Bring your real self to work every day.
A healthy, happy team is a strong team. If you come to work with us, you’ll find we support you and your family to live your best lives. We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive workplace and we live our values:
- Equity.
- Integrity.
- Respect.
- Leadership.
How do we make that happen? Our benefits and policies let you bring your real self to work. Our leaders are committed to helping you take advantage of these polices. They will nurture your growth once you’re here. And we believe in health equity for everyone—including our staff—and strive to be an anti-racist organization.
Do work that matters with people who care.
Are you passionate about protecting and improving the health of your neighbors? We are, too.
This is your chance to make a difference. And you’ll do it with a team committed to meeting some of Pierce County’s biggest challenges.
We love working quietly behind the scenes to protect our residents’ health in ways they don’t have to think about. And we help as early as we can. That’s why we send nurses out to work with brand-new moms. It’s why we focus so closely on kids and families. And it’s why we’re always reminding you to wash your hands!
You’ll join a team of people who encourage smoke-free housing, provide birth certificates, help with Substance Use Disorder, check for safe shellfish and make sure your family can count on clean swimming pools and safe summer camps.
What’s it really like working for us?
Some of our blogs will help you understand our work and culture:
- Women’s History Month: Meet the mentors, visionaries and strategic leaders of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
- Director of Health Anthony Chen: The uncomfortable but necessary work to dismantle racism.
- The many things we do to protect and improve your health.
- Our equity-led response to COVID-19 works—especially when we all work together.
- Our nurses visit first-time moms to help build happy, healthy lives.
- A day in the life of a food safety inspector.
- National Public Health Week reminded us we’re fortunate to serve you.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For assistance, contact our civil rights coordinator Darlene Mendoza, MJR, at hr@tpchd.org or (253) 649-1660. Check out our employment opportunities and apply online.