Will County Health Department Work Values

Daily Duties at Will County Health Department:

• Report directly to EH Director • Perform daily managing duties for staff • Approve, reject and balance timecards through Kronos time keeping system • Create and balance daily deposits from $1000 to over $10,000 • Oversee all environmental health programs ensuring inspection frequencies are met • Completes the annual report for environmental health division • Assists with local health protection grant audits • Completes monthly board of health statistics to showcase environmental health division • Develop environmental health division procedures and policy • Revise environmental health division ordinances • Participate in developing Will County Continuity of Operations Plan for environmental health division • Participate in the Will County Emergency Operation Center as a backup representative for the WCHD for nuclear events and other all hazard emergency events • Serve as Situation Unit Leader for the Will County Health Departments Emergency Preparedness and Response team • Standardized by Illinois Department of Public Health in the food program • Oversee and occasionally conduct inspections, educational trainings and investigates complaints on wells, septic systems, food establishments, pools/spas, body art and piercing, and tanning facilities • Conduct and supervise hearings • Issue septic and well permits • Oversee the tanning program and the West Nile Virus grant program • Train new employees on procedures and policy • Continually training public on food safety procedures and HACCP • Routine contact with Illinois Department of Public Health, county board members, governmental officials, townships and village officials, building department, and the states’ attorneys office

What they like about Will County Health Department:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

Tags

Castle Rock , Public Health, emergency management , Safety, environmental health, Program Coordinator

Skills

Manager, open communication, inspection, interpret regulations and code, approve and review permits, computer skills (word, excel, outlook, powerpoint, publisher) , training of employees, grant writing, create and balance deposits , Policy and Procedures

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Will County Health Department: