Status: Full Time contract with benefits
Reports To: Social and Community Services Manager
Pay Rate: $20.00-$22.00/hour based on experience
Location: Marion County

Primary duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Responsible for providing coordination of the day-to-day operations of the Drug Free Communities grant and assist with activities identified by the Marion County Heartland Coalition.
• Prioritize the goals set forth by the Drug Free Communities Program:
  • Establish and strengthen collaboration among community stakeholders and organizations to address youth substance use.
  • Reduce substance use among youth, and over time, reduce substance use among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance use and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use.  
• Establish and maintain rapport with Marion County Heartland Coalition members and Executive Committee.
• Coordinate implementation of evidence-based strategies to effectively fulfill Coalition objectives.
• Organize and engage in community activities to inform and educate the public about youth substance use and priorities for prevention.
• Collect, utilize, and disseminate data relevant to the Coalition’s work and overall success.
• Serve as an information resource for the community and Coalition members.

Education and Experience:

Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree. Must have one year of health related experience.

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Status: Full Time contract with benefits
Reports To: Assistant Public Health Director
Pay Rate: $28 starting pay, based on experience
Location: District Office

Primary duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Provide leadership, supervision, coaching, and professional development for the Health Impacts Department, including Performance Management, Community Epidemiology, Organizational Planning, and Compliance.

• Lead the agency’s Performance Management and Quality Improvement (PM/QI) program by developing performance measures, monitoring organizational outcomes, facilitating quality improvement initiatives, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Direct the agency’s Strategic Planning process, including development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and annual updates to ensure alignment with organizational priorities and community health needs.

• Lead the Community Health Assessment (CHA) process, coordinating epidemiologic analysis, community engagement, stakeholder facilitation, data interpretation, and health priority identification.

• Oversee development, evaluation, and reporting of the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), while collaborating with the Community Mobilization and Outreach Manager to support community implementation efforts.

• Serve as the agency’s Accreditation Coordinator by maintaining Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) accreditation, coordinating documentation, monitoring standards compliance, preparing reports, and leading reaccreditation activities.

• Provide leadership for organizational compliance activities, policy development, and continuous readiness for regulatory and accreditation requirements.

• Collaborate with agency leadership and community partners to utilize epidemiologic data and population health information to guide decision-making, grant development, program planning, and evaluation.

• Lead the Health Impacts team to prepare and present reports, dashboards, strategic updates, accreditation reports, and performance outcomes to the Administrative Team, Governing Board, community partners, and other stakeholders.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in public health or closely related degree and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in public or community health or Master’s degree in public health or closely related degree and (3) years of experience working in a public health or community health agency.

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Status: Full Time contract with benefits
Reports To: Community Outreach & Mobilization Manager
Pay Rate: $20-$22 per hour based on education and experience

Primary duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Coordinate with community partners across the district to identify and address disparities in health outcomes.
• Develop and/or support community programs that directly address behaviors affecting health and wellness in an equitable manner.
• Ensure current grant deliverables are fulfilled.
• Actively participate in partnerships and/or coalitions to address issues related to public health and health outreach.
• Effectively communicate with community partners through various methods, including emails and community presentations.
• Serve as a public heath liaison to community partners and develop relationships to support public health goals.
• Participate in the completion of a local community health assessment and implement strategies from the resulting health improvement plan.

Qualifications:
Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree in health-related field. Must have one year of health-related experience.

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Status: Full Time contract with benefits
Reports To:Social and Community Services Manager
Pay Rate: $20-$22 per hour based on experience

Primary duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Responsible for operations of LTDHD harm reduction program sites.

• Establish and maintain rapport with harm reduction participants.

• Identify and develop networking relationships with community-based organizations.

• Assist with developing and implementing new harm reduction programs and initiatives.

• Seek program funding opportunities and ensure current grant deliverables are fulfilled.

• Establish and/or actively participate in partnerships and/or coalitions to address issues related to harm reduction and drug use.

• Engage in community activities to advocate for harm reduction policy and best practices.

• Provide information to harm reduction participants and the general public on protecting their health, specifically in areas related to drug use and harm reduction.

• Conduct outreach to identify potential harm reduction program participants.

• Engage with local elected officials and the community on the potential public health impacts from current and/or proposed policies.

• Participate in the completion of a local community health assessment and implement strategies from the resulting health improvement plan.

Education: 
Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree. Must have one year of health related experience.

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Status: Full Time contract with benefits
Reports To: Support Services Supervisor
Pay Rate: $15.50 per hour

Primary duties include, but are not limited to: 
– Responsible for registering patients for various services and programs provided by the local health department. 
– Establishes a medical record by compiling all of the necessary forms for registering patients.
– Interview the patient to obtain pertinent non-medical information used for identification and income status according to the agency and program policy.
– Schedule initial and follow up appointments.
– Collect fees for services rendered 
– Answer multi-line phone system
– Route/redirect patient to appropriate staff person
– Prepare routine letters, labels and other appropriate staff person
– Prepare routine letters, labels and other appropriate material. 
– Review appropriate reporting sheet (Patient Encounter Form) (PEF) of services provided to ensure completeness and accuracy
– Generate and/or issue Woman Infant and Children (WIC) vouchers
– Collect, record and enter fees obtained from patients into statewide network. 

Qualifications: 
– Ability to use electronic office equipment and computers
– Ability to maintain alphabetical, numerical and subjective filing systems. 
– Ability to learn assigned tasks readily, to prescribe to departmental routine and follow moderate to difficult written/verbal instructions.
– Ability to work as a team member in a team atmosphere. 

Education: 
High School Diploma or GED

Experience: 
None

Special Requirements: 
The entry level incumbent would participate in on-the-job training programs to become knowledgeable regarding the Patient and Community Health Services Reporting and Billing Procedure (PERS). 

Additional Requirements: 
Applicants and employees in this class may be required to submit to a drug screening and background check according to the agency’s policies. 

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Status: Full-time, Contract with benefits
Pay Rate: $27.00/hr. rate dependent on experience 
Reports to: Clinical Manager
Location: Hardin County

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintains Agency records and reports according to program standards.
• Conducts intake interviews and physical assessments of patients to obtain and document health status andhistory, including pertinent social history. Case management.
• Forms nursing diagnosis and initiates treatments based on standing orders, the Core Clinical Services Guidelines and established nursing practices.
• Administers and documents immunizations and treatments in compliance with established nursing practice.
• Obtains samples/specimens and performs basic laboratory procedures.
• Health Education.
• Exhibits competency regarding policies procedures and programs in assignment.
• Shifts to new tasks when priorities change.
• Establishes priorities in work assignments to facilitate efficiency and/or clinic flow.
• Meets deadlines when they exist.
• Addresses all abnormal test results and abnormal physical exam findings according to program guidelines.
• Promote harmonious working relationships.
• Maintain patient records which exhibit systematic assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Provide education in the community setting. 

Qualifications: 

•  Customer service oriented
• Maintain confidentiality as per Lincoln Trail District Health Department Confidentiality Agreement
• Current Kentucky Registered Nurse license.
• Maintain CPR certification.
• Consistently demonstrates competency with technical nursing skills according to scope of practice.
• Promotes an awareness and utilization of health department services in a positive manner.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for the practice of professional nursing skills according to the scope of practice.
• Ability to work as a team member in a team atmosphere.
• Assume responsibility for professional development.
• Document legibly and according to LTDHD documentation guidelines.
• Provide transportation, when necessary and provide proof of a valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance. 

Education:
BSN Preferred, must have RN license in Kentucky or compact state. Two (2) years of Registered Nurse (RN) experience. BSN may substitute for one (1) year required experience. Master’s Degree in Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Education or Public health may substitute for the two (2) years of experience. 

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Status: Full-time, Contract with benefits
Pay Rate: $21.00-$25.00/hr. based on experience
Location: Hardin County
Reports to: Area Environmental Supervisor

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:
• Food Service: Reviews plans, conducts detailed sanitation inspections of all types of food establishments. Conducts investigations in response to food borne illness complaints, quarantines product and provide food safety education classes. 
• Gather evidence for enforcement of public health laws for conferences, hearings and/or court proceedings. 
•Public Facilities: Reviews plans, conducts detailed sanitation inspections of public facilities. 
•General Sanitation: Responds to consumer complaints and performs investigations to include but not limited to insect, rodent and vector breeding sites, controls rabies outbreaks with quarantines of biting animals, assists with mass immunizations at rabies clinics. Gathers evidence for enforcement of public health nuisance laws. Investigates and troubleshoot malfunctioning septic systems, boil water advisory assistance, and collects private water samples. 
• Onsite Sewage: Reviews and approves onsite sewage disposal site plans, conducts soil evaluations, designs and approves locations, conducts inspections of conventional, modified and experimental treatment systems, provides investigations & gathers evidence for enforcement of onsite sewage laws.
• Customer service oriented. Ability to work as a team member promoting teamwork and approaches problems with that understanding. 
• Maintain confidentiality as per Lincoln Trail District Health Department Confidentiality Agreement. 

Education:
Bachelor’s degree from a college or university with a minor or twenty-four (24) semester hours in environmental health, biological or physical science or registration as a Kentucky Environmental Specialist/Sanitarian under KRS 223. 

Special Requirements: Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license. An individual upon employment must become registered under the provisions of KRS 223 to remain a permanent employee per Administrative Regulations 902 KAR 8:080. 

Post-Employment Requirements: 
Employees in the class will be required to obtain credentials outlined below within a reasonable time, or if employees possess such credentials at the time of hire, they will be required to maintain those credentials so long as they are employed in this capacity. Must participate in annual continuing education classes. 

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for the position, please complete an online application. Selection will be made by interview(s), and/or review of submitted documentation. Criminal background, licensure check, and drug screening will be required. Failure to meet any of the selection criteria shall disqualify an applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer