How to hire a public health technician

How to hire a public health technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step public health technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a public health technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new public health technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your public health technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a public health technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect public health technician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents public health technician salaries for various positions.

   Type of Public Health Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Public Health Technician	Medical records and health information technicians, commonly referred to as health information technicians, organize and manage health information data. They ensure its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems... Show more	$12-23
   Information Coordinator	An information coordinator is a professional who is responsible for collecting, analyzing, processing, and distributing information according to an organization's policies. With effective communication skills, information coordinators must serve as the main spokesperson for the company who deals primarily with the media and reporters... Show more	$16-33
   Records Coordinator	A records coordinator takes responsibility for doing administrative and clerical work. Records coordinators maintain the filing system of the central records... Show more	$14-25

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Food Safety
   • Patients
   • OSHA
   • Public Health
   • Hearing Conservation
   • Communicable Disease Prevention
   • Customer Service
   • Post Deployment
   • Occupational Safety
   • Immunization
   • Medical Intelligence
   • Pathogens
   • Control Measures
   • FDA

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   Responsibilities:

   • Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and upload patient confidentiality as required by HIPAA and clinic.
   • Manage and conduct wartime decontamination procedures for patients, medical personnel and facilities.
   • Assist with immunization clinics and screening at local schools.
   • Visit work sites to ensure OSHA requirements are complied with.
   • Safeguard all records to protect patient confidentiality per HIPAA standards.
   • Educate food handlers and supervisors on changes in FDA requirements and track required changes as necessary.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your public health technician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A public health technician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, public health technicians' average salary in south carolina is 36% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level public health technicians earn 47% less than senior-level public health technicians.
   • Certifications. A public health technician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a public health technician's salary.

   Average public health technician salary

   $35,972yearly

   $17.29 hourly rate

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   Entry-level public health technician salary

   $26,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 28, 2025

4. Writing a public health technician job description

   A public health technician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a public health technician job description:

   Public health technician job description example

   What We Need

   WE Communication is one of the largest independent communications and integrated marketing agency's in the world with 24 offices globally and more than 1,300 people who love bringing communications to the next level. With an office (once we can get back into it!) close to Bankside in London, we are keen to bolster our ranks with a hire to help expand our offering and support existing key integrated client(s).

   We are on the hunt for a Freelance B2B Tech PR Account Manager to take over the management of a number of our established global technology brands, providing insightful client counsel, a deep understanding of the technology sector and it's influencers, and a passion for business writing. This a great opportunity for a solid AM looking for career growth in a global agency to join a very talented, collaborative, flexible and committed team, working on a great mix of the agency's B2B and B2C clients which include Microsoft, Honeywell, Capgemini and Intel.

   Key strengths for this role include content creation, UK media relations, international coordination and experience of multi-channel/multi-platform campaigns. You should have a solid understanding of PR and digital, how a PR agency integrates both into a cohesive working strategy. You will be working with a fantastic Senior Account Director, who will invest time and energy in your own development and career progression.

   What you'll be doing

   • Day-to-day client management - working with both PR and marketing clients
   • Media strategy and campaign development
   • Media execution - across UK national, business and technology medial landscape
   • Team leadership - working with colleagues across time zones and regions
   • Working with account teams to run integrated (traditional and digital) campaigns
   • Development of regular ‘smaller campaign' plans as well as overall client strategy
   • Story generation - helping to brainstorm ideas to generate coverage for clients

   Key Attributes of the Candidate:

   Leadership:

   • Confident, entrepreneurial, self-starter: able to identify and seize opportunities and build trust with key internal and external stakeholders
   • Has experience conducting successful business development for both new and existing clients
   • Has confidence and knowledge to provide advice/counsel to clients in and around specialist area
   • Has strong and persuasive communication skills
   • Is a creative, flexible problem solver
   • Has desire to work as one team and share knowledge

   Personal Management and Style:

   • Is committed to delivering and exceeding expectations
   • Shows patience and tenacity
   • Drives efficiency and best practice
   • Innovates and has the ability to deliver change
   • Is flexible and responsive to changing priorities
   • Is a genuine team player who is willing to learn and collaborate across all agency disciplines.

   What you've been able to accomplish

   Previous proven experience:

   • 4+ years within a PR/Comms agency
   • Experience of working across very technical clients, with the ability to seamlessly transition to more consumer-orientated clients
   • Experience of both B2B and B2C, across multiple sectors
   • Proven track record of delivering successful campaigns, both in the UK and across EMEA (ideally)

   Agency Business

   • Meet WE guidelines on best business practices including utilization, daily timesheets, accurate billing, timely expense reports, etc.

   • Manage and understand how to utilize internal client service teams (editing, production, library, etc.) to ensure quality, comprehensive service to clients

   Culture:

   • Fast paced team environment (frequent tight deadlines, multitasking, etc.)
   • Strong customer service orientation
   • Willingness to take risks
   • Extensive computer and phone use
   • Interest in technology and how it's changing our world
   • Non-Bureaucratic and relaxed working environment

   About Us

   Equal Opportunity: WE provides equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against an employee or applicant because of age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or other legally protected class status.

   Diversity and Inclusion: WE values a diverse and inclusive workforce and is committed to creating a workplace where everyone thrives. We promote an atmosphere in which diversity of people and ideas are welcomed and valued. Diversity includes differences in race, religion, gender identity or expression, age, lifestyle, ethnic background and sexual orientation as well as differences in experiences and ideas.

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5. Post your job

   To find public health technicians for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any public health technicians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level public health technicians with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your public health technician job on Zippia to find and attract quality public health technician candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit public health technicians, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new public health technician

   Once you've found the public health technician candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new public health technician first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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