Sr. Population Health Specialist

Cincinnati Children's•Mount Vernon, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Population Health Specialist will act as a program/project coordinator for assigned initiatives, assisting leadership in the execution, evaluation, planning, and coordination of programs/projects' short/long-term goals to promote and achieve PHHEs goals within communities and healthcare systems. This role requires a strong understanding of how community-based influences, including social and structural determinants of health, impact child health outcomes. The specialist will identify and utilize appropriate project management tools and concepts, set priorities, track progress, and prepare reports for various stakeholders. They will also serve as the primary liaison for daily administration and operational issues, develop and implement policies, and support yearly operating budgets. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with quality improvement specialists and data analysts to develop innovative aims, measures, strategies, milestones, and goals for efficient data management, and supporting leadership in developing metrics around clinical equity, community health needs, challenges, and operational resources to reduce health disparities. The position emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, engagement with community members and organizations, relationship building, flexibility, adaptability to change, continuous learning, and a systems-learning view.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and 3+ years of work experience OR Master's Degree and 2+ years experience
Strong understanding of the impact of community-based influences, including social & structural determinants of health impact on child health outcomes.
Strong ability to pursue interdisciplinary collaboration.
Comfortable and willing to engage with community members and organizations.
Demonstrates emphasis on relationship building / relational work, flexibility, and adaptability to change.
Open to continuous learning and capable of taking a systems - learning view.

Responsibilities

Acts as program/project coordinator for assigned initiatives.
Assists leadership in the execution, evaluation, planning, & coordination of programs/projects' short/long - term goals to promote & achieve PHHEs goals within communities & healthcare systems.
Identifies & use appropriate project management tools & concepts (charters, scope management, budget management, risk/ issue management, communications management).
Sets priorities for assignments based on importance & urgency.
Tracks progress & prepares internal reports for Center leadership, CCHMC institutional needs, & community facing reports.
Prepares & distributes project/program communication to internal & external stakeholders.
Identifies people, process, & infrastructure needs & act as liaison to ensure appropriate systems & reporting are maintained in support of project/program requirements.
Understand & meet expectations for deliverable quality & timeliness.
May lead research inventory across departments' engagement to build new grant mechanisms.
Assess, prioritize, & allocate resources to support equity research - such as data, grant review processes, & grant writing support.
Serves as the primary liaison for daily administration and operational issues such as data management, marketing/communications, outreach, annual conference coordination, and social media coordination.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for improved utilization and quality of programs, projects, and operations.
Supports yearly operating budgets for projects and programs.
May lead and provide training and guidance to team members.
Assist leadership with the allocation of resources and staff for assignments.
Delegate responsibilities to reporting staff and establish clear lines of responsibility and accountability.
Participates in direct reports' recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance appraisal processes.
Collaborates with quality improvement specialists and data analysts to develop innovative aims, measures, strategies, milestones, and goals for efficient data management.
Identify methods to increase data collection, quality, and utilization to streamline and enhance reporting processes and deliverables.
Supports leadership and stakeholders to develop metrics around clinical equity, community health needs, challenges, and operational resources to reduce health disparities.
Strong ability to pursue interdisciplinary collaboration.
Comfortable and willing to engage with community members and organizations.
Demonstrates emphasis on relationship building / relational work, flexibility, and adaptability to change.
Open to continuous learning and capable of taking a systems - learning view.