COVID-19 Contact Tracer
Wayne County Health Department
Wayne, MI
11.2021 - 10.2022
- Followed set protocol for contacting assigned newly diagnosed COVID-19 case patients and documented contact attempts and timeframes.
- Completed data entry to facilitate case interview and elicited close contacts into designated system immediately after obtaining.
- Explained importance of contact tracing to prevent disease transmission and keep communities healthy.
- Leveraged scripted template to guide interview process, ask required questions and conduct interactions with professionalism and empathy.
- Furnished case patients with contact information outlined in MI protocol for local health department to support contact tracing.
- Answered calls and interacted with community members to provide information on advocacy services.
- Delivered healthy living and disease management information to specific population groups.