McHenry County Health Department to hire more staff after logging over 1,400 overtime hours in January Workers prepare Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic through the McHenry County Department of Health at 1900 N. Richmond Road, the former site of a Kmart store in McHenry. Vaccinations are made by appointment only. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 3/4/2021 10:00 AM The McHenry County Department of Health will hire more staff with the help of a new grant after reporting high rates of staff burnout due to the stress of pandemic-related workloads, which have been ongoing for almost a full year now. The public health nursing division's 12 employees logged a cumulative total of 1,433 overtime hours during January alone, Public Health Nursing Director Susan Karras said in a McHenry County Board of Health meeting last week. Given that the vast majority of those employees are salaried, overtime hours are unpaid, she added.