Public Health Representative (Closed)

Job Overview

Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for promoting dementia friendly
concepts, offering community memory screenings, educating the community about
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) and caregiving, promoting early
detection and diagnosis, advancing access to services, and enhancing community-clinical
linkages.


Work Activities
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:
1. Fosters relationships with community partners to offer those with ADRD and
caregivers community resource navigation.
2. Provides the community with educational materials, presentations, memory
screenings, and resources to reduce dementia, support caregivers, and create
dementia friendly environments.
3. Actively works with health care providers to educate them regarding early ADRD
detection, diagnosis, available community resources and the importance of creating
individualized care plans.

4. Provides community members, those with ADRD, and caregivers with evidence
based educational materials and interventions.
Processing Information:
1. Compiles information/reports on available funding opportunities to support local
activities for those with ADRD and caregivers.
2. Appropriately maintain and secure client information, follow-up with client success
and barriers to care, and ensure referrals are streamlined and appropriate.
3. Monitors and tracks program success, number of individuals served, satisfaction of
clients being served, and number of those being reached through educational
programming.
4. Fosters and tracks the expansion and development of community partnerships that
focus on dementia risk reduction or serving those with ADRD or caregivers.
5. Assesses barriers to care and services in the community for those with ADRD and
caregivers and tracks progress in addressing these barriers.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:
1. Maintains expertise in evidence-based practices related to dementia risks, ADRD,
and caregiving.
2. Utilizes existing data sources to make decisions regarding program delivery and
community outreach.
3. Attends mandatory and optional training opportunities to understand the latest
research and community resources available.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:
1. Communicates regularly with co-workers, and/or supervisors at a state, regional,
and county level to ensure consistent program operation.
2. Provides co-workers with opportunities for collaboration with the dementia
navigator and external partners to ensure those with ADRD and caregiver are
appropriately served.
3. Provides effective communication to supervisor by telephone, email, verbally, etc.
Maintain and Protect Personal and Financial Information:
1. Ensures HIPAA compliance of those being directly served through the Dementia
Navigators program by ensuring data is appropriately stored and protected.
2. Maintains and tracks financial expenditures and budgetary documents in-line with
state and county financial and procurement requirements.
Competencies (KSA's)