- Salary
- $62k – $79k/yr
- Location
- Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA, WA, US
- Department
- Administration
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
The Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization (CD-Imms) section resides within the Prevention Division here in Public Health – Seattle & King County. The CD-Imms section focuses on three major functions: Disease Surveillance, Case Investigation and Intervention. The section is led by the Chief and the Deputy Chief and is composed of 4 teams: Investigations, Analytics and Informatics, Immunization and Administration. We are a large, skilled, passionate team of ~ 70 FTEs that oversees the 65+ reportable diseases and conditions (excluding TB, STD and HIV) from healthcare professionals and laboratories in King County. Some of our work includes investigating cases and identifying other exposed persons requiring follow up; analyze disease report data and trends to identity opportunities for disease prevention; monitor emergency department visits for indications of outbreaks or biological terrorism; conduct influenza surveillance year-round. We also lead immunization strategies to increase vaccine uptake especially among school age children and high-risk groups. Cross-collaboration across teams is central to our workflow and each team supports one another to achieve the objectives of the section.
The Administrative Specialist II position will be responsible for administrative support to the Communicable Diseases Epidemiology & Immunization Section (CD-Imms). This position will provide customer service and support in a fast-paced work environment. This position will be responsible for triaging multi-line calls from healthcare providers, laboratories, and the public, intake of communicable disease cases reports over the phone, requesting and reviewing lab reports from medical facilities, coordinating and transporting specimens throughout King County, performing high-volume data entry into multiple databases, and other administrative duties as assigned. This position reports to the Public Health Administrative Support Supervisor (PHASS).
NOTE: This recruitment will be used to create an eligibility pool to fill additional Career Service, Term-Limited Temporary (TLT), or Special Duty Assignment (SDA) vacancies that may occur over the next six months.
Commitment To Equity and Social Justice
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
To learn more, please visithttp://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx
Work Schedule
The work schedule for the position is from 8AM to 5PM Monday through Friday and may include occasional nights and weekends. This position is overtime eligible.
Work Location
Chinook Building - 401 5th Ave. Seattle, WA 98104
Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
• Contact health care providers, laboratories, and hospitals to obtain patient demographic and confidential information.
• Route communicable disease reports received by email/fax to internal and external partners, including other local health jurisdictions and the Washington State Department of Health.
• Provide sensitive communicable disease information to the public and health care providers through various channels (telephone, email, mail).
• Maintain electronic records of disease case report files, request older case reports from the record center as needed, and send records to the archives.
• Arrange for specimens to be picked up from various locations (including private residences) throughout King County and be delivered to local or state laboratories for testing, including on evenings, weekends and after hours, either by driving the specimens or arranging for a courier service.
• Provide direct customer service and support over the phone to healthcare providers, laboratories, and the general public in a fast-paced work environment.
Case Management
• Process high-volume communicable disease reports submitted over the phone, via electronic fax, US mail, and the disease report line and perform daily intake by entering information in a timely and accurate way into multiple databases and triaging calls to staff.
• Maintain case reports received in various secure email mailboxes in Microsoft Outlook
• Maintain the disease hotline and record new messages as needed
Data Entry and Clerical Work
• Sort and distribute incoming mail, and process outgoing mail by creating labels, updating mailing lists, and assisting with bulk mailing projects.
• Perform data entry corrections in the local and state surveillance databases and participate in annual data reconciliation.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings, reserve conference rooms via MS Teams and Outlook and set up audiovisual equipment, record meeting minutes, and attend meetings as a representative of the administrative team as requested.
• Manage the distribution and collection of equipment to staff, including computers and peripherals; provide instructions for use of computers, projector screens, phones/headset, scanners, faxes, printers and copiers and facilitate resolution of technical issues by calling maintenance service or repair if needed.
• Prepare and maintain documents, packets, manuals, and forms, spreadsheets, and mailing lists.
• Update inventory for the section.
• Maintain and update loaner laptops.
• Maintain and create personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for employees.
• Fax, copy, conduct word processing, create transparencies, and provide support with Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, Publisher, and Access as needed; provide file management support in Teams and SharePoint.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Demonstrated experience of providing administrative support full time in a healthcare related setting or government agency working directly with medical providers and laboratories
• Experience working in a busy office setting with high volume calls, triaging multi line phones.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others, including working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience conducting high volume and accurate data entry documentation
• Ability to handle confidential information with tact and discretion.
• Knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices, and understanding of the effects of place, race and policy, systems and environment -based inequities on marginalized communities and populations.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills that are culturally appropriate, respectful and non-judgmental.
• Demonstrated experience providing customer service with diverse populations, under varying degrees of stress, with discretion, patience, etiquette, and professionalism, in person and over the phone in a fast-paced, high volume work environment
• Documented experience working with electronic health records and disease surveillance systems.
• Skilled at problem-solving, troubleshooting, organizing, prioritizing and completing multiple tasks simultaneously, with the ability to adapt to changes in workload demands and meet strict deadlines.
• Experience gathering, organizing, and evaluating data, utilizing intermediate skills to track, evaluate and report quantitative information.
• Knowledge of medical terminology related to communicable diseases
• Demonstrated ability to lift up to 20 pounds to move boxes, retrieve health records, replenish office supplies with or without reasonable accommodation
• This may involve intermittent lifting, standing, stooping, bending, reaching and extensive walking during course of the workday
• Proficiency with software applications and word processing applications, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat
• Valid Washington State Driver’s license required. (Must be willing to drive to collect/distribute specimens within King County locations during and after business hours – including weekends and nights)
Desired:
• Ability to work well under pressure and time constraints
• HIPAA training/ certifications
• Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize time sensitive matters and respond with a sense of urgency while adapting to changes in workload demands
• Years of experience in general administrative office duties, such as sorting and distributing mail, faxing, scanning, photocopying, setting up printers and copiers, filing a high volume of documents, sending confidential documents via secure email, scheduling meetings and interviews (via MS Teams/Microsoft Outlook) and taking meeting minutes
• Experience performing high volume data entry (experience in using 10 -key)
• Within the last 5 years a minimum of two (2) consecutive years of demonstrated experience in a healthcare field or setting working directly with medical providers and laboratories
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience using surveillance databases such as the Washington Disease Reporting System (WDRS) database, REDCap and the Washington State Immunization Information System (WAIIS)
• Strong interpersonal skills including healthy conflict resolution
• Knowledge of medical terminology related to COVID-19, vaccine preventable and enteric/foodborne related communicable diseases
• Demonstrated ability to reliably attend work and meet obligations
• Experience managing public records requests
• Demonstrated ability to learn and comprehend new and complex bodies of knowledge efficiently
Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Application Process
If you are interested in pursuing this position and supporting King County’s vision for unified, equitable, and high-performing government, please follow the application instructions carefully. Provide us with your work history as applicable, ensuring that you provide details that highlight your ability to fulfill the requirements for this position.
If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, or you would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process, please contact Alexis Owens at recruiter .
King County's Vision, Mission, and ACTIVATE Values unite us.
King County serves residents with a relentless sense of urgency, delivering on commitments with transparency and accountability. We are action-oriented, creative problem solvers who collaborate across roles, engage directly with communities, and challenge the status quo to achieve meaningful impact. As a unified team, we uphold high ethical and stewardship standards, embrace change, stay curious, and continuously improve. Across all interactions, we listen first, act quickly, and stay aligned as a team to earn and sustain public trust. Learn more about our Vision, Mission, and ACTIVATE Values here and visit our Why work at King County page here.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on sex, race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religious affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age except by minimum age and retirement provisions, pregnancy, status as a family caregiver, parental status, marital status, military status or status as a veteran who was honorably discharged or who was discharged solely as a result of the person's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, citizenship or immigration status, genetic information, or other protected class. However, to the extent that distinction or differential treatment on the basis of citizenship or immigration status is authorized by either federal or state law, regulation, or government contract, it is not an unfair practice.
Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
Who May Apply
Anyone who meets the minimum qualification noted above can apply for this position
The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:
- NEOGOV Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
- Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
- Resume
(Please note: cover letter and additional attachments will not be reviewed as part of the evaluation process if not outlined as a required application material as outlined above).
Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.
Necessary Special Requirements
- The selection process may include evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, interviewing, and testing. You must completely fill out the application with your relevant education and work experience.
- The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR.
- The selected candidate must be able to pass a thorough background investigation and Pre-Employment Physical, but findings may not necessarily disqualify an applicant for employment.
- For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring. For tips on interviewing, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/audience/employees/learning-and-development/Interview_Tips.ashx?la=en.
- Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.
- Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and web-based enabled tools, therefore candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with on-going work.
- Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time and obtaining required immunizations.
- Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.
- When Public Health responds to an emergency, and in accordance with relevant CLA language and/or KC policy and procedures, we may assign duties outside your regular job description. This may involve responding at any time, including nights and weekends, with possible deployment to locations other than the department.
- If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
Union Membership
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