Infectious Disease Program Manager II - Public Health

About the position

Under the direction of the Director of Investigation and Response or designee, this position supervises the agency’s Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response, Tuberculosis (TB) Case Management, and Immunization programs. These programs are responsible for the investigation and response to communicable disease events in Clark County, outbreak response, disease surveillance, TB case management, and immunization promotion. This position also provides consultative and technical assistance on communicable disease and immunization issues and serves as a liaison to community partners and internal cross-purpose teams in support of Clark County Public Health efforts. This position requires close interactions with other local, regional and state organizations. This position may interact with clients/patients. Organizational responsibilities include understanding and promoting the department’s public health mission, providing courteous, respectful, efficient customer service to all department clients, honoring diversity of all department employees and constituents, participating in department training, implementing accreditation standards, and striving for personal excellence in public health work. This is an exempt management position. This position requires independent judgment and ability to work and manage independently and collaboratively with limited management; and at times takes direction from the Health Officer and Deputy Health Officer who has statutory responsibility for communicable disease control. This position has the option of a remote/hybrid work schedule possibility. However, the candidate selected must reside in OR or WA. No Exceptions. Our department values our community’s diversity and seeks ways to promote equity and inclusion within the organization and with the public. Our department also encourages applications from candidates with knowledge, ability and experience working with a broad range of individuals and communities with diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all program operations including supervision of technical, professional, and para-professional program staff and allocation of other program resources.
• Ensure quality services are available and staff competencies meet the requirements of the program activities.
• Provide high level technical support and ensure a well-trained, competent workforce through identifying training needs and facilitating knowledge and skill transfer based on current research and best practices.
• Prepare, administer and monitor program and grant specific budget expenditure plans to ensure timely, appropriate and effective utilization of program related funds.
• Manage and ensure compliance with statements of work for all program related grants and contracts.
• Ensure all program related policies, procedures and standing orders are current and compliant with laws, current recommendations; and adhered to by program staff.
• Develop strategic priorities to inform program planning and design.
• Conduct program evaluation and quality improvement initiatives to assure services are delivered in an efficient, cost-effective, and productive manner.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other department programs on related department activities.
• Promote the reporting of notifiable conditions with health care providers, laboratories, and veterinarians to ensure compliance with reportable conditions reporting per WAC and RCW.
• Consult and coordinate with professionals in our community in an effort to provide an integrated approach to designing community-based services to meet client needs, and conduct outreach on the existence, function, and services provided by these programs.
• Provide oversight of Clark County’s 24/7 Infectious Disease response team.
• Oversee staff conducting investigations of notifiable conditions and outbreaks in the community.
• Collaborate with local and state partners (i.e. medical centers, public health labs, state, and federal agencies) to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, with a focus on developing appropriate control measures to mitigate and prevent outbreaks.
• Develop and maintain disease specific control measure toolkits for partners to promote a consistent and comprehensive outbreak response.
• Ensure compliance with notifiable conditions reporting per WAC and RCW.
• Demonstrates proficiency in using various computer applications (e.g. MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint) as applicable to design or complete forms, correspondence, spreadsheets, data entry, etc.
• Represent CCPH at meetings and functions at the local, state, and regional levels.
• Effectively operates complex equipment and office machinery, which includes computer, printers, scanners, and facsimile machines.
• Provides courteous and culturally competent customer service to providers, clients, and the public.
• Responds to routine inquiries by phone or face to face; listens to questions and explains procedures, rules or functions according to relevant program guidelines; fulfills requests for information or directs clients to appropriate person or section.
• Complete any mandatory or relevant trainings as determined by CCPH.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, health sciences, or nursing from an accredited institution.
• Five years of related experience including supervision or a combination of education, experience and training that demonstrates the ability to perform the work.

Nice-to-haves

• Master’s degree in public health (MPH) or nursing (MSN).
• Experience in a public health setting as well as a background in public health nursing, microbiology and/or epidemiology.
• Experience in surveillance system design and evaluation.

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental insurance.
• Paid leave.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance and long-term disability.
• Retirement and deferred compensation.