COMMON RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HCPH Sample Clauses

COMMON RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HCPH. All HCPH Departments may be asked to support the response and may provide agency staff to respond to an incident. HCPH staff is expected to do the following: • Maintain appropriate timekeeping records/documents. • If required, use ICS Form 252 as prescribed by the Finance Section. • Follow any organizational procedures set by the individual leading the response. • Support execution of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County EOP; the HCPH responsibilities are listed in ESF-8 (Annex H) of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County EOP. ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ESF- 8-Health-Medical.pdf Staff will learn their job assignment and hours of operation upon arrival and checking in. Personnel assignments are made within the chain-of-command structure based on the required minimum qualifications for the position; the knowledge, training, experience, and subject matter expertise of individual staff; and the resources available at the time. Staff from the program area that actually performs the function as a part of normal work will be prioritized for assignment to that function. Staff that is reassigned to work in a capacity that is other than their normal daily job will be given a job action sheet that explains the job responsibilities and to whom they report. Staff will not be given job assignments they are not able to do or cannot be trained to perform. To assure a timely response and activation of response plans, HCPH maintains a staffed reporting telephone number whereby, physicians, hospitals and other health care providers and the public can phone to report communicable disease or other public health emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Outside of regular business hours, an on-call supervisor receives calls. The supervisor can coordinate a public health response and communicate with relevant partners for situational awareness and subject matter expertise. Direction and control functions of HCPH will vary according to the situation and circumstances. This function may be initiated immediately upon the onset of an event, such as when a tornado occurs, or develop gradually as the situation evolves, such as when a widespread flooding occurs. Additionally, direction and control functions may be long term in nature such as during a pandemic, changing significantly as the situation moves from response to recovery. Composition of staff assigned to the direction and control function may change significantly as the situation progresses through the various stages of...