Contact Tracers Still Needed – Work from Home Identifying People Who Have Been in Contact With COVID-19

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by Chris Durst           Aug. 4, 2020

With COVID-19 still active across the country, Contact Tracers are hard at work identifying individuals who may have been in contact with someone who is infected by a virus.

TTEC is still actively recruiting Contact Tracers in all states EXCEPT CA and HI.

No college required – Training provided.



Here’s what TTEC has posted about this opportunity:

“Contact tracing is a process that identifies individuals who may have been in contact with someone who is infected by a virus. Once these contacts are identified, public health workers known as contact tracers communicate with these individuals to warn them of potential exposure and connect them with public health information and services including testing.

We will hire, train and supervise a team working remotely to support local health departments to perform COVID-19 contact tracing activities. The aim of this will be to call every person diagnosed with COVID-19 in a particular region, gather information about their contacts, and to call every contact. This is in tandem with other efforts to increase testing, develop coordinated outbreak management response, increase infrastructure for isolation and quarantine support, if needed, and fortify efforts to control the pandemic.

What you’ll be doing

Under the supervision of a Contact Tracing Supervisor, the Contact Tracer will use a web-based data management platform to call all contacts of anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 to document a symptom check, refer them to testing according to established protocols, and provide them with instructions for quarantine or isolation, if appropriate.

  • Call contacts of newly diagnosed patients. Communicate with contacts in a professional and empathetic manner.
  • Collect and record information on symptoms.
  • Provide contacts with approved information about local quarantine/isolation procedures, and if appropriate, refer them to testing according to protocol and/or to a COVID-19 social resources.
  • Follow a script to inform contacts about the importance of quarantine/isolation and what to do if symptoms develop.
  • Escalate issues to epidemiology lead.
  • Maintain daily contact with supervisor.

What you bring to the position (required qualifications)

  • High school diploma, or equivalent required
  • Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently
  • Fluency in second or multiple languages a plus
  • Ability to work remotely
  • Ability to exhibit a professional, positive attitude and work ethic
  • Excellent interpersonal skills required and ability to show empathy and interact professionally with culturally diverse individuals during a time of crisis and distress
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Critical thinking and sound judgment required
  • Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism
  • Proficiency with computers and data entry into electronic tracking systems
  • Ownership of or ability to acquire a personal computer and broadband internet access. A headset is preferred.”

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