Health Program Associate (35 Hour)

State of Connecticut•Hartford, CT

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Health Program Associate to work within the Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (PLIS) of the Regulatory Affairs Branch. The Health Program Associate is responsible for performing investigations of complaints referred to the Department related to individual practitioners and/or entities regulated by the Department that may impact public health and safety. This unit is part of the Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (PLIS) and the Healthcare Quality & Safety Branch. PLIS is responsible for ensuring a safe and competent health care workforce by licensing health care practitioners and investigating complaints received about individual providers. PLIS licenses nearly 70 professions. The incumbent will be accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in assisting and conducting investigations related to alleged violations of state laws and regulations and complaints filed with the Department. The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state. DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

Requirements

Seven (7) years of professional experience in a health organization.
One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in health care program administration, a health systems agency or other health care organization in at least one of the following areas: grant writing or monitoring; formal program planning, development, management or evaluation; program consultation; public relations activities.
Considerable knowledge of purposes, plans, objectives and programs of public health agencies including changing patterns of preventive medicine and environmental health; relationships between risk factors and evidence of health problems; changing aspects of social-medical philosophies
Knowledge of research and evaluation design methodologies; state and community organizations and programs involved in field of public health and medical care
Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills
Considerable ability to plan, organize and direct a complex technical program
Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret data; lead and train staff
Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience with licensed mental health providers scope of practice, state and federal regulations, governing standards of the mental health profession and ethical guidelines for mental health professionals.
Experience working with individuals with physical, mental health, behavioral, and substance use disorders.
Formal training or experience employing investigative techniques.
Experience testifying in court or at administrative hearings.
Experience independently writing professional correspondence and reports that document facts and convey analysis of facts.
Experience using a personal computer, databases and Microsoft Office Suite including TEAMS and sharing documents.

Responsibilities

Interviewing witnesses
Securing evidence in the form of statements, documents and records
Examining, analyzing and evaluating records
Researching, collecting and evaluating data
Compiling information and writing reports
Answering public inquires
Preparing affidavits
Testifying at hearings and in court
Serves as regional coordinator for a statewide health program or project with responsibility for developing and maintaining appropriate programs, projects and liaisons in their assigned regions
Participates in planning, organization and implementation of a statewide health program by having responsibility for major components of program such as staffing, work assignment and distribution decisions
Initiates and oversees public relations efforts
Establishes and maintains relationships involved in program within agency and with other state, community or public agencies
Assists division head in expediting program
Prepares comprehensive reports on planning and progress of program
Develops objectives so program functions within cost estimates
Analyzes, evaluates and interprets data
Advises and participates in formulation of task forces within or outside agency and coordinates activities so program is successfully accomplished
Works with federal, state and community agencies on new, proposed or revised programs to clarify or develop objectives, determine method of integrating programs in agency operations and establish cost estimates
Provides technical assistance to community agencies
Assists in drafting of legislation and regulations
Gathers fiscal and programmatic data on programs and participates in planning budget and programmatic aspects of program
May also be assigned to conduct health planning, program monitoring and grants management for particular programs
May be involved in approval of grants or projects
May speak publicly about program issues and develop information for public distribution
Performs related duties as required