Public Health Program Outreach and Edu. Coordinator (755795)

Description of Duties

Duties

The Public Health Program Outreach and Education Coordinator will support the Bureau of Epidemiology and will communicate and collaborate with various team members. This position will work on the Vectorborne disease team in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Division. This position will support clinical and epidemiology staff in the development of state-wide projects related to tick and mosquito borne diseases. Duties of this position will include:

• Evaluate, design, present, recommend, and disseminate culturally appropriate health education information and materials.
• Prepare and distribute health education materials, including reports, bulletins, and visual aids such as films, videotapes, photographs, and posters.
• Provide guidance to agencies and organizations in the assessment of health education needs, and in the development and delivery of health education programs.\
• Assist in making and giving presentations for public health and healthcare partners
• Assist in gathering details and developing tools, trainings and/or educational messages for specific audiences
• Develop surveys to assess knowledge of audiences to guide development of education materials.
• Interpret survey results to characterize literacy levels and knowledge gaps among public health and healthcare partners
• Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
• Develop and maintain lists of contacts for public health and healthcare partners
• Document activities, recording information such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
• Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
• Provide updates to supervisor about the progression of the projects.
• Travel within Pennsylvania is expected.
  
  

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• The DOH reserves the right to reject or remove any unqualified contract staff if they cannot perform their duties at an acceptable level. The supplier is expected to replace the contract staff ASAP depending on the needs of DOH.
  
  

DRESS CODE

• ID must always be worn and must be clearly visible and readable (other than teleworking). The Public Health Program Outreach and Education Coordinator shall dress in a manner that conveys professionalism; typically, in a “business casual” style when appearing online or in person.
  
  

ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

• Interacts with team members and stakeholders using professional communication skills.
• Provides clear, concise, and comprehensive written work.
• Develops culturally and linguistically appropriate content and materials for presentations and messages
• Uses appropriate imagery, vocabulary and grammar when designing educational content.
• Engages groups during presentation of educational content.
• Uses Skype and Outlook to facilitate meetings.
• Interacts with colleagues in a cooperative manner to develop effective working relationships.
• Reports problems accurately using the chain of command.
• Keeps conversations free from discriminatory, abusive or sexually harassing comments.
• Prepares and submits thorough and accurate reports in a timely manner.
• Submits incident reports and work-related injury paperwork in a timely manner.
  
  

CRITICAL THINKING

• Prioritizes work tasks to be accomplished.
• Research and learn technical information
• Integrate technical information into work products
• Recognizes/anticipates needs of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Identifies recurring problems and barriers.
• Implements practical solutions to mitigate problems and overcome barriers.
• Organizes compute files to easily access information.
• Coordinates with multiple organizations and colleagues to accomplish the same goals.
• Seek guidance and permission when appropriate.
  
  

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

• Always demonstrates professional conduct.
• Demonstrates ethical behavior in the workplace.
• Maintains a non-discriminatory work environment.
• Abides by the Governor’s Code of Conduct and DOH Personnel Regulations, policies and procedures, and Bureau of Epidemiology policies and procedures.
• Adheres to scheduled work hours or informs supervisor of changes to schedule.
• Maintains patient and hospital confidentiality.
• Submits time sheets and travel expense reports in a timely manner.
  
  

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