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.
Build, Amplify, Support, Empower (BASE) Prevention Specialist
Department: Substance Use Prevention and Recovery
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires a master’s degree in community health education; OR Requires a bachelor’s degree with courses in community education with areas of concentration in the behavioral and biological sciences, and experiences in community health education; OR be an
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Must be able to work flexible hours.
- Attend all required state meetings and trainings for the program.
- Assist in the development and implementation of an arts-based prevention program in Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wayne and White counties.
- Provide evidence-based youth prevention education in the classroom.
- Assist in creating a performing arts group to do drama/skits focused on substance use prevention.
- Participate in prevention activities for SAMSHA National Prevention Week and other awareness events or activities as needed.
- Attend meetings with private, public and community groups to be aware of prevention needs.
- Travel to schools, businesses, and other locations throughout the serving counties.
- Attend regional meetings and training in regard to substance use prevention, overdose prevention, and the overdose epidemic.
Community Health Worker
Department: Integrated Care for Kids
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires a high school diploma.
- Experience working with a diverse group of community agencies, organizations, or other resources.
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.
- 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.
- Facilitate communication and coordinate services between providers.
- Contact disengaged attributed clients meeting face to face in the home or community.
- Assist newly engaged/re-engaged clients in accessing services, when appropriate, and follow up on requested services.
- Completing follow-up face to face tasks as needed.
- Coach clients in effective management of their chronic health conditions including mental health and substance use disorder.
- Convey the purposes and services of a program to the user population and the impact that program or service would have.
Family Resource Developer
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Must be a parent of a child that has successfully navigated the children's mental health system
- Must demonstrate sensitivity to the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the families we serve.
- Must have a valid driver's license and auto insurance.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Provide support, information and linkage to services for parents and families of children involved in the SASS, SOC and /or Youth Mental Health Programs.
- Increase engagement in care by assisting families in moving through the SASS program from hospitalization and/or deflection, through the agency intake process and transition from SASS to other levels of service.
- Assist families/caregivers in understanding, seeking and achieving the best possible outcomes for their child (including complete recovery) by supporting consumer rights, empowering families/caregivers to make informed decisions and providing informatio
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 a family partnership professional with current certification from the Illinois Alcohol and Other
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.
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
RN
Department: Home Health
Minimum Requirements:
- Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
- One or more years of community health nursing experience.
- High energy level and empathetic ability in communication and human relations.
- Must have 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 conditions 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
Service Integration Coordinator
Department: Integrated Care for Adults
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in human services or related field (e.g, social work, psychology, education, business, nursing, or other healthcare-related degrees).
- Experience working with a diverse group of community agencies, organizations, or other resources.
- Must be able to work within multi system/software platforms for both referral and data collection responsibilities.
- Requires knowledge of various community resources, excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication skills.
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Serve as the single point of service coordination contact for InCA designated Medicaid recipients age 21 and older through the ihub.
- Conducts Comprehensive Needs Assessment and Screenings for all adult beneficiary referrals and walk-ins.
- Supports and tracks linkages/referrals to community-based resources.
- Report and advocate for change based on needs indicators.
- Works closely with the direct service team and other key staff to ensure comprehensive care is provided.
- Provides outreach and coordination contact for core partner agencies and InCA beneficiaries.
- Provide referral and linkage information for collaborators and InCA recipients including stratification to medically necessary levels of care using the IM CANS needs assessment as a guide.
- Will prompt, record and ensure care tasks within a Population Health Management system (i.e, follow-ups, wellness visits, screenings, and care plans, etc.) are completed by appropriate direct service staff to improve health outcomes of InCA recipients.
- Establish and further develop collaborative working relationships as an informational contact for agencies, service providers, and Medicaid beneficiary families in the counties served.
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served
Wraparound Care Coordinator
Department: CCSO
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Health and human related field
Full Time
Hours:
35 Hours per Week
Job Duties:
- Provide intensive care coordination to youth in Tier 1, maintaining an average caseload of 10 youth not to exceed 12 youth on a caseload at one time.
- Participate in all HFS intensive care coordination trainings and quarterly boosters, as well as yearly certification to administer IM-CANS lifespan assessment and other screenings with clients as required.
- Responsible for assisting families in identifying natural and professional supports to create a Child and Family Team and facilitating CFTMs every 30 days.
- 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.
- Provide transportation in a personal vehicle and agency vehicle as needed.