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About Environmental Health Specialist: 
Performs fieldwork with professional responsibilities relating to enforcement of laws, regulations and standards concerning food safety, safe drinking water, private sewage disposal systems, solid waste, toxic substances, rabies investigations, and general sanitation.Essential Functions

• Inspects food service and retail food establishments, vending machines, temporary food stands, as well as lodging establishments within the contract area for compliance with state laws.
• Educates the public on food safety, protection, quality, and storage.
• Conducts investigations and inspections regarding possible food-borne illness outbreaks and collects available samples and transports to lab for analysis.
• Assists in Food and Drug Administration food recalls.
• Conducts training programs for food handlers and managers of food establishments.
• Assists animal control agencies investigating animal bites.
• Inspects tattoo and tanning establishments as assigned.
• Inspects public swimming pools and spas.
• Inspects housing and identifies hazards within the structure and outside of the structure.
• Writes letters, reports, documents, notices, condemnations, hold orders, and detentions.  Testifies in court and administrative hearings.
• Participates in continuing education classes and conferences including food safety updates, swimming pool and spa regulations, private sewage systems, private nonpublic water supply wells, environmental sampling, pest control, epidemiology, incident command system training, radiation monitoring, and hazardous materials.
• Responds to and advises on hazardous and potentially hazardous materials spills, collects samples when necessary and recommends mitigation procedures to restore safe environment.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable codes and ordinances.

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in environmental health or related field required.
• Six (6) months to one (1) year of experience in working with the public, preferably in positions related to public health and sanitation work required
• An equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the required knowledge and skills for this position may be considered.

For complete job description and application, click here. Application deadline 4.26.26

This job has 2 open positions: 1 Full-time and 1 Part-time.

Under general supervision performs professional nurse practitioner work including responsibility for the care and evaluation of clients in alignment with current county initiatives, and state and federal guidelines at the Black Hawk County Public Health Clinic and satellite locations; performs related work as required.

Essential Duties

• Must be capable of regular and predictable attendance at a specified location to perform assigned tasks.
• Provides clinical services such as targeted testing, education, and outreach for HIV, Hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections
  Provides clinical care including well child exams and childhood immunizations.
• Counsels clients to instruct them in proper health care practices.
• Orders prescriptions based on client’s medical needs in alignment with evidence-based treatment guidelines.
• Refers clients to other local health care and conduct follow-up as appropriate.
• Maintains proficiency in use of the electronic health record system, medical coding and laboratory procedures consistent with scope of practice.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Assist with operational output, technical guidance, and day-to-day work quality specifically to assist with monitoring efficiencies related to staff and patient workflows and safety.
• Executes standing orders for regular operations and during public health emergencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

For complete job description and application, click here. Application deadline 4.30.2026