Contact Tracer Jobs
Introduction
Contact tracing involves the process of tracing people who come in contact with the infected person to avoid any serious infections in future due to transmitted diseases. Contact tracers are expert in tracing out the possibility of spread of infections and offer preventive measures through counseling and physical care.
The job of contact tracers is highly important because they interrupt the continued transfer of infections and may even stop the spread of infection. During pandemic situations like COVID19 and SARS-COV2, the opportunities for contact tracers are increased up to large extent as the health organizations need their services to stop the spread of bacterial and blood infections.
How do Contact Tracers Work?
First of all, contact tracers investigate to trace out everyone who has come in contact with infected person in last few days. Since the lifetime of every infection differs, so the decision of tracing days is finalized before investigation. The purpose of this investigation is just to overcome the expansion of infectious disease across all areas of that state. For example, the spread of COVID19 infection was started in December 2019 from China and Chinese contact tracers contributed enough to stop this spread within few months. These measures resulted in controlling the harmful effects of coronavirus in China.
On the other hand, few states did not work enough in tracing out the contacts of infected person and taking precautionary measures like self-quarantine for two or more weeks which leaded to serious harm and spread in those areas. Some novel infections rise in such a way that they have no vaccination and cure at the start and only way to stop the spread is contact tracing and self-isolation for few days.
Recent Opportunities for Contact Tracers
The contact tracing jobs never end up as the world is facing infectious diseases every year. During current pandemic situation of coronavirus, government and other health organizations hire a large number of contact tracers. Almost every country offers contact tracers jobs and people from different areas are invited to grab these opportunities. Few recent opportunities for contact tracers are listed below:
United States
INTERNS COVID19 Contact Tracing Job - offered in Atlanta, United State with salary 12$ for each hour and closing date 31st May 2020
6000 to 15000 remote contact tracing jobs - offered by CUNY, New York States with salary of around 40$ for each hour in June
United Kingdom
Clinical Contact Tracers Jobs - offered by NHS Professionals, United Kingdom with salary of around 25� for each hour
Philippines
PH needs 94,000 contact tracers - the Department of Health (DOH) said the country is doing emergency hiring of contact tracers. Currently, the DOH has 38,315 contact tracers and it is hiring more health workers to raise the number to 126,000
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria for contact tracers varies from state to state and country. However, some common factors for the candidate to get qualified for contact tracing jobs are given below:
The applicant must be able to show positive attitude and exhibit professional services
The applicant should be able to motivate and guide depressed people in pandemic situations
The applicant should be skilled to use to computer
The candidates with proficiency in multiple languages are preferred over others
The applicant must be able to think and analyze critically to derive better decisions based on situation
The applicant must have excellent communication and management skills
The applicant must be able to read, speak and write English
The candidate must be confident to interact with culturally diversed people in a professional way during tensed conditions
How to Apply
1. Refer your Government authority website or do search job sites such as Indeed, CV library, as well as LinkedIn also began listing the contact tracer jobs from third party recruiters within the last few days.
2. The job postings are also being advertised by independent recruiters and can be found via a Google search using the search term "contact tracer jobs".
3. Fast way: To find a job near you, Google search "[your state] contact tracer jobs."