SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT
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PUBLIC HEALTH OUTREACH SPECIALIST 
HEALTH

Job Number:	11-843				Job Code: C7050 

SALARY																			         	GRADE
Minimum:	$2,770.00 Monthly- Salary Commensurate With Experience					          45			
																						EEOC CODE
																   							    20	

Open Date:  July 1, 2011												Close Date:  July 8, 2011

Position Summary:
Initiates a new community outreach strategy aimed at increasing the awareness of the availability of TennCare outreach services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, Health Services Administration, Business Administration; and two (2) years experience in a progressively responsible administrative role with a public agency or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.(PROOF OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED.)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
•	Knowledge of public administrative functions, programs, policies, and practices.
•	Knowledge of supervisory practices and techniques.
•	Ability to coordinate and direct the activities of assigned personnel.
•	Ability to make oral and written reports and presentations to convey information clearly and persuasively.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•	Leads lay outreach workers in assigned area.
•	Assigns workers to specific areas for outreach activities, monitor activities, provides guidance and instructions to provide community outreach activities related to EPSDT and TennCare.
•	Schedules/assigns outreach territories to lay workers.
•	Reviews target population data related to geographical locations determine best approach to capture target population for outreach to ensure that outreach activities are assigned within the specific geographical areas for TennCare outreach.
•	Assesses communities for target population to be served.
•	Conducts community assessments, reviews TennCare data related to specific populations, coordinates with community based organizations to ensure targeted populations are identified to provide outreach to under-serve populations.
•	Develops and prioritizes specific communities with outreach activities.
•	Maintains community calendar of activities including health fairs, neighborhood and church gatherings to schedule presentations by lay health workers.
•	Designs outreach presentations for outreach workers.
•	Utilizing data obtained via assessments and coordination with community based organizations.
•	Performs other duties as assigned.

Shelby County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate 
on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin or handicap status 

Equal Opportunity Employer 
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