Communicable Disease Investigator

Our client has multiple Communicable Disease Investigator positions available supporting Kentucky's state COVID relief efforts. These positions will onboard and start onsite and then become remote.

Position Overview:

The Communicable Disease Investigator position will entail investigating situations concerning individuals who have been in contact with COVID-19, which could result in possible sources of infection. The Communicable Disease Investigators will locate patients with COVID-19 and persons with whom they have had contact. Investigation procedures involve contacting various information sources such as welfare agencies, neighbors, hospitals, work locations, restaurants and bars. The investigator is primarily concerned with locating persons who should be examined for acute infection.

Responsibilities of the Communicable Disease Investigator:

Interview patients to elicit information regarding their contacts to COVID-19 positive patients and to determine possible personal and health history related to transmitted diseases

Educate and counsel patients regarding transmitted diseases and risk reduction

Locate persons who have been reported to have COVID-19 or who have been in contact with infected individuals; direct these individuals to submit necessary laboratory specimens and such other necessary control measures

Induce persons who have been in contact with COVID-19 to have medical examinations and laboratory testing as applicable

Provide information and education on COVID-19 to phone inquiries

Conduct interviews with persons who are COVID-19 positive and assists them in informing their close contacts of their positive status

Conducts investigations to discover unreported cases

Perform a variety of duties relating to the preparation of reports, entering personal data on patient registers and preparing correspondence to send to patients who are in need of medical examination and treatment

Maintain records on all delinquent and/or non-conforming patients

Prepare individual narrative reports concerning work procedures and certain patients

Utilize appropriate methods for interacting effectively and professionally with persons of all ages and from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, lifestyles and physical abilities

Qualifications of the Communicable Disease Investigator:

Must have very strong communication skills

Public health experience preferred, but not required

Access to transportation to meet fieldwork requirements occasionally required

Education Requirements:

Current student or graduate from a college of public health, medical science, college of nursing, or school of medicine

Benefits:

Atrium Care Package available