JOB
generous time off. City residents will earn a 3% differential on top of the hourly pay range. Learn more and apply today! Important: This is a licensed and credentialed Registered Sanitarian/ Registered Environmental Health Specialist (RS/REHS) position. This is not a janitorial position. Please read description carefully before applying.INTRODUCTION: The City of Racine Public Health Department, as an agent of the State of Wisconsin, is responsible for the inspection and licensing of all restaurants, taverns, caterers, hotels, motels, and public pools. POSITION PURPOSE: The Environmental Health Sanitarian performs diversified technical environmental health duties under the direction of the Public Health Administrator and/or their designee.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
ESSENTIAL DUTIESConduct routine inspections of facilities, such as schools, restaurants, retail food establishments, hotel/motels, public swimming facilities, tattoo and body art facilities, temporary restaurants, mobile food trucks, pet shops, massage parlors, rooming houses, backyard chickens, and vending machines as regulated by state and local ordinances. Review new construction, remodeling plans, and blueprints for permitted establishments regulated by local and state health ordinances.Conduct investigations and risk assessments in response to lead poisoned children.Inspect and investigate dwellings to correct or abate human health hazards or public nuisances. Investigate citizen complaints, answer inquiries, and provide education supporting local and state environmental health ordinances.Interact with epidemiological event responses, including foodborne illness outbreaks, to determine causes and corrective actions.Investigate unlicensed/illegal business operations. Investigate animal bites and issue appropriate orders / warnings / citations for licensing violations and vaccination statutes.Collect appropriate environmental samples for testing, such as water, ice, food, paint chips, and dust.Package rabies specimens for shipment and testing.Write orders / referrals and Municipal Court citations / fines, and summons / complaints for violations of local and state ordinances. Provide testimony in court and administrative meetings regarding environmental health violations.Teach safe food handling techniques in a small classroom setting.Maintain HEPA vacuum rental service.Provide input at case management encounters, departmental meetings, conferences, evaluations, planning committees, and outreach activities.Complete activity / inspection / reports and enter into appropriate databases.Participate in peer review activities and evaluation of program effectiveness.Attend training sessions and meetings to maintain current knowledge of community, environmental, and public health related issues and policies. Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and development and contributes to a work environment where continual improvements in practice are pursued.Maintain a consistent and reliable attendance record.ASSOCIATED DUTIESPerform other duties as assigned or required.Participate in team and general staff meetings.Acts as a first responder in a natural disaster or any public health, chemical, biological, nuclear, or radiological event.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDSStanding, walking, sitting, and stooping.Kneeling, crouching, climbing, balancing, and bending/twisting.Reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing/pulling (up to 35 lbs.).Handling, grasping, fingering, filing, typing, and writing. ENVIRONMENTAL / WORKING CONDITIONS Office and a wide variety of indoor environments. Occasional evening and weekend hours. EQUIPMENT Effective utilization of computer workstations and associated equipment, copy center, fax machine, multi-line telephone system, cellular telephone, typewriter, flashlight, digital / video camera, audio / visual and miscellaneous office / medical / inspection / laboratory equipment.. The City of Racine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.