Rapid Response to Recovery Telebehavioral Health Hub Implementation Specialist

CDC Foundation•Kentucky, KY

3d•$90,000 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $740 million. The CDC Foundation managed over 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year. The CDC Foundation is seeking a highly skilled individual to serve as the Rapid Response to Recovery (RRR) Telebehavioral Health Hub Implementation Specialist for the Kentucky Rural Health Transformation Program. The Telebehavioral Health Hub Implementation Specialist will help coordinate a hub that enables real-time telepsychiatry and telebehavioral health consultations for rural hospitals, primary care clinics, and other services.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, health informatics, technology, or a related field.
Minimum 3 years of experience coordinating projects in healthcare technology, telebehavioral health/telepsychiatry, or healthcare program implementation.
Knowledge of telehealth systems and best practices.
Ability to manage technology deployment and troubleshoot issues.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience data-driven program evaluation to interpret outcome data and quality improvement methodologies.
Understanding of Kentucky’s behavioral health system.
Familiarity with Kentucky’s regulatory and funding landscape for crisis services.
Expertise in data security and HIPAA compliance in telehealth settings.

Responsibilities

Guide the design, partner coordination, and deployment of the statewide Telebehavioral Health Hub, ensuring alignment with RHTP goals and technical standards.
Oversee platform build, testing, and integration with EHRs, KHIE, and care coordination systems while helping manage technology procurement and site readiness.
Coordinate phased rollout and onboarding of pilot sites, ensuring 24/7 clinical coverage and compliance with telehealth regulations.
Develop workflows to embed the hub into 911/988 dispatch, primary care clinics, EmPATH units, EMS, and CMHC operations for real-time psychiatry support.
Incorporate prevention and post‑crisis (postvention) supports into hub workflows, including alignment with Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) approaches in primary care to support early intervention, follow‑up, and continuity of care.
Align hub operations with statewide crisis services and ensure seamless data exchange and referral tracking across systems.
Design and deliver training for telehealth clinicians and partner site staff on clinical protocols, technology use, and documentation standards.
Provide ongoing technical assistance and peer learning to support implementation, model fidelity, and continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain toolkits, protocols, and user guides to standardize hub operations and ensure compliance with privacy and security standards.
Build and manage partnerships with academic medical centers, CMHCs, EMS agencies, and technology vendors to support hub operations and leverage existing telehealth infrastructure and clinician expertise.
Serve as the primary liaison for telebehavioral health within RRR, engaging a wide range of partners, such as hospital administrators, to promote telepsychiatry adoption in rural EDs, and integrate hub services into rural primary care.
Serve as the primary liaison between local communities, RRR leadership, and state agencies (i.e., Department for Public Health, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities) to align implementation with statewide crisis initiatives.
Establish key performance indicators and track them from pilot through scale-up (i.e., percentage of behavioral crisis cases in pilot regions that are addressed via telehealth, reductions in behavioral health-related ED visits, and tele-consult response times).
Prepare reports by documenting outcome metrics and success stories to communicate program impact to RRR leadership, CMS, and other community partners.