NHSN Unit Manager - HP V - HAI/AR Program, Communicable Disease Branch

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

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About The Position

This position oversees collection, analysis, and presentation of HAI data collected by the HAI/AR Program through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The position supervises a unit that includes epidemiologists and other staff that coordinate health care facility reporting of HAIs to NHSN, analyze NHSN data, and provide oversight for data management, analysis, and presentation. The position oversees and assures that health care facilities are reporting HAIs as required by statute and provide technical assistance for the use of NHSN. The position oversees and assures the quality and validation of NHSN data. The position coordinates the HAI Advisory Committee that advises CDPHE on the HAI reportable conditions list and the annual delivery of the HAI Annual Report to Colorado legislature, health care providers, and the public. The NSHN Data unit also supports the HAI/AR Program to analyze and present data collected via platforms other than NHSN.

Requirements

Eight (8) years of health professional experience in a program affecting public health or applied epidemiology involving public health surveillance, data management, and data presentation.
A combination of related education in public health, public health administration, or health administration or closely-related and/or health professional experience in the oversight of a program affecting public health or applied epidemiology, infection control practice and disease measures, communicable disease or closely related field equal to Eight (8) years.
Must be willing to: A pre-employment background check
Travel for meetings, conference, disease response or medical record reviews and some out of state and overnight stays.
Be expected to work and/or remain at their worksite in delayed start, early release, or closure situations.
Be available in the event of an emergency, (e.g., bio-terrorist attack, chemical attack, disease outbreak or all hazards) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.
Be available in the event of the activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing a public health program.
Experience managing or working with data analysts.
Training in epidemiology or data analysis.
Training or experience with communicable diseases.
Experience with healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance.
Experience with public health surveillance database management.
Experience with data analysis and display.
Experience writing public health reports.
Experience facilitating committee meetings.

Responsibilities

Plan prioritize, and assign workload, and analyze and monitor workflow and progress to ensure the quality and quantity of work meets standards, deadlines for deliverables, and program goals and objectives.
Establish work schedules, review and approve work time and absences using the automated system.
Identify training and developmental needs, and provide training to develop skills.
Provide feedback and coaching; write, review, and sign performance plans; evaluate and sign performance evaluations.
Resolve employee performance problems and issues, disputes, and informal (Step 1) grievances; issue corrective actions and initiate discipline as needed.
Write and review position descriptions, recommend promotions or demotions, changes in pay, and sign personnel action forms.
Initiate the hiring process, provide subject matter expertise to OHR during the comparative analysis process, interview applicants, and hire employees after consultation with the second-level appointing authority.
Organize and maintain NHSN user rights for Communicable Disease Branch staff.
Update and post HAI reporting requirements and deadlines.
Oversee assessment of which health care facilities are required to report to NHSN.
Assist health care facilities to meet NHSN reporting requirements as part of licensure.
Assist health care facilities to enroll in NHSN and confer rights to view reportable conditions to CDPHE.
Ensure that data use agreements with NHSN are updated.
Communicate with CDC for NHSN technical support.
Communicate through NHSN about Colorado reporting requirements and deadlines.
Offer technical assistance opportunities to health care facilities for NHSN reporting and use.
Complete relevant activities, milestones, and performance measures required by cooperative agreements.
Provide expertise and mentorship for data management and analysis to unit staff.
Standardize the quality and format of public web postings of HAI/AR surveillance data.
Mentor unit staff on epidemiology concepts related to causality, association, bias, confounding, mediation, statistical testing, and interpretation of findings.
Coordinate and respond to data requests from the HAI/AR Program, other Communicable Disease Programs, and external partners.
Coordinate the analysis of NHSN data.
Provide analytic support to the HAI/AR Program for analysis of data from other surveillance platforms.
Monitor and support quality assurance for NHSN reporting.
Oversee validation of NHSN reporting.
Guide the HAI Surveillance Data Analyst on data management, analysis, and presentation for the HAI Annual Report.
Oversee drafting of the written HAI Annual Report.
Oversee and facilitate HAI Advisory Committee meetings, including schedules, agendas, materials, minutes, recordings, conference rooms, and conference calls.
Oversee HAI Advisory Committee membership and recruitment.
Revise and update bylaws, and responds to inquiries about and reports out HAI Advisory Committee activities as needed.
Maintain HAI Advisory Committee meeting materials according to retention schedule.