IN-IDOH-State Lead Specialist

Lead Surveillance Contractor Position

The contractor will be assigned a 20-40 county region of the state as their assigned district. For that district, the contractor will work with IDOH staff and local health department staff to identify emerging lead issues and monitor cases of children with elevated blood lead levels (EBLL) to ensure they receive the case management support required.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Track current EBLL cases in Indiana's state system, NBS, to ensure local health departments are providing case management services within mandated timeframes and closing cases as appropriate.
• Meet with IDOH Case Surveillance Program Manager weekly to review case loads, county issues, significantly elevated cases, and emerging issues.
• Work with IDOH's Data Analyst to identify whether changes in testing or EBLL frequency are indicative of underlying risk factors within your assigned district.
• Work with Division Program Coordinators to ensure elevated blood lead levels requiring IDOH staff inspections are identified and assigned.
• Provide updates and technical assistance to assigned regional contacts on changes to Lead code and emerging issues.
• Periodic work directly with families to get required re-testing or home visit.
• Periodic travel out to counties in assigned district to meet with health department personnel.
• Attend and present at annual public health nurse meetings.
• Review and edit program guidance and grant applications.

Job requirements include:

• Working knowledge of laws, rules and regulations relating to lead and healthy homes (specifically 410 IAC 29).
• Ability to effectively communicate in an oral and written format to professionals and non-professionals.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to track progress on cases in several dozen counties concurrently.
• Ability to use the internet and traditional research sources effectively.
• Ability to comprehend, develop, and document procedures involved in the work.
• Ability to make decisions regarding data entry information within specific program area of work.
• Ability to exercise good judgement related to sensitive information and ensure HIPAA confidentiality.
• Ability to deal tactfully with a variety of individuals including colleagues, community leaders, government officials and representatives of environmental consulting firms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe, webinar/conference call technology.
• Interest in how lead exposure affects the health of families and the strategies employed to protect them.