Public Health Program Specialist

Role Summary: This role focuses on data collection entry education surveillance support and coordination with local health departments and other healthcare agencies. The role completes many of the day-to-day tasks required in order to ensure local health departments can actively manage cases of lead poisoned children throughout the state.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Support state case managers on non-confirmed cases. Track these cases in the states case management system ensuring local health departments are opening updating and closing cases as appropriate
2. Audit non-confirmed cases and make suggestions to follow-up on or close cases as appropriate
3. Enter and monitor lead results that are reported to the State
4. Investigate reporting issues invalid results questionable entries into IDOH systems including CHIRP LDF NBS etc.
5. Participate in quarterly testing report reviews with case managers to identify any trends or issues that they need to address
6. Monitor and address tasks related to case management queues (including document review approval and closure)
7. Track required fields for confirmed cases (i.e. case status home visit nutritional & developmental assessment risk assessments) and coordinate with staff if missing or incomplete.
8. Assist as needed with providing backup support on required daily processes including system approvals fax receipt and lead result entry.