Job Title: Public Health Administrator 1
Location: Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Duration: 37 weeks
Shift/Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM CST, 7.5 hours/day; Hybrid
Job Summary:
Under general supervision, is responsible for regulatory boards administrative work of average difficulty; and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features:
An employee in this class handles moderately complex activities for a regulatory board necessary for the execution of statutes and mandates licensing processes.
Job Responsibilities:

• Reviews licensure/application, permits, and certifications for status, completeness, accuracy, and eligibility requirements based on policy, procedures, and law.
• Makes a recommendation to accept or reject the application in accordance with pertinent laws, rules, and regulations, and forwards recommendation to supervisor for approval.
• Makes determinations on requests for reciprocity and renewal, per policy, procedures, and law.
• Evaluates licensing certificates, registration, or other statements of authority for completeness, accuracy, and eligibility requirements.
• Ensure that licenses and reports are completed accurately.
• Ensures mandates and pronouncements are implemented as assigned.
• Issues licenses, certificates, registration, or other statements of authority to practice in an occupation or profession.
• Matches payments made to cashier’s office with appropriate licensee’s record.
• May process expenditure reports.
• Enters and/or revises data from multiple sources into data base. May post or adjust payments on licensee’s record in computer.
• Maintains and processes license payment records and accounts for fees to include refunds and returned checks.
• Prepares reports for submission to the board.
• Maintains license payment records.
• Coordinates the collection and preparation of reports.
• Handles complaints and explains policies, procedures, and laws to applicants, members of the public, board and commission members, operating departments, and other entities.
• Responds to applicant inquiries about licenses.
• Supplies requested information, records, or reports.
• Provides information to other states or professional organizations surveying for information such as number of licensees or the cost of a license.
• May notify applicants of passing or failing examination scores.
• May ensure that applicants are notified of passage or failure.
• Examines the status of the case from established computer databases.
• Coordinates meetings for pertinent board or commissions.
• Coordinates the scheduling of requisite competency examinations.
• Ensures that the testing dates, time, and place are set for test administrators.
• Ensures the notification of the date, time, and place of the applicant’s examination or interviews.
• Notifies applicant of date, time, and place of examination or interviews.
• Prepares the meeting facility.
• May ensure that applicants are monitored during examinations, and that applicants are notified of passage or failure.
• Relates findings to appropriate personnel (e.g., supervisor, director, or attorney) of the status of the case.
• Discusses critical deviations from standard policies and procedures with a supervisor.
• Discusses issues concerning the preparation of reports with supervisor.
• Collects expenditure reports.
• May collect reports from inspectors, investigators, and auditors.
• May monitor or review the status of case investigations of individuals practicing pertinent occupations and professions.
• May monitor applicants during the examination.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Candidate must be a Tennessee state resident.
• All new contractors must be Tennessee residents. Contractors relocating to Tennessee must establish residency prior to their start date.