Public Health Investigator
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Introduction
THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLEDEXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from thisexamination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one yearbut can be extended.
Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completedSupplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of theHuman Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day forFiling. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnairewill result in disqualification.
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaireswill only be accepted online.
DESCRIPTION
ALAMEDACOUNTY HEALTH
AlamedaCounty Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects thehealth and wellbeing of all who live work learn and play in Alameda coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizationsand providers to help ensure access organize and deliver health care andservices to people with MediCal and without insurance support resilientcommunities and improve health for all. We focus on health equity bydeveloping programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for thepeople and communities we serve.
Alameda County Healthsdepartments and programs focus on services and support that provide care forthe whole person.
- The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use services for people with MediCal and without insurance and supports people along their path to wellness recovery and resilience.
- The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air water and food safe; it regulates protects and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.
- The Public Health Department focuses on community and populationlevel health preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.
- Alameda County Health also provides services through Housing and Homelessness Services Emergency Medical Services Agency HealthPAC and Healthy Schools and Communities.
PUBLICHEALTH DEPARTMENT
As part of Alameda County Health the Public Health Departmentworks in partnership with our local communities to ensure the optimal healthand wellbeing of all people. We monitor health status and service deliveryprevent disease mobilize communities conduct outreach and promote healthpolicy and education. We actively seek partnerships and engage with thecommunity to improve community health through a dynamic and responsive processthat respects diversity addresses health equity and challenges us to providefor present and future generations.
We are nurses doctorscommunity psychologists epidemiologists dentists medical social workersphysical and occupational therapists dietitians outreach workers healtheducators program managers and prehospital care coordinators.
THE POSITION
IDEAL CANDIDATE
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications for this position the ideal candidate will demonstrate the following key attributes:
- Experience in communicable disease investigation within a local or state public health agency.
- Strong knowledge of symptoms laboratory test interpretation risk factors transmission patterns prevention and treatment of HIV STDs and other communicable diseases.
- Proficient investigative skills including gathering and analyzing information to identify potential sources of disease acquisition and transmission.
- Ability to accurately interpret and document clinical information.
- Experience utilizing computerized data systems or electronic tools for disease surveillance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey medical and procedural information effectively to clients and healthcare professionals.
- Highly organized detailoriented and capable of multitasking in both office and field settings.
- Strong interviewing skills including obtaining sensitive health and behavioral information such as sexual history and risk factors.
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality in investigations and client services.
- Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with medical providers.
- Comfort in discussing sensitive and historically stigmatized topics such as sexual risk behavior and substance use with cultural competency and empathy.
- Understanding and application of public health procedures and regulations.
- Ability to remain composed and perform effectively under pressure during public health emergencies or crises.
- Teamoriented mindset with a collaborative approach to work.
- Experience working with diverse populations including individuals with unstable contact information those experiencing homelessness people who use substances and formerly incarcerated individuals.
- Ability to conduct community outreach and develop relationships with healthcare providers.
- Knowledge of proper specimen handling and dropoff procedures for the Alameda County Public Health Laboratory.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The equivalent of one year of experience in the public health investigation field or in a comparable capacity providing investigative or social services to the public.
Education:
The equivalent of a high school diploma or GED.
Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operators license.
Special Requirement: Work hours may include evenings and weekends.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Knowledge of:
- Basic computer functions.
- Communicable/sexually transmitted diseases.
- Functions of a local public health agency as related to the discovery and control of communicable disease.
- Principle and practices of disease investigations.
- Work Independently
- Conduct effective factgathering interviews of a highly personal nature.
- Exercise initiative and tact in tracing contacts and bringing them to seek treatment.
- Work effectively with medical providers and exercise judgment in seeking supervisor direction.
- Organize/prioritize work.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work with diverse population group.
- Exercise independent judgment.
- Establish and maintain working relationships.
- Work effectively as a member of a team.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS
THEEXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
- A review of applicants applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those applicants who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
- A review of candidates Supplemental Questionnaires to determine the best qualified. Those candidates considered the best qualified will move on to the final step in the examination process.
- An oral interview which will be weighted as 100 % of the candidates final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.
CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THISEXAMINATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examinationcomponents.
AlamedaCounty utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such asystem is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equalopportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designedto determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to performduties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted andspecific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligiblelist may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Otherrecruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies orfor other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work. To learn more aboutour recruitment and selection process please visit the What You Need to Knowsection of our website.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN
Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates aretentativeand subject to change based on the needs of the Agency.
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN:
Deadline for Filing:
5:00:00 PM Thursday May 8 2025
Review of Minimum Qualifications:
Monday May 12 2025
Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified:
June 13 2025
Virtual PreRecorded Civil Service Oral Examination:
Rating of Interviews:
June 16 June 26 2025
July 7 July 18 2025
Notification of Results:
Week of July 28 2025
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:
Departmental Hiring Interviews:
August 2025
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda Countys Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcementbefore the last date of filing. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA FEHA and applicable statutes.
For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures please visit our website.
BENEFITS
The County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wideranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & WellBeing
- Medical HMO & PPO Plans
- Dental HMO & PPO Plans
- Vision or Vision Reimbursement
- Share the Savings
- Basic Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- County Allowance Credit
- Flexible Spending Accounts Health FSA Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
- ShortTerm Disability Insurance
- LongTerm Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits Accident Insurance Critical Illness LongTerm Care Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
- Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future
- Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
- Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance
- 12 paid holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Vacation and sick leave accrual
- Vacation purchase program
- Management Paid Leave**
- Catastrophic Sick Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness Incentive Based Programs Gym Membership Discounts)
- Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks cell phone etc.)
- Child Care Resources
- 1stUnited Services Credit Union
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
** Nonexempt management employees are entitled to up to three (3) days of management paid leave. Exempt management employees are entitled to up to eight (8) days of management paid leave.
Conclusion
Allnotices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will besent/delivered via email. Please add@ @ and accepted addresses to any emailblocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this youremail blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the noticesregarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised toregularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to checkfor notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sentto you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You willbe able to view all of your notices in your online application account byclicking on the My applications button on the Current Job Openingspage.
Pleasetake the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about arecruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is notresponsible for notices that are not read received or accessed by anyapplicant for a County recruitment.
NOTE:All notices are generated through an automated email notification to the email boxesandare routed to unmonitoredmailboxes. If you have questions please go to our website at.You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcementfor the recruitment for which you have applied.
AngelicaCuevas Human Resources Analyst
HumanResource Services County of Alameda
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DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
AllAlameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through stateand local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of aloyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work asordered in the event of an emergency.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
AlamedaCounty has a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities weserve and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects ofemployment are based on merit competence performance and business County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of racecolor religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity) nationalorigin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disabilitygenetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliationparental status military service or other nonmerit factors protected underfederal state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and iscommitted to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace environment.
Employment Type
Full-Time
