Whitney Ethridge

Experience

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  Pinnacle Appliance Repai

  Dec 2016 - Sept 2018

  Assistant Manager

  Perform clerical duties such as bookkeeping, office management and customer service, whileassisting in the organization and administration of the company’s day-to-day business activities.

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  The University of Texas at San Antonio

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Peer Educator

  Conduct community outreach on various health topics weekly on campus. Promote and educate abouthealthy behaviors, inform students of the health-related resources they have on campus.

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  ProScribe

  Nov 2017 - Jun 2018

  Medical Scribe

  Responsible for assisting medical professionals by performing ministerial and administrative servicessuch as opening, updating and keeping medical charts according to the medical professionals’ and ProScribe’s instructions.

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  Oregon Health & Science University Occupational Health

  Dec 2018 - Jun 2020

  Graduate Student Worker

  Responsible for data entry into occupational health system,correcting records, analyzing data, preparing lab kits, scanning, and general office duties. Standard Precaution Educators maintask is to give the standard precautions competency training to all new and current OHSU staff. This includes education aboutpersonal protective equipment (PPE), hand hygiene, and disinfecting multi-patient use equipment.

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  Oregon Health & Science University

  Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

  Intern

  Collect data, perform data analysis, and write up a program evaluation for the newly implemented StandardPrecautions Education. Data collection includes, auditing 5 units on their compliance with hand hygiene, proper donning anddoffing of personal protective equipment, and disinfection of multi-patient use equipment before and after the training.Additionally, environmental services technicians were audited using ATP testing of “ready” clean rooms.

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  Florida Department of Health in Duval County

  Mar 2021 - Jul 2022

  Epidemiologist

  Conduct epidemiological investigations and surveillance activities in response to outbreaks and upon notification of national notifiable diseases. Other duties include field investigations in homes, schools, healthcare facilities and places of business, providing education to private entities and individuals through outreach programs, ensuring quality data entry into surveillance systems, and participation in administrative duties to maintain workflow. In addition to general epidemiology program tasks, leadership roles held are Lead COVID-19 Epidemiologist for Businesses and Private Gatherings, Jacksonville Bio-Watch Committee Member, Lead for Call Center inquiries, Lead for Outreach and Health Promotion, Co-Lead for Surveillance, and Co-Lead Environmental Epidemiologist. Show less

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  STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

  Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

  HAI Data Analyst
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  Texas Department of State Health Services

  Apr 2024 - now

  Epidemiologist II