Community Health Assistant

Promotes and supports population health by providing a variety of clerical administrative and technical support services within the overarching framework of Portage County Division of Public Health and the core functions and essential services of public health.

Duties include answering phone ordering supplies interviewing internal and external customers to establish services needed; assisting clients to fill out forms; entering data in a variety of reporting tools for data collection; arranges and performs vision and hearing screening in Portage County Schools and assists with public health clinic functions. This position will require working Tuesday evenings and flexible scheduling to complete essential functions.


What are the primary job duties

Public Health Services

• Provide front line customer service including the collection of client information and completion of forms.
• Register check in and check out clients at public health clinics.
• Establish maintain code modify track and retrieve information and compile data through customized data applications spreadsheets and/or other methods or guidelines.
• Maintain inventory order collect and distribute supplies and/or equipment.
• Handle time sensitive information appropriately through State and local data systems and immunization registry.
• Assists and/or orients co-workers as assigned and consistent with job duties.
• Perform and record vision and hearing screening for Portage county school districts.

• Maintain client confidentiality.
• Adheres to ethical principles in the collection maintenance use and dissemination of data andinformation.
• Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting effectively and professionally with persons of all ages and from diverse cultural socioeconomic educational racial religious sexual orientations lifestyles and physical abilities.
• Performs public health emergency response duties as assigned and consistent with jobclassification and training provided in response to threats to the publics health.
• Participates in Division and community emergency response training and drills.
• Attends staff meetings and in-services.

• Performs administrative technical/clerical activities related to Division purchasing according to policy and procedure.
• Perform light to moderate numerical calculations involving cashiering program billing and/or other applications

• High School diploma or equivalency required.
• Training and one year experience as a paraprofessional in a clinical medical and/ or public health field required.
• Certification in a medical field preferred (for example Medical Assistant Certified Nursing Assistant Health Unit Coordinator).
• Data entry and computer experience required.
• Must complete Vision and Hearing Screen Training within first 3 months of hire.
• Current CPR certification or ability to become CPR certified required.

Portage County offers a GREAT benefit package which includes the following;

• Vacation - available on day one!
• Health insurance- your choice of two health plans- (Health Savings Account associated with a High Deductible Health Plan with a County contribution or a PPO Co-pay plan)
• Wellness incentive plan offered with health insurance enrollment! Earn up to $600 per year!
• Flexible spending account
• Dental insurance
• State of Wisconsin Retirement Plan - County contribution of 6.95%!
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave
• Life insurance- premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
• Long term disability insurance- premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
• EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) - paid by the County
• 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

Portage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer