PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

This National Guard position is for a PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICIAN, Position Description Number D1723000 and is part of the OH 121 Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard.

The primary purpose of this position is to achieve and maintain Force Health Protection through planning, evaluating, and management principles related to epidemiological, operational, and occupational and public health programs.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Major Duties:

As a PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICIAN, GS-0640-8, you will perform the following duties:

Manages the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) mandated occupational health education and training programs and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI).

Determines educational/training requirements for employees by analyzing existing compliance data.

Works in conjunction with unit workplace supervisors to develop and conduct occupational health education training relative to both general and specific hazards.

Sets up surveys, provides education, tracks and develops training, researches requirements and provides coordination to ensure programs are viable.

Manages the OSHA and AFOSH mandated occupational health medical surveillance program.

Analyzes the results of Bioenvironmental Engineering (BEE) Industrial Hygiene Surveys, and determines the need for employee occupational health medical examinations (OHMEs).

Analyzes scientific and compliance data to determine the scope and frequency of required occupational health surveillance.

Reviews Department of Defense studies and documentation and disease control studies.

Identifies specific target organs for medical testing when designing OHME requirements and determines appropriate biological indices IAW OSHA and AFOSH standards.

Presents the completed surveillance packages to the Occupational Health Working Group (OHWG) and Aerospace Medicine Council (AMC) and implements the OHME requirements as directed.

Advises and consults with wing leadership on health-related events and directs prevention strategies.

Coordinates OHMEs within the MDG and ensures pre-placement, annual/periodic, and termination examinations are completed.

Reviews results of pre-placement OHMEs to recommend suitability for job placement.

Updates and maintains the Preventive Health Assessment/Individual Medical Readiness (PIMR) Aerospace Services Information Management System (ASIMS) Occupational Health database monthly to ensure employees are properly identified for OHMEs and conducts periodic reviews of medical records and industrial case files to ensure OHME data is properly documented and maintained.

Studies, analyzes and develops workplace-specific trends by summarizing, interpreting and managing OHME results.

Performs quality insurance audits on all records that are on occupational review and flags for committee review and required follow up action.

Advises on follow-up when trend analysis results deviate from normal values and presents this information to the OHWG and AMC.

Communicates trend analysis results and the required follow-up actions to workplace supervisors. Evaluates industrial shops to ensure compliance with OSHA and AFOSH standards.

Evaluates program effectiveness and quality of OHMEs administered quarterly and documents trends to provide periodic program summary to appropriate councils/committees and wing leadership.

Implements, manages and oversees the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC) Hearing Conservation Program (HCP).

Analyzes BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey data to determine exposed personnel, ensures completion of audiometric testing, reviews test results to detect threshold shifts and recommends appropriate follow-up actions.

Fit tests employees with appropriate hearing protection devices (HPD) and educates employees on program components and the proper use and care of their HPD.

Ensures appropriate follow-up actions and documentation are accomplished on hearing losses to include coordinating with workplace supervisors to ensure the affected member completes all required follow-up hearing tests.

Faxes patient information to a United States Air Force (USAF) Regional Audiologist, local audiologist referrals and Ear Nose Throat (ENT) referrals for final assessment and disposition.

Manages the Reproductive Health Program. Studies and analyzes BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey data to determine chemical/workplace risks to fetal health.

Executes OSHA/AFOSH principles, methods and guidelines to evaluate the presence of reproductive and fetal risk factors.

Interviews and educates employees, consults the workplace supervisor and determines the need for employee work restrictions and counsels the employee on potential health hazards that may affect pregnancy and reproductive health at the workplace, at home, and during recreational activities.

Provides medical profile recommendations to health care providers regarding workplace restrictions for pregnant members. Performs other duties as assigned.

*The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D1723000). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp