Public Health Investigator Trainee

3 weeks ago

Orange County CA, United States County of Orange Full time

**CAREER DESCRIPTION**:
**Public Health Investigator Trainee**
- In addition to performance-based merit increases, this position is scheduled to receive salary range increases on the following dates:

- Effective June 28, 2024 - 4.25% increase
- Effective June 27, 2025 - 4.00% increase
- This recruitment is _**_open to the public and_**_ will be advertised from Wednesday, May 8, 2024, to May 15, 2024._

**_ APPLICATIONS WILL _**_ONLY_**_ BE ACCEPTED ON _**_Wednesday_**_, May 15, 2024,_**_ _**_until 11:59 PM PST._**
- This recruitment is being held to establish an _**_Open _**_eligible list to fill current and future Public Health Investigator Trainee vacancies. This recruitment may also be used to fill positions in similar and/or lower classifications throughout the County of Orange._

**THE COUNTY**
The **County of Orange** **is a regional service provider and planning agency whose core businesses include public safety, public health, environmental protection, regional planning, public assistance, social services and aviation.**THE AGENCY**
The** **County of Orange**, **Health Care Agency (HCA)** **i**s a dynamic organization dedicated to creating and supporting an environment that promotes the achievement of optimal individual, family, and community health. Under the leadership of the Agency Director, a dynamic executive team with an organizational structure comprised of five (5) service areas - Strategy and Special Projects, Behavioral Health Services, Correctional Health Services, Medical Health Services, and Public Health Services - is committed to meeting the health needs of the diverse Orange County community.**THE PROGRAM**
17th Street Testing, Treatment and Care Clinic (TTC) is a co-located Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Clinic and an HIV Ambulatory Care Clinic. The mission of TTC is to “serve a diverse community through testing, treatment, and care of STDs and HIV with confidential, compassionate, and comprehensive services to empower and educate our patients to lead healthy lives.” TTC cares for over 5,500 patients annually and has a multi-disciplinary team with over 70 staff members. TTC provides STD and HIV screening to individuals 12 years and older and primary medical care for uninsured people living with HIV/AIDS. Services are funded through a variety of local, state, and federal grants including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and Ending the HIV Epidemic. TTC provides high-quality STD and HIV services including medical care, case management, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy (Rapid ART), AIDS Drug Assistance Program - (ADAP), information & education on STD and HIV care, Ryan White eligibility screening, HIV partner services, and treatment adherence.**THE OPPORTUNITY**

The Public Health Investigator Trainee (PHIT) is a health professional undergoing mentorship to engage in communicable disease intervention at the individual level, assisting patients, sexual partners, and individuals suspected of having sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), or other communicable diseases. Through this training, the PHIT will acquire the skills to deliver responsive, high-quality services to the local health jurisdiction, external agencies, and the public, providing accurate, thorough, and timely information with courtesy and efficiency. The primary goal of these activities is to prevent and control disease transmission by ensuring prompt examination and adequate treatment for individuals diagnosed or exposed to communicable diseases.
- This position will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

- Learns about methods of transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, development, and treatment of communicable diseases; learns Public Health laws and regulations relating to the control of communicable diseases.
- Learns to interview and investigate patients and other persons who may be sources or contacts to communicable diseases and learns to effectively encourage compliance to Public Health laws and recommendations.
- Learns to conduct field investigations and to trace suspected communicable disease contacts using information from patients, acquaintances, public authorities, and all other available means; learns to tactfully interview and counsel contacts.
- Learns to effectively communicate with physicians to encourage case reporting, gather information to contact patients diagnosed with communicable diseases, and to locate patient contacts.
- Venipunctures patients or suspects for serological testing in TB, Epidemiology, HIV Counseling and Testing Program (HCT), and the STD Program.
- Assists in contacting and encouraging laboratories and medical providers to report reactive tests to the Health Department.
- Assists in providing information and education in the communicable disease control program.
- Maintains records and learns to write technical case reports and summarie

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