Disease Intervention Trainer - 1696

Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Trainer

Full TimeTechnical

Central Office, Rapid City, SD, US

24 days agoRequisition ID: 1696

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Salary Range:$23.03 To $28.63 Hourly

JOB SUMMARY: 

The Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Trainer plays a crucial role in training tribal and state DIS workforce segments within tribal and state public health departments. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing various educational and training programs to build capacity and facilitate continuous learning and growth.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assesses tribal and state DIS workforce segment needs using various channels of engagement (surveys, interviews, focus groups and communications with employees, managers and supervisors).
 • Coordinates with tribal and state public health staff to develop culturally relevant DIS trainings.
 • Develops unique training programs to fulfill specific needs, including epidemiology, DIS skills, and informatics, cultural 
 engagement, outbreak response in tribal communities, and other identified capacity-building topics.
 • Create, acquire , and/or adapt training procedures manuals, guides and course material.
 • Presents training and development programs using various forms and formats including group discussion, lecture, simulations, videos, webinars etc.
 • Maintains records of training and development activities, attendance results, test/assessment results and retraining requirements.
 • Maintains knowledge of the latest trends in epidemiology, tribal and state relationships, DIS, informatics.
 • Assigns and monitors and documents any mandatory compliance training.
 • Prepares and implements training budget maintains record and reports expenses.
 • Collaborate closely with program manager, department director, tribal, state, and other stakeholders to align training and engagement initiatives with organizational goals and outbreak response.
• Assess the effectiveness of training programs through various evaluation methods such as pre-post training assessments, feedback surveys, and performance metrics. Use this feedback to continually improve and refine training initiatives.
• Connects current DIS structures to tribal programs to increase workforce capacity to perform disease intervention services.
 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Participates in Core Connections training and applies GPTLHB Core Connections concepts and practices in their work.
 • Familiarity and/or experience working with American Indian populations and respect for and knowledge of traditional, cultural, and spiritual practices of diverse American Indian communities, as well as an ability to work with other culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
 • Possess the ability to resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision.
 • Able to exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment.
 • Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule, including evenings, weekends and overnight or extended travel as necessary.
 • Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to community members, relatives, and employees of the organization.
 • Proficiency with computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other Internet technologies.
 • Valid driver’s license must be kept current, and certificates, credentials or licenses must be kept current and consistent with regulations required by applicable federal, state and/or grant regulations.

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Education/Relevant Experience:  Bachelor’s degree and one (1) year of experience, or associate’s degree and three (3) years’ experience, or high school diploma or GED and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience.  
 
 This position requires post-secondary education and/or experience. Individuals must have applicable education and/or experience applying an extensive body of rules, procedures, or operations to perform a wide variety of interrelated or nonstandard procedural assignments and resolve a wide range of problems or to apply standard procedures in a technical field to perform such work as adapting equipment (requires consideration of the functioning characteristics of equipment), interpreting results of tests based on previous experience and observations (rather than directly reading instruments or other measures), or extracting information from various sources (requires considering the applicability of the information and the characteristics and quality of the sources).

The GPTLHB is a tribal organization that follows tribal preference laws. Our policy is to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions if all other qualifications are equal.  
 Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks.

Native American/American Indian Preference in hiring will be applied as defined in title 25 usc 44-46 &474. 

Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks and pre-employment drug screen. 

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment.  You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment.  Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.