Medical Countermeasures Coordinator

Georgia Department of Public Health•Distrist 3-3, GA

About The Position

The Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Coordinator’s primary responsibility will be to provide maintenance of the Clayton County Health District’s City Readiness Initiative (CRI) and Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Plan and Program. The MCM Coordinator assists Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) staff with plans to distribute mass prophylaxis (medicine and vaccine) to the public through; training and exercising health department staff and community partners, coordinating with state and local partners, and maintaining plans that meet or exceed mandatory CDC Operational Ready Review (ORR) guidelines and standards. The MCM Coordinator reports directly to the EPR Director. Additional MCM Coordinator responsibilities include; updates emergency call and personnel lists, Closed Point of Distribution (POD) recruitment and partnership building; establish and maintain accountability and inventory of SNS equipment and supplies; updates, maintains and tracks medical countermeasures within the FAMIS360 web-based platform (state property inventory management system); establish, maintain, update and uploads SNS reports and data within Georgia Department of Public Health and CDC shared-drive systems.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED
Three (3) years of experience in emergency management
OR two (2) years of experience required at the lower level Emergency Mgt Spec 1 (PSP070) or position equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Advanced technical writing and project management skills
One (1) year experience in medicine or vaccine cold chain management
Advanced skills in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Knowledgeable of Incident Command Systems (ICS)
One (1) year experience in Bioterrorism or Pandemic preparedness and response
One (1) year experience coordinating with agencies at the local, state or federal level

Responsibilities

Provide maintenance of the Clayton County Health District’s City Readiness Initiative (CRI) and Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Plan and Program.
Assist Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) staff with plans to distribute mass prophylaxis (medicine and vaccine) to the public.
Train and exercise health department staff and community partners.
Coordinate with state and local partners.
Maintain plans that meet or exceed mandatory CDC Operational Ready Review (ORR) guidelines and standards.
Update emergency call and personnel lists.
Conduct Closed Point of Distribution (POD) recruitment and partnership building.
Establish and maintain accountability and inventory of SNS equipment and supplies.
Update, maintain, and track medical countermeasures within the FAMIS360 web-based platform.
Establish, maintain, update, and upload SNS reports and data within Georgia Department of Public Health and CDC shared-drive systems.