JOBS

The DuPage County Health Department is looking for a new team member, bilingual in Spanish, for the Lombard office. In this role, you will be working in the Family Health Services programs with the maternal and child health population. You will be responsible for performing clerical duties to assist with the efficient movement of clients through the clinic. They are looking for someone with the ability to adhere to office procedures while providing courteous customer service. The hours are generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, with one day working until 7:00 pm. Occasional evening and weekend hours.
Responsibilities:

• Updates client records; enters client’s data into computer systems including revising or updating addresses and telephone numbers.
• Schedules appointments: ensures that release forms or consent forms have been signed; prepares various forms and worksheets.
• Sets up clinic rooms with appropriate supplies; processes daily reports; monitors on hand supplies and coordinates replenishment as needed.
• Assists clients with tests such as hemoglobin, blood pressure, and physical measurements.
• Obtains health histories from patients by conducting patient interviews; follows-up on client status; performs duties necessary to close clinics.
• Maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification.
• Adheres to department guidelines for attendance and punctuality.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• May assist with determining client eligibility for programs.
• Assist with interpretation.

The DuPage County Health Department is looking for a new team member to join their team working as a Certified Medical Assistant. The ideal candidate will be able to assist nurses, prescribers and clients, in a busy outpatient psychiatric clinic. They are seeking someone with the ability to adhere to office procedures while providing courteous customer service to clients seeking behavioral health services. This position will give you the opportunity to make a positive difference in your community, while gaining valuable experience working the field of Human Services.
This is a float position working out of offices in Wheaton, Lombard, Addison and Westmont. The hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4;30 pm three to four days a week, with one or possibly two day per week working from 10:30 am to 7:00 pm for a total of 37.5 hours per week. The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities:

• Perform blood draws, urine drug screens and manage recurring labs.
• Take client vital signs and record in ECR.
• Take inventory and monitor supplies.
• Maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification.
• Adheres to department guidelines for attendance and punctuality.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• If bilingual, may assist with interpretation.
• Assist with filling out forms.
• Monitor and log equipment data.

The DuPage County Health Department is seeking a Public Health Nurse to join their team. They offer a consistent work schedule, robust benefit package and an attractive starting pay.  This is an ideal role for new graduates as well as experienced nursing professionals, who love the idea of working with the community. You will work in a variety of settings including office, clinics, mobile events, and in client homes.
The position will be at the SEPHC Public Health Center, located in Westmont, IL on a full-time basis. This is a 37.5 hour per week position. Hours are generally 8:00 AM until 4:30 PM, and 1 of the days, working from 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM. Occasional evenings and Saturdays.
Responsibilities:

• Provides direct public health nursing, family case management, WIC nutrition counseling, and breastfeeding support to clients.
• Administers nursing services to pregnant, infant, and children in a clinic and community setting.
• Provides home visits, physical assessments, and referrals for high-risk infants, and children identified through the adverse pregnancy outcomes reporting system (APORS).
• Applies fluoride varnish to infants and children’s teeth in a clinical setting.
• Enrolls eligible clients in the family case management program, conducts home visits, and provides care coordination.
• Develops individual care plans for clients.
• Administers vaccines, perinatal depression screenings, and Ages and Stages Questionnaires.
• Provides education to individuals and families regarding their health needs and concerns.
• Completes required documentation in an electronic medical record.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.

The DuPage County Health Department is looking for a new team member to join their team at the Central Public Health Center in Wheaton, as a Customer Service Representative. In this role, you will be providing front desk customer service to Health Department clients.  You will be preparing and gathering relevant paperwork and data to identify the requested need of the client and providing rapid and accurate screening and referrals. Responsibilities are the following:

• Provides general and specific information regarding departmental policies, procedures, and programs to the public.
• Conducts pre-screening activities; directs individuals to the proper location, resource and/or staff.
• Checks in customers; schedules follow-up appointments; collects various methods of payment including cash and credit card transactions.
• Notifies staff promptly when an individual arrives for an appointment; prepares client charts and files.
• Answers phones; receives and/or identifies and resolves complaints in accordance with department policies, practices and procedures and standards.
• Screens for eligibility for programs or services; listens and responds to client’s concerns and questions to complete the intake process; gathers basic information from the caller including demographics to begin intake process.
• Processes incoming and outgoing calls through the operations of a call distribution center; provides general information to County residents/clients in response to direct inquiries regarding services, locations, and other matters, or refers questions to appropriate parties.
• Compiles data on number of calls, follow-up calls, and source referrals for review by supervisor; schedules appointments; answers TDD calls; operates a personal computer.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Adheres to department guidelines for attendance and punctuality.
• Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.

Matrix Plastic Products is looking for a talented CAM Programmer to join their team. The ideal candidate will utilize CAM software, particularly Siemens NX, to create and control the production of parts, primarily electrodes to be used in the sinker EDM process. This in-person role is essential for ensuring quality standards are met while optimizing processes in a variety of manufacturing applications. Key responsibilities are the following:

• Programming: Use CAM software to create and modify CNC programs.
• Defining Toolpaths: Manufacture from CAD models by defining tools, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths.
• Setup and Operation: Set up and run CNC machining centers.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that all quality standards are met throughout the programming and production process.

Matrix Plastic Products is seeking an experienced Senior Metrology Engineer ready to take their lab to the next level. They are seeing tremendous growth and realize the importance of keeping Quality growing in step. Ideal candidate has a wealth of practical and advanced metrology experience and is ready to train, help, and improve. Daily tasks will change, but the overall goal remains the same: helping grow a robust quality department’s capabilities and knowledge base. Some responsibilities are the following:

• Create, test, improve, and implement inspection plans on complex and highly detailed parts.
• Provide guidance and continual training to team members in the Quality department.
• Assist with troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving ALL systems related to Quality.
• Perform troubleshooting on equipment and lab instruments to resolve malfunctions. Proactively develop and evaluate options to address routine/known instrument and equipment issues.
• Program and use CMM, OGP Vision systems, CT Scanner, and Keyence machines.
• Write and review SOPs and training procedures. Participate in laboratory quality initiatives to maintain and improve compliance, such as evaluating internal processes, suggesting and implementing improvements, and creating and revising applicable procedures and SOPs.
• Develop, write, and execute qualification protocols and reports (IQ, OQ, PQ) for routine and specialized laboratory equipment, with knowledge and skill to moderate compliance risk.
• Develop calibration and preventative maintenance processes and procedures for both routine and specialized laboratory instruments that ensure both reliable instrument performance and appropriate compliance risk.
• Accurate in the processing of data and information, record keeping, and tabulating.
• Familiar with ISO 9001 Quality Management System standards and understands the applicable requirements to be followed.
• Develop measurement programs for use by quality inspectors and production personnel.
• Perform Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R) studies to evaluate measurement methods.

The West Chicago Public Library is hiring for a Facilities Assistant. This position serves as a member of the Administrative Services Team. He/she will be responsible for assisting the Library Director in library-wide planning, decision making, and execution of facility management to create and maintain a clean and healthy working environment for patrons and staff. Responsibilities are the following:

• Assist Library Director in planning and coordinating building related activities.
• Oversee the daily operations of the facility, ensuring all areas are kept clean, secure, and well-maintained.
• Ensure the proper maintenance of the library facility and building equipment. Negotiate with vendors for service. Manage and review annual contractual services to inform the budget process.
• Analyze energy consumption; evaluate, assess, and propose alternatives to reduce operational costs.
• Perform supervisory duties requiring adherence to standards of accuracy, timeliness, tact, and confidentiality in the daily operations of the facility. Complete necessary performance assessment of the Maintenance Assistant.
• Coordinate quarterly maintenance inspections with the Maintenance Assistant. Monitor routine cleaning and repair schedules to ensure proper maintenance within the library and the exterior grounds and building structure and systems.
• Maintain files of all vendor maintenance and service contracts, agreements, repairs, and an automated inventory of Library equipment and furnishings.
• Oversee, and on occasion perform, setup of space for programs, events, or meetings.
• Assist with execution of the emergency plan and disaster plan and the coordination of safety drills.
• Assist the Library Director with special projects, as needed.
• Attend all relevant meetings, training sessions, workshops, conferences, and library functions, as needed or requested.
• Plan and organize multiple work activities to effectively meet deadlines.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Participate in the development of reports, policies, and recommendations

The Illinois Tollway has a Senior Accountant position open. The Senior Accountant will participate in the maintenance of the Tollway’s accounting records; maintain subsidiary and general ledgers; perform proper accounting for all assigned Tollway transactions to provide accurate information for (1) the preparation of GAAP financial statements and Trust Indenture-based supplementary schedules and (2) compliance with the requirements of SAMS.
The Senior Accountant reports directly to one of the Chief Accountants. To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following abilities:

• To collect and research accounting data.
• To identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• To gather and analyze information skillfully.
• To develop alternative solutions to problems.
• To develop project plans; to listen and get clarification; to participate in meetings; to write clearly and informatively.
• To develop workable implementation plans; to look for ways to improve and promote quality.
• To understand business implications of decisions.
• To complete administrative tasks correctly and on time.
• To develop strategies to achieve organizational goals; to adapt strategy to changing conditions; to complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• To display original thinking and creativity; to generate suggestions for improving work.
• To develop innovative approaches and ideas; to prioritize and plan work activities; to demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; to complete work in a timely manner.

American Academy of Pediatrics has an AAP Pediatric Mental Health Education Center Director position available. This position will direct the AAP’s Pediatric Mental Health Education Center to expand the capacity of pediatricians and care systems to address the mental health needs of their nation’s children and teens. Collaborate and partner with pediatricians and community partners to integrate mental health support into their practices and communities. Some responsibilities are the following:

• Oversee the development and implementation of a resource inventory and needs assessment to identify gaps in existing resources required to provide pediatricians with the competency and capacity to address healthy mental and emotional development in primary care and subspecialty care settings.
• Develop a multi-modal learning portfolio organized by modality, depth of content, and time required. Educational opportunities will include knowledge-sharing (asynchronous and live courses), skills acquisition, and longitudinal learning collaboratives.
• Direct the readiness assessments for pediatricians, subspecialists, and clinicians to determine which opportunities best meet their interest/capacity.
• Develop a portfolio of options to facilitate education in pediatric mental health.
• Strategically grow continuing medical mental health education priorities to focus on continuous professional development and lifelong learning, including quality improvement in health care.
• Develop a sustainable business plan to support growth of the mental health education center.
• Support the CMO and Medical Director in creating and offering educational curricula and resources on various topics including but not limited to: integrating mental health care services into pediatric primary and subspecialty care; healthy mental and emotional development, relational health, and social drivers of health; promotion, prevention and assessment of social-emotional and mental health in infancy and early childhood; promotion and assessment of relational health and resilience skills; developmental and health impacts of trauma; guidance on effective screening and surveillance tools; universal surveillance, screening, identification of trauma exposure, and provision of strengths-based, trauma-informed, family-centered care.
• Create and offer a range of educational courses, including but not limited to real-time, live courses: asynchronous online courses; skill-based mini workshops with simulation; and learning collaboratives.
• Direct development of objective measures to understand the impact of education center through comprehensive, mixed-methods evaluation and performance measurement plan assess and evaluate outreach and impact.
• Create mechanisms to track the success of systems-change efforts over time.

The DuPage County Health Department is looking for a new team member to work as a Disease Specialist. As a grant-funded Disease Specialist, you will be responsible for performing disease surveillance and related tasks, as well as providing education and counseling to affected individuals, throughout DuPage County. Work involves the ability to assist with the investigation, prevention, and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases and conditions; and adhere to the rules and regulations for the control of communicable diseases and conditions issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
This position is mostly remote, with monthly to quarterly required in-person trainings and meetings, therefore, a preferred candidate will have a commutable distance, while residing in Illinois, to the Wheaton office of the DuPage County Health Department. Salary may increase commensurate with education, training and experience.
Responsibilities:

• Performs disease surveillance, including outbreak, case, and contact investigations.
• Conducts phone interviews with individuals (or their proxy, healthcare provider[s], and/or designated healthcare staff) who are suspect or known cases of notifiable diseases or conditions.
• Receives, triages, records, and routes incoming communication and reports from schools, physicians, hospitals/labs, and the public.
• Provides counseling and education to patients.
• Provides information on disease etiology and the prevention of diseases.
• provides consultation and support to healthcare facilities and community partners on infection prevention and control (IPC) activities, particularly toward reducing disease transmission and containing outbreaks.
• Demonstrates independent judgment, problem-solving, and discretion in making position-related decisions.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.
• Maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of diverse ethnic groups and cultures.
• Available to respond to clients and/or customers, either in person or over the phone, during assigned business hours and/or after hours.

DuPage County has a Senior Information and Referral Specialist position to fill in the Community Services Department. This position supports the department through responding to requests for assistance in gathering, analyzing and evaluating data relating to needs, and determining appropriate referrals. Responsibilities include:

• Assist individuals in focusing on particular needs, and with identifying problems.
• Screen clients either by phone or in person for eligibility for programs or services offered and completes calls.
• Answer and return calls on multiple phone lines, including 211 and a comprehensive information & referral line.
• Complete assessments with call-in and walk-in clients by gathering demographic, income, assets and needs information.
• Enter demographics and assessment information into multiple database(s).
• Assist clients with the completion of applications, applying for assistance, setting appointments or finding appropriate referrals.
• Provide advocacy and short-term crisis counseling for persons in extreme states of stress, and links them with appropriate resources.
• Mail, text, or email resource information when needed and follows up with individuals and/or referral agencies to ensure client needs are met.
• Provide counseling on health insurance options.
• Screen calls for complaints against long term care facilities.
• Complete intake reports for allegations of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect.
• Compile data on number of calls, follow-up calls, source of referrals, and tabulates reports for review by supervisor.
• Conduct inquiries and basic research to determine if unknown types of services are available.
• Attend meetings and programs related to relevant social service programs the County supports.
• Prepare and present public information material, educational workshops, and represent the unit with service providers.
• Perform community outreach in the form of public speaking and educational workshops.

In preparation for the opening of the Crisis Recovery Center at the DuPage County Health Department, Crisis Services is expanding the team. If you enjoy making a difference in people’s lives, you may want to join the Crisis Services team. Responsibilities:

• Responds in the community and on-site to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis as a member of a two-person response team. Referral sources may include individuals or their family members, law enforcement, hospitals, schools, for all ages in our community.
• Assists in de-escalation of clients experiencing a mental health crisis through engagement with client and coordination with team members providing clinical intervention.
• Establish rapport, share experiences, and strengthen engagement with the individual experiencing the crisis throughout all Crisis Programs.
• Willingness to self-disclose personal lived experience in mental health or substance use recovery (or both) for the benefit of supporting the individuals’ receiving services.
• Role model positive recovery behaviors with clients in Crisis Programs.
• Provides skill building and case management to clients with high need.
• Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to client privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• Adheres to department guidelines for attendance and punctuality.
• Completion of required documentation within established timeframes, through use of an Electronic Client Record
• Participates in team meetings to assess clients’ progress.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.

The DuPage County Health Department is seeking a full-time, Medicaid Benefit Specialist I. In this role, you will be responsible for assisting clients in obtaining insurance or other Public Health benefits including filing complex applications for insurance and helping clients navigate public benefits and health insurance. This is a full-time position working Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 4:30 PM at our Public Health Department located in Addison, IL.  Seeking a bi-lingual, English/Spanish candidate that is passionate about helping the residents of DuPage County. Responsibilities:

• Assists clients with access to and navigation of public benefits, health insurance, and other supportive programs.
• Completes and files basic applications for health care coverage or other financial support for health-supporting program access, such as for Medicaid, local access to care programs, food assistance programs, and hospital financial assistance.
• Follows individual client application status through to resolution and communicates outcomes.
• Collects sensitive information from clients and conducts client income assessments during face-to-face visits.
• Applies agency financial policies to individual client circumstances, including eligibility for reduced fees.
• Assists clients and direct service staff with understanding the Medicaid program and process for obtaining and maintaining benefits.
• Provides basic, culturally competent, education on common health insurance topics, including explanation of co-pays, coinsurance, premiums, deductibles, and payment options and minimum payments.
• Conducts telephone outreach to clients to discuss coverage options and schedules follow-up.
• Refers clients to community-based resources or other Health Department services as necessary.
• Demonstrates the ability to work within multiple electronic systems in order to respond to client needs.
• Performs concurrent documentation as necessary and adheres to established productivity expectations.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws and demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.