Job Description

Public Health Representative

Kingston TN

Hybrid

Job Overview :

Summary: Under general supervision is responsible for promoting dementia friendly concepts offering community memory screenings educating the community about Alzheimers disease and related dementia (ADRD) and caregiving promoting early detection and diagnosis advancing access to services and enhancing communityclinical linkages.

Work Activities : Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:

• Fosters relationships with community partners to offer those with ADRD and caregivers community resource navigation.
• Provides the community with educational materials presentations memory screenings and resources to reduce dementia support caregivers and create dementia friendly environments.
• Actively works with health care providers to educate them regarding early ADRD detection diagnosis available community resources and the importance of creating individualized care plans.
• Provides community members those with ADRD and caregivers with evidence based educational materials and interventions.

Processing Information:

• Compiles information/reports on available funding opportunities to support local activities for those with ADRD and caregivers.
• Appropriately maintain and secure client information followup with client success and barriers to care and ensure referrals are streamlined and appropriate.
• Monitors and tracks program success number of individuals served satisfaction of clients being served and number of those being reached through educational programming.
• Fosters and tracks the expansion and development of community partnerships that focus on dementia risk reduction or serving those with ADRD or caregivers.
• Assesses barriers to care and services in the community for those with ADRD and caregivers and tracks progress in addressing these barriers.
  
  

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:

• Maintains expertise in evidencebased practices related to dementia risks ADRD and caregiving.
• Utilizes existing data sources to make decisions regarding program delivery and community outreach.
• Attends mandatory and optional training opportunities to understand the latest research and community resources available.

Communicating with Supervisors Peers or Subordinates:

• Communicates regularly with coworkers and/or supervisors at a state regional and county level to ensure consistent program operation.
• Provides coworkers with opportunities for collaboration with the dementia navigator and external partners to ensure those with ADRD and caregiver are appropriately served.
• Provides effective communication to supervisor by telephone email verbally etc.
  
  

Maintain and Protect Personal and Financial Information:

• Ensures HIPAA compliance of those being directly served through the Dementia Navigators program by ensuring data is appropriately stored and protected.
• Maintains and tracks financial expenditures and budgetary documents inline with state and county financial and procurement requirements.
  
  

Competencies (KSAs)

• Decision Quality
• Problem Solving
• Organizing
• Process Management
• Independence
• Perseverance
• Presentation Skills
• Written Communications
• Approachability
• Customer Focus
  
  

Knowledge:

• Communications and Media
• Customer and Personal Service
• Education and Training
• Mathematics

Skills:

• Active Learning
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Learning Strategies
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing
• Instructing
• Systems Evaluation

Abilities:

• Fluency of Ideas
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression

Tools and Equipment Used

• Computer
• Telephone
• Fax Machine
• Copy Machine
• Printer
• Scanner
• Other Office Equipment as needed

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