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.
Communicable Disease RN
The Position:
We are seeking a Communicable Disease RN.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides professional nursing services in conformance with recognized nursing techniques and procedures, established standards, and administrative policies of the local health department.
- Keeps up to date with all IDPH provided information and takes advantage of training opportunities to understand the most current information available.
- Attends appropriate in-services as scheduled by the CEO or Supervisors.
- Maintains all HIPPA guidelines when working with emails, calls, incoming and outgoing faxes etc, regarding patient records, test results, etc.
- Assists clients with knowledge of effects of various communicable disease, as well as treatment and/or management of such.
- Understands the method of COVID tracking and contact tracing, and works in partnership with the tracing team.
- Able to understand and navigate the INEDSS system, as well as RED CAP. Understands the importance of daily surveillance of system, and daily updates, etc.
- Will develop partnership and rapport with IDPH, as well as local infectious disease professionals in the area.
- Demonstrates ability to reach out to IDPH and/or other resources when needed.
- Uses opportunities for teaching nursing care, treatments, and disease process and/or disease transmission to the client, family, and others.
- Documentation in a timely manner.
- Assessment of needed health and social services.
- Development of routine of keeping all incoming information logged into appropriate computer system, and returning all calls in a timely manner.
- Referral of participants to appropriate providers within the community as needed.
- Maintains confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to all policies and procedures.
- Egyptian Public and Mental Health Department promotes the retention of culturally competent, strengths-oriented personnel who possess and understand the communities that are served. Applicants will be evaluated on their sensitivity to the service population’s culture and socioeconomic characteristics.
InCK Community Provider Engagement Specialist
The Position:
We are seeking a full-time InCK Community Provider Engagement Specialist
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in a human services, business, communications or related field.
- Preference given to prior community public relations, presentation and/or community event planning or experience working/planning with a diverse group of community agencies, organizations or other resources.
- Demonstrates strong organizational and leadership abilities to recruit and work collaboratively with core child service providers in the community.
Duties:
- Engage and recruit community child-serving agencies to participate in the Village InCK model.
- Give presentations and information on the InCK model in the community.
- Connect, educate/train, liaison and troubleshoot with core child providers for screenings, referral and to provide services for InCK beneficiaries and their families.
- Work closely with Service Integration Coordinators to keep them updated and informed of the core child providers and their needs.
- Attend any required or suggested trainings
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served
Intensive Care Coordinator- Wraparound Facilitator
The Position:
We are seeking a full-time Intensive Care Coordinator- Wraparound Facilitator
- Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a human service field
- Will also accept a Master’s Degree
- Two years of experience working with children or adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and/or co-occuring substance use disorders is desired.
- Have great interpersonal skills and enjoy working with families
- Applicant must be sensitive to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the communities in which we serve
Duties:
- Providing wraparound services to individuals and families with mental illness
- Coordinate and facilitate wraparound team meetings
- Assist with the development of crisis management plans
- Develop problem solving and self-efficacy skills among youth and family members and provide transportation if needed
Service Integration Coordinator
The Position:
We are seeking a full-time Service Integration Coordinator
- 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.
- Requires knowledge of various community resources, have excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication skills.
- Work within multi system / software platforms for both referral and data collection responsibilities.
Duties:
- Serve as single point of service coordination contact for InCK designated Medicaid recipients age 0-21 and /or their caregiver(s).
- Provides outreach and coordination contact for core (partner) family and child-serving agencies and InCK beneficiaries and their caregiver.
- Coordinates and processes screenings for InCK beneficiaries.
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served
Job Benefits:
Salary is based on education and experience. Excellent benefit package including:
- Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
- Group Health Insurance
- Vacation Days
- Sick Time
- Personal Day
- 14 Paid Holidays
- 35 hour workweek
- Great work environment
- National Health Service Corp (NHSC) approved site
To Apply:
Complete application below (or stop by one of our offices for a paper copy), send resume and three letters of reference to Tammy Karnes at 1412 US 45 North, Eldorado IL 62930 or tkarnes@egyptian.org. All positions will remain open until filled.
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