Workforce Program
Our work focuses on recruiting, integrating and retaining Montana’s public health workforce.
The purpose of the Public Health Workforce Program is to advise and assist Montana’s local and tribal health departments with recruiting and integrating staff for vacant and new positions.
How We Can Help
MT Public Health Jobs
Most Recent Positions:
(Updated: 03/07/2024)
Medical Staff Program Assistant - Crow Agency Tribal Health
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Health Technician (Clinical Assistant) - Crow Agency Tribal Health
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Medical Support Assistant - Crow Agency Tribal Health
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Crow Agency Tribal Health
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Diagnostic Radiologic Technician - Crow Agency Tribal Health
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Pharmacist - Crow Agency Tribal Health
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Assistant Director of Health Services - Butte-Siver Bow County
- Location: Butte
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Animal Control Officer - Butte-Siver Bow County
- Location: Butte
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/07/2024
Environmental Health Specialist - Cascade County
- Location: Great Falls
- Part-time
- Posted: 03/04/2024
Sanitarian in Training - Madison County
- Location: Virginia City
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/04/2024
Health Director/Health Officer - Missoula City/County
- Location: Missoula
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/04 2024
Public Health Officer - Blaine County
- Location: Chinook
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/01/2024
WIC Nutrition Educator - Yellowstone County
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/01/2024
Medicaid Eligibility Technician - Rocky Boy Health Center
- Location: Box Elder
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/01/2024
Pharmacist - Rocky Boy Health Center
- Location: Box Elder
- Full-time
- Posted: 03/01/2024
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 02/27/2024
Animal Shelter Attendant - Missoula City/County
- Location: Missoula
- Full-time
- Posted: 02/26/2024
Connect Referral & Behavioral Health Data Coordinator - Lewis and Clark County
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 02/26/2024
Epidemiologist - Lewis and Clark
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 02/21/2024
Licensed Addiction Counselor (2 positions) - Fort Belknap Tribal Health
- Location: Harlem
- Full-time
- Posted: 02/21/2024
WIC Community Health Worker - Gallatin County
- Location: Bozeman
- Temporary
- Posted: 02/21/2024
Director of Montana Families for Vaccines - The SAFE Communities Coalition & Action Fund
- Location: Remote - Montana
- Part-time
- Posted: 02/21/2024
Public Health Program Officer - Montana Public Health Institute
- Location: Remote - Montana
- Full-time
- Posted: 02/16/2024
Operations Manager/Director - Montana Public Health Institute
- Location: Remote within Montana
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/29/2024
Community Health Improvement Specialist - Yellowstone County
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/29/2024
Registered Sanitarian or Sanitarian in Training - Yellowstone County
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/29/2024
Certified Medical Assistant/Lab Tech Phlebotomist - Blackfeet Tribal Health
- Location: Browning
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/25/2024
Environmental Health Specialist - Cascade County
- Location: Great Falls
- Part-time
- Posted: 01/24/2024
Environmental Health Specialist or Sanitarian in Training - Gallatin County
- Location: Bozeman
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/24/2024
Maternal Child Health Home Visitor - Gallatin County
- Location: Bozeman
- Part-time
- Posted: 01/24/2024
Patient Access Representative - Rocky Boy Health Center
- Location: Box Elder
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/24/2024
Public Health Director - Sanders County
- Location: Thompson Falls
- Part-time
- Posted: 01/23/2024
- Location: Virginia City
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/23/2024
Connect Health Specialist - Butte-Silver Bow City-County
- Location: Butte
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/22/2024
Infection Control Registered Nurse (RN) - Montana State Hospital - DPHHS
- Location: Warm Springs
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/17/2024
Director of Nursing (DON) - Montana State Hospital - DPHHS
- Location: Warm Springs
- Full-time
- Posted: 01/09/2024
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Montana State Hospital - DPHHS
- Location: Warm Springs
- Full-time
- Posted: 12/15/2023
Facility Administrator - MT Mental Health Nursing Care Center - DPHHS
- Location: Lewistown
- Full-time
- Posted: 12/15/2023
Facility Administrator - Intensive Behavior Center - DPHHS
- Location: Boulder
- Full-time
- Posted: 12/15/2023
Chief Operations Officer (COO) - Healthcare Facilities Division - DPHHS
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 12/15/2023
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) - Healthcare Facilities Division - DPHHS
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 12/15/2023
Assistant or Associate Professor in Safety, Health & Industrial Hygiene - Montana Tech
- Location: Butte
- Full-time
- Posted: 11/20/2023
Human Services Executive Director - DPHHS
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 11/9/2023
Behavioral Health Strategy and Transformation Project Specialist - DPHHS
- Location: Helena
- Full-time
- Posted: 11/9/2023
Mental Health Therapist - Madison County
- Location: Ennis
- Full-time
- Posted: 10/26/2023
Staff Epidemiologist - Tribal Epi Center Public Health Infrastructure (TecPhi)
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 10/16/2023
Environmental Health Specialist I - Ravalli County
- Location: Hamilton
- Full-time
- Posted: 9/29/2023
Animal Control Officer - Missoula City/County
- Location: Missoula
- Full-time
- Posted: 9/26/2023
Registered Dietician - WIC - Yellowstone County
- Location: Billings
- Full-time
- Posted: 09/18/2023
Behavioral Health Provider - Rocky Boy Health Center
- Location: Box Elder
- Full-time
- Posted: 8/31/2023
- Location: Conrad
- Part-time (not to exceed 1560 hours/year)
- Posted: 8/31/2023
Clinic Administrative Services/Billing Specialist -Gallatin County
- Location: Bozeman
- Type: Part-time
- Posted: 8/16/2023
Co-Responder Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Flathead City County
- Location: Kalispell
- Type: Contract
- Posted: 06/29/2023
MT Public Health Nursing Jobs
Public Health Nurse Positions:
(Updated: 3/07/2024)
Community Health Nurse - Crow Agency Tribal Health
Advanced Practice Nurse - Crow Agency Tribal Health
Registered Nurse - Valley County
Nurse Home Visitor - Yellowstone County
Public Health Nurse - Granite County
Nurse Practitioner - Family Planning Clinic - Butte-Silver Bow County
Registered Nurse Case Manager - Blackfeet Tribal Health
Registered Nurse - Infection Control - Montana State Hospital - DPHHS
Public Health Nurse - Immunization Clinic - Missoula County
Public Health Registered Nurse - Madison County
Public Health Nurse - Immunizations/Back Up Communicable Disease - Roosevelt County
Workforce Resources
WORKFORCE RESOURCES
A WELL-PREPARED PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY ROBUST COMMUNITY.
We are committed to providing public health professionals with resources, tools, and services to recruit, integrate and retain Montana’s public health workforce so that it is better positioned to deliver essential Public Health services.
Organizations:
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)
- Montana Public Health Association (MPHA)
- Montana Public Health Institute (MTPHI)
- Montana Environmental Health Association (MEHA)
- Association of Montana Public Health Officials (AMPHO)
- AHEC- Area Health Education Center /Montana Office of Rural Health
Workforce Reports:
- Needs Assessment of Environmental Health Professionals in Montana
- Montana Public Health Workforce Wage Study (2022-23)
- Montana Public Health Workforce Development Plan (2021-23)
- Montana Nurse Labor Study (2021)
- Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (2021-Public Health Foundation)
- Montana Healthcare Workforce Strategic Plan (2017)
- Building Skills for a More Strategic Public Health Workforce: A Call to Action (2017-deBeaumont Foundation)
Employment Websites:
This list is ongoing. If you have a resource that you would like added to the site, please contact leigh.taggart@mso.umt.edu.
Career Development Tools
CAREER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A DYNAMIC LIST OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR MONTANA’S PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
- Montana Public Health Association Annual Conference
- Montana Public Health Training Center
- University of Montana Rural Institute
- University of Montana Public Health Training Center Wellness Program
- AHEC Scholars
- Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center
If you are an organization that wants to list a program or training, please contact leigh.taggart@mso.umt.edu.
Student Internship Opportunities
PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
A CENTRALIZED RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF MONTANA
Most Recent Opportunities:
(Updated: 03/11/2024)
Graduate Research Assistantship: Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
- Location: Missoula
- Type: Part-time (20 hrs/week) - to start ASAP
- Posted: 03/11/2024
- Paid position: $18-22/hour, DOE
- Locations: Missoula
- Type: Full-time (5.5 months), 2/19/2024-3/15/2024
- Posted: 02/12/2024
- $3697.50 education award and a modest stipend
Student Research Assistant: Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development
- Location: Remote possible
- Type: Part-time (10-19 hours/week), Spring 2024- Spring/Summer 2025
- Posted: 11/29/2023
- Paid position - $18/hr
National Environmental Public Health Internship
- Location: Multiple Locations
- Type: 400 Hours
- Posted: 09/11/2023
- Stipend Available
More posted soon!
What We Do
- Advertising and promoting job placement opportunities: We coordinate with public health organizations across the state, including local health departments, tribal health departments, the Montana Public Health Institute, the Montana Public Health Training Center, and the Montana Public Health Association (MPHA). Check out jobs at mtpublichealthjobs.org.
- Promote public health as a career of choice: We will work with high school and college students to coordinate work-study opportunities such as internships, practicums and other field experiences.
- Graduation to workforce program: We will place interns (including undergraduate students and SPCHS Applied Practice Experience students), graduates from the SPCHS and other related programs into public health positions across the state. Learn more »