Health Officer
Vanderburgh County Health Department
Evansville, Indiana
The Health Officer serves as the chief medical leader of the Vanderburgh County Health Department, with a dual mandate: to fulfill all legal responsibilities outlined in Indiana Code and to promote and protect the health and well-being of Vanderburgh County residents. This role requires close collaboration with the Board of Health, local and state officials, the Health Administrator, and community partners. The Health Officer provides strategic direction, enforces public health laws, and ensures effective oversight of departmental operations, programs, and personnel, all in alignment with the Board’s priorities and vision for public and environmental health.
Pre to 3 Bilingual Community Health Worker 2 (Spanish and/or Haitian Creole)
Vanderburgh County Health Department
Evansville, Indiana
The Vanderburgh County Health Department’s mission is to build a healthier southwest Indiana so everyone can live their healthiest life. Vanderburgh County Health Department is offering an outstanding opportunity as a Community Health Worker. Come join our dedicated and mission-driven team and you will enjoy excellent benefits and work/life programs, a superior retirement package, and the chance to see how your work directly improves the health of your community. The Vanderburgh County Health Department has achieved Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) accreditation, distinguishing us as a top health department, and prides itself on providing a diverse and inclusive work environment with opportunities to grow and develop professionally. Be part of a team that gives every mother and infant a great start in life with good nutrition, serving 500 families each year. Join the innovative team to improve the outcomes of mothers and their infants providing support until the child’s 3rd birthday. The Pre to 3 program has studied outcomes on its impact on the lives of moms and babies. Utilizes an evidence-based approach and curriculum with proven positive results. Mothers who gave birth while enrolled in our program were ten times less likely to have a premature or low birth weight baby.
