Careers

Description:

 Public Health – Seattle & King County is seeking to fill several Disease Research and Intervention Specialist (DRIS) positions to support COVID-19 outbreak response. The positions are part of the Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section (CD-IMMS) and will be assigned to work with the following Investigations teams – COVID Healthcare Response, COVID Community Response, and General Communicable Diseases. Major areas of responsibility include case and outbreak investigation, conducting interviews, data entry, and summarizing investigations. The DRIS work under the direction of a supervisor. 
 
DRIS should be committed to working with diverse populations throughout King County to provide excellent service to people from a broad range of cultures, in accordance with the King County Equity and Social Justice Ordinance and the King County Strategic Plan. The position supports and advances Public Health values for fair and culturally competent service delivery, innovative, effective and efficient application of resources, building a culture of performance and expanding opportunities to seek input, listen and respond to community members.
 
These positions are open continuously until filled and additional positions may be filled from this candidate pool as they come available. After consulting with the most competitive candidates and with program stakeholders, the program will assign a body of work from the list above to each DRIS hired. 

WHO MAY APPLY: This position is open to all qualified candidates. A Special Duty Assignment (SDA) position is open to all King County career service employees who have completed their initial County probation. You must have supervisor approval prior to taking a Special Duty Assignment.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of disease surveillance and investigation methods; infectious disease management and control; health care systems structure and function; communication strategies; and adult learning and health care education.
• Direct and recent experience with interviewing by phone or in person.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills that are culturally appropriate, respectful and non-judgmental.
• Demonstrated proficiency in data entry and data management, and ability to pivot between multiple databases.
• Detail oriented. 
• Understanding of basic laboratory and medical terminology.
• Experience talking on the phone with healthcare providers and laboratories.
• Experience with data entry.
• Demonstrated ability to carry out assignments and responsibilities reliably in a thorough, accurate, and timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality of protected health information at all times.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and effectively communicate orally and in writing with supervisor, co-workers, healthcare providers, and the general public.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word and Excel).
• Demonstrated ability to work well on a team. 
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; excellent problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to work well under pressure with multiple competing priorities and deadlines.
• Washington State Driver’s License or the ability to provide transportation to work locations with limited or no public transportation services is required.
• Documentation of current BLS CPR certification required but has temporarily been waived.

APPLICATION PROCESS: 
 A complete application packet will consist of the following:

• NEOGOV/Government Jobs on-line or paper application 
• Supplemental questions