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Monroe County PAC approves redlined health job descriptions clarifying STI treatment duties
Summary
The Personnel Administration Committee approved redline changes to two health department job descriptions to explicitly capture testing and treatment duties related to sexually transmitted infections and will send the revised descriptions to WIS for the record.
Monroe County’s Personnel Administration Committee on March 4 approved redline changes to two Monroe County Health Department job descriptions to clarify responsibilities for testing and treating sexually transmitted infections.
The committee approved the edits unanimously and directed staff to forward the revised descriptions to WIS for the county’s records.
The changes, presented by Health Director Laurie Kelly, add language distinguishing duties performed by physicians who provide oral medication under standing orders from those of the health services director, who would provide intramuscular injections. “This just more clearly outlines the work that is done regarding testing and treatment for STIs,” Kelly said, adding that the edits aim to “kind of clearly capture” those responsibilities in the job descriptions. Kelly also explained that the reporting lines for disease intervention staff would change if the health services director position is filled: the disease intervention specialist would report to a program coordinator who would report to the new health services director.
Molly Turner King of the Monroe County Attorney’s Department and PAC administrator Courtney Mosier assisted in drafting the redline edits, the committee noted. Committee members discussed whether the edits should prompt a classification review. Mosier said the county’s maintenance policy requires sending job descriptions to WIS every 12 months and that the edits would be sent for WIS records but not for immediate reclassification. Kelly confirmed that a reclassification could be pursued in roughly a year if needed.
After brief discussion and questions from PAC members about classification rubrics and prior classification outcomes, a PAC member moved to accept the redline edits and forward the revised descriptions to WIS for their records. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote; the committee recorded the ayes as unanimous.
The committee did not change pay grades or formally reclassify the positions at the meeting. The record indicates the packet included the county org chart and that the health board had previously reviewed the changes on Feb. 20.
The committee’s action was procedural: update the job-descriptions’ language to reflect current clinical duties and file the revisions with WIS, with potential reclassification to be considered later if warranted.
