Registered Environmental Health Specialist

Greene County Public Health is seeking a Registered Environmental Health Specialist or Registered Environmental Health Specialist in Training

Department:Environmental Health & Plumbing

Job Status:Full Time

FLSA Status:Non-Exempt

Reports To:Environmental Health Program Manager

Grade/Level: C42/C43

Amount of Travel Required:50-80%

Job Type:Regular

Positions Supervised:None

Work Schedule: 8 am - 4 pm M-F with one-hour unpaid lunch. Adjustments to schedule with supervisor approval. Evenings and weekends as required. Work hours days and times will vary based on work requirements.

Compensation:

Registered Environmental Health Specialist - $25.97 to $31.48 hourly

Registered Environmental Health Specialist in Training - $24.81 to $30.17 hourly

POSITION SUMMARY:

Registered Environmental Health Specialist - Under general supervision of the Environmental Health Program Manager provides environmental health services and inspections.

Registered Environmental Health Specialist in Training - Under supervision of a registered environmental health specialist receives on-the-job training performing routine inspections sampling and vector control duties in Environmental Health Programs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully an individual must be able to perform with or without reasonable accommodation each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Timely regular and consistent attendance.

• Project a positive and professional Provide respectful customer service to external and internal clients.
• Contribute to assessments of community health status and factors influencing health in the community including intervention as needed.
• Interview people to obtain information; handle complaints inquiries and emergencies as required by program and health district protocol; and represent the health district in a positive manner to the public by demonstrating professional and respectful customer service.
• Provide environmental health information to others either through formal training or informal communication in the most effective manner for that individual or group; distribute educational pamphlets brochures and booklets to the public; and utilize various types of communication to convey environmental health information.
• Collaborate with community partners to improve health in the community (e.g. participate in committees share environmental health data and information and connect people to resources).
• Follow health district safety policies and procedures; maintain confidentiality requirements in accordance with health district policy; and maintain all required licenses and/or certificates.
• Engage in a variety of training activities to develop knowledge and skills to perform public health enforcement activities and to conduct thorough inspections and complete concise reports on inspections; attend formal environmental health training courses conducted by local state federal and university agencies; attend agency public and professional environmental health meetings; participate in formal self-study programs.
• Perform routine and complex inspections testing sampling and plan review in environmental health programs which may include but not limited to food service operations and retail food establishments vending schools parks camps swimming pools and spas housing sewage treatment systems land septage application private water/wells solid waste disposal construction and demolition debris landfills refuse hauling and/or septage hauling vehicles vector and rabies control; investigate foodborne or other illnesses and public health nuisances; conduct inspections of housing water hauling vehicles body art/body piercing establishments; collect water and effluent samples; perform routine tests according to established health district policy and procedures to enforce state and local laws and rules and regulations.
• Complete independently written inspection reports and investigation summaries in all environmental health programs; complete routine reports itineraries mileage reports time records etc. thoroughly accurately and timely.

• Use quality improvement (QI) and performance management (PM) processes and/or techniques to improve the effectiveness of environmental health programs and services including but not limited to creating implementing and evaluating performance standards and identifying implementing and assessing QI processes.
• Responsibilities include other duties as assigned including but not limited to Accreditation requirements and responding to emergency events.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Bachelors Degree (four-year college or technical school): Required

Field of Study: Environmental Health/related science degree with minimum 45 quarter or 30 semester hours of science.

Experience:

Registered Environmental Health Specialist - 12 plus months of experience in public health successful completion of the Registered Environmental Health Specialist credentialing exam.

Registered Environmental Health Specialist in Training - No prior experience necessary

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office required. Health District Information System (HDIS) obtained after hire.

License & Certifications:

Must possess and maintain a registration as an environmental health specialist as issued by the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection in accordance with Ohio Revised Code.

Must possess and maintain a valid drivers license.

Other Requirements:

National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) 100 200 and 700.a certification to be obtained within six (6) months of hire.

Ohio Department of Agriculture Applicator License to be obtained within twelve (12) months of hire .

COMPETENCIES/KNOWLEDGE-SKILLS-ABILITIES (KSAs):

A. Public Health Tier: 1 Front Line and Program Support Responsibilities

B. Organizational Competencies

All GCPH employees are expected to adhere to the mission of: Prevent disease Promote health and wellness in Greene County and Protect the quality of our addition all GCPH employees are expected to meet specified competencies in the following areas:

• Dependability: Demonstrates reliability and trustworthiness and being consistent in performance or behavior.
• Judgement: Ability to apply critical thinking adapt to change and make evidence-based decisions or form opinions while maintaining ethical performance.
• Communication: Communicate in a respectful manner both written and orally in person and through electronic means with linguistic and cultural proficiency.
• Customer Satisfaction: Ensure the health and safety of our community within my abilities and resources and treat our many diverse customers with thoughtful listening and respect.
• Quality: Establish and maintain organizational capacity and resources to support continuous quality improvement.
  
• Community Partnership Skills: Works collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by special interest geographic proximity or similar situation to address issues affecting the well-being of our community
• Data Analytics and Assessment Skills: Ability to identify collect and evaluate data as it affects the health of our community or population.

C. Job Specific Competencies

Descriptions of each competency can be found at:

2021 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals ()

• Data Analytics and Assessment Skills: (1.1T1 1.2T1 1.3T1 1.4T1 1.5T1 1.6T1 1.7T1 1.8T1)
• Policy Development and Program Planning Skills: (2.1T1 2.2T1 2.3T1 2.4T1 2.5T1 2.6T1 2.7T1)
• Communication Skills: (3.1T1 3.2T1 3.3T1 3.4T1)
• Health Equity Skills: (4.1T1 4.2T1 4.3T1 4.4T1 4.5T1 4.6T1 4.7T1)
• Community Partnership Skills: (5.1T1 5.2T1 5.3T1 5.4T1 5.5T1)
• Public Health Sciences Skills: (6.1T1 6.2T1 6.3T1 6.4T1)
• Management and Finance Skills: (7.1T1 7.2T1 7.3T1 7.4T1 7.5T1 7.6T1 7.7T1 7.8T1 7.9T1 7.10T1 7.11T1 7.12T1 7.13T1)
• Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills: (8.1T1 8.2T1 8.3T1 8.4T1 8.5T1 8.6T1 8.7T1 8.8T1)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) - Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) - Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5 hrs./day)

F (Frequently) - Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5 hrs./day)

C (Constantly) - Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hrs./day)

Physical Demands

Stand - C

Walk - F

Sit - F

Manually Manipulate - C

Reach Outward - F

Reach Above Shoulder - F

Climb - O

Crawl - O

Squat or kneel - F

Grasp - C

Speak - C

Lift/Carry

10 lbs. or less - F

11-20 lbs. - F

21-50 lbs. - O

51-100 lbs. - O

Over 100 lbs. - O

Push/Pull

12 lbs. or less - F

13-25 lbs. - O

26-40 lbs. - O

41-100 lbs. - O

50 pounds or more you may request assistance.

Other Physical Requirements

• Vision (Near Distance Color)
• Sense of Sound Sufficient to communicate in-person in the field and on the telephone
• Sense of smell
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Glasses and gloves
• Sense of balance

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The employee may be exposed to must negotiate use or work in the vicinity of: materials containing asbestos or other hazardous materials (e.g. mold); hot cold humid or windy weather conditions; extreme non-weather related heat or cold; radiant energy; upset or emotionally distraught individuals; potentially dangerous/fatal infectious diseases; open flames boiling liquid hot grease and other commercial kitchen hazards; sharp kitchen instruments; hazardous driving conditions; bleach disinfectants and other industrial cleaning solutions; chlorine and other pool maintenance chemicals; raw sewage human waste and other unsanitary materials; heavy equipment trenches ditches and other excavations; ladders stairs or scaffolds; environmental conditions which may result in injury from fumes odors dusts mists gases and/or poorly ventilated work areas; crowds; vector borne diseases ticks and mosquitoes; potentially vicious and rabid animals and their bodily fluids.

Contact Information:

For general questions regarding the position please contact:

Evan Dillahunt

Required Experience:

Manager