.
- Promotes health education activities with voluntary and official health agencies; interprets to community, professional and lay groups, the plans and objectives of various public health activities.
- Travel and outreach throughout multiple counties in Southern Illinois.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Plans, organizes, and conducts comprehensive public health education programs focused on Sexual Risk Avoidance Education and positive youth development.
- Advises local public health groups to assist them in developing and improving the health education aspects of their programs.
- Plans and conducts programs designed to promote and stimulate interest in health education; speaks before various community groups; prepares presentations, lecture materials, and reading lists; operates presentation technology.
- Implements components of a variety of health education grant deliverables.
- Attend all required grant meetings.
- Assist with preparation of quarterly reports and any additional information requested for the grant.
- Attend staff meetings and complete monthly activity reports.
- Works collaboratively with other health education staff and network partners.
Masters $48,000 | Bachelors $41,000 | Experience only $32,000
Home Health LPN
Department: Home Health
Minimum Requirements:
- Currently licensed in the State of Illinois as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
- Graduate of Accredited Practical Nursing Program.
- Physical requirements include: Lifting (up to 50 lbs); kneeling and bending.
- Good speaking, hearing and communication skills.
- Ability to deal with the public courteously and tactfully.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions and to work as a team.
- Must have valid driver’s license and auto insurance.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Provides services in accordance with agency policies including maternal and child health programs.
- Performs home health visits and other related duties under the supervision of an R.N.
- Follow plan of care initiated by the R.N.
- Assists in coordination of appropriate referrals to other disciplines and to insurance companies.
- Prepares clinical progress notes within 24 hours of a home visit.
- Assess and provides client and family/care giver education and information pertinent to diagnosis/plan of care.
- Uses universal precautions while administering care to clients and is knowledgeable of policies and procedures and protocols regarding infection disease.
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served
$39,000
Home Health RN
Department: Home Health
Minimum Requirements:
- Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois
- One or more years of community health nursing experience.
- Must have a valid driver's license, availability of transportation and must have auto insurance.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Is informed and involved with initial evaluation, start of frequency of visits and method of payment on all home health clients.
- Regularly re-evaluates the individual’s nursing needs.
- Is responsible for maintaining Home Health Program standards as outlined in the Rules and Regulations for Home Health agencies.
- May perform services in the homes of individuals within designated counties in accordance with the medical treatment plan for each individual patient made by the attending physician in conjunction with the EHD staff.
- Provides the following services: Evaluates the level of function, follows the plan of treatment, prepares clinical and progress notes, advises and consults with the family and other agency personnel and participates in in-service programs.
- Maintain an up-to-date clinical record for each patient receiving care.
- Provide progress notes to the patient’s physician about patients under care when the patient’s condition change or there are deviations from the plan of care or at least every sixty days.
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served.
Salary: $51,000 | Bachelor's Degree: $52,500
Public Health Nurse RN
Department: WIC
Minimum Requirements:
- Valid Illinois RN License.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Reports directly to the Maternal Child Health Coordinator.
- Perform WIC assessment, nutrition education, counseling, and other requirements as outlined in the state and local WIC policy and procedure manual.
- Administer WIC benefits and tailor client food packages as appropriate.
- Perform nursing assessment and other requirements as outlined in the state and local Better-Birth-Outcomes- Comprehensive (BBO-C) Policy and Procedure Manual.
- Will conduct client appointments in office, by telephone, and/or offsite as needed.
- Demonstrate a positive and supporting atmosphere for breastfeeding, and will obtain breastfeeding lactation certification when available.
- Administer and prepare childhood and adult immunizations per CDC and IDPH guidelines.
- Schedule and perform DNA testing as requested by commercial laboratories.
- Attend and/or participate in program outreach activities and events.
- Assist and document client referrals as needed to appropriate providers and/or resources.
$48,000
School Based Youth Mental Health Professional - Gallatin Co. School
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor or Mater's degree in human service field.
- Clinical license in the State of IL and/or certifications in evidence-based practices.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Promote healthy social and emotional development in all children and youth served.
- Provides counseling/therapy services to individuals, groups, families, and classrooms.
- Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic crisis screening, referral services, developmental screenings, and direct therapeutic service to clientele.
- Provide consultation and support to caregivers and other providers as well as coordinating services to maximize resources and minimize duplication of services for clientele.
- Prepares client records, reports, data and required statistics in a timely fashion.
Bachelor's Degree: $41,000 Master's Degree: $48,000
Screening, Assessment and Support Services (SASS) Counselor/Therapist - Norris City Annex
Department: SASS
Minimum Requirements:
- Masters OR Bachelor’s in Social Work or Human Services field. Preferably with 3 years of full-time job experience working with children and families.
- Will have experience working with high needs families and adolescents at risk of being removed from their home, school or community.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Provide crisis intervention assessment services to all referrals from CARES portal for children/youth in imminent danger of being placed in a psychiatric facility within the time frames and guidelines of the program, and to determine need for inpatient
- Provide intensive counseling/therapy to children/youth, their families and other collaterals, and develop service plans in conjunction with service recipients while hospitalized, after hospitalization, and/or following deflection from inpatient services
- Complete records and reports correctly on appropriate forms and in a timely manner consistent with the needs as designated in the SASS program plan.
- Provide transportation as needed by service recipients.
- Participate in the delivery of emergency and crisis intervention services to clients as part of the 590 crisis system.
- Promote establishment of and participation in local services, facilities, and activities designed to stabilize the child/youth in his /her placement.
- Establish and maintain working relationship with allied resources including courts, law enforcement, school personnel, other social agencies, etc.
Bachelor's Degree: $41,000 Master's Degree: $48,000
Substance Use Disorder Counselor
Department: Substance Use
Minimum Requirements:
- Must have a Bachelor's degree in a human service field.
- Must have either an Illinois Certification (ICB) or be able to obtain certification within two years of hire. Other licensures relevant to the position will be considered.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Assume case management/therapist responsibilities for a caseload of clients with alcohol and drug related problems.
- Provide follow-up services to clients discharged from treatment facilities.
- Conduct substance use disorder groups.
- Maintain complete documentation in client records as required by Illinois Administrative rules.
Bachelor's Degree: $41,000 Master's Degree: $48,000
Supported Employment Specialist
Department: CCBHC
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree required with at least one year of paid experience working with agencies or businesses in the community as well as consumers with a severe mental illness and substance use disorder.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Network with community business in Saline, Gallatin and White counties to develop job placements for EHD consumers and assist those consumers in maintaining meaningful employment; and demonstrate the ability to contact and work creatively with local emp
- Providing services related to competitive employment, preparing for interviews, meeting with employers, rapid job search, follow along supports and all principles of supported employment.
- Assess vocational needs of EHD consumers both adults and transition age youth.
- Develop individualized plans for consumers based on the needs identified in the assessment.
- Acquire knowledge of “prevocational skills” and ensure that a consumer is optimally prepared to enter a job.
- Provides evidence based supported employment services to consumer with a severe mental illness.
$41,000
Youth Mental Health Professional - Carmi
Minimum Requirements:
- Will provide specialized mental health treatment services to youth and their families ages 0-21.
- This candidate will have an understanding and acceptance of System of Care values and principles and have excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Requires a Bachelor's Degree in human services related field
- This position will be at the Carmi office.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Will provide direct services in home, office or community based settings to families and children.
- Have knowledge of treatment strategies in child behavior management.
- The candidate will have the ability to work with families in a supportive manner throughout the diagnostic and treatment process as well as coordinate with providers in other service systems.
- The candidate must demonstrate sensitivity to the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of families served.
Bachelor's Degree: $41,000 Master's Degree: $48,000