Public Health Technician

Decypher is a leading integrator of professional, technology, and management solutions and services. We provide our services globally to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. Our employees are our most valuable asset and play an integral role in the success of Decypher and our clients. Working at Decypher is not a job, but a career where your talent and energy is respected, and you can personally make a difference. Decypher invites you to join our professional team.

Decypher is seeking a Public Health Technician to support Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. U.S. Citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Education/Degree: An Associate Degree in nursing or other related educational program such as allied, community health, or public health OR prior military training.
• Knowledge:
  
  
  
  • Intermediate knowledge of U.S. Navy Medicine, Department of Defense, State of North Carolina and Centers for Disease Control public health related disease prevention, environmental health, recommendations, protocols, and programs.
  • Intermediate knowledge of epidemiological investigation procedures and techniques for disease-outbreak investigation principles and procedures.
  • Intermediate understanding of the disease process, case definition, diagnosis, follow-up testing, prevention methodologies and reporting for all forms of communicable, food, water, and vector-borne diseases.
  
  
  
  

At Decypher we believe that equal opportunity fuels innovation by using the strengths of individual differences. Therefore, we strive to provide a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decypher is fully committed to a program of equal opportunity for all applicants and employees and will actively carry out all federal and state regulations and executive orders. We apply our equal opportunity policy to all employment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Performs epidemiological investigations, patient interviews and health education/control measures. Monitors rabies control program. Assists with investigations of disease outbreaks. Collects and compiles epidemiological data.
• Conducts food inspections IAW the regulatory requirements. Collects and ships food for laboratory analysis. Evaluates and completes inspection records.
• Conducts sanitation evaluations. Determines compliance with sanitary standards and reports discrepancies.
• Assists with evaluating risk of vector-borne disease transmission. Collects and identifies vector species. Educates forces and base populations on prevention and control of vector-borne diseases.
• Performs occupational health assessment and/or occupational illness investigations; conducts duty location surveys to identify health concerns; recommends corrective actions with program training and tracking of members.
• Performs Preventive Health Assessments (PHA). Reviews fitness assessment surveys, retrieves required information from patient medical record reviews and/or schedules patient visit to obtain required information. Determines if patients need to be examined by a credentialed provider.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. Therefore, the employee may be requested to perform other reasonable duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor or other management as required.

Note: This position is expected to be filled at a later date. Applications are still encouraged, and qualified candidates will be contacted when the hiring process begins.