Job Summary

Under the direction of the Infectious Disease Program Manager II or designee, this position provides coordination for 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 and will provide operational support for the Program Manager II.

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 supervisory position, reporting to the Program Manager II. This position requires independent judgment and ability to work and manage independently and collaboratively with limited supervision; 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 hybrid remote work schedule, however, the candidate selected will need to reside in either Washington or Oregon. No exceptions. Duties are performed mostly remotely with occasional work in the office or field, as required.

Qualifications

• This position requires a bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, health sciences, or nursing and at least three years of related experience including supervision or a combination of education, experience and training that demonstrates the ability to perform the work. 
• Experience in a public health setting as well as a background in public health nursing, microbiology and/or epidemiology and experience in surveillance system design and evaluation are strongly desired. 
• Strong leadership or management experience with demonstrated success in leading performance management and quality improvement efforts will be valued over educational experience alone.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in nursing or public health.
• Research and basic statistical knowledge.

The ideal candidate will have the following strengths:

Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of infectious disease prevention and control measures and public health.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Federal, State and Regional requirements.
• Demonstrated skills in public health principles, core function and essential services.
• Strong background using science and data to make decisions and implement public health services.

• Demonstrated leadership and ability to work in an environment with individuals who may have diverging opinions and viewpoints.
• Able to recognize and challenge discrimination and other myths in working across the department and throughout the county.
• Apply understanding and knowledge of cultural differences and similarities when working with diverse populations.

Knowledge of:

These are the observable and measurable attributes and skills required to successfully perform the essential functions of the job; they are generally demonstrated through qualifying experience, education, or licensure/certification.

• Demonstrated ability to perform communicable disease control and surveillance activities.
• Epidemiologic principles, practices, and techniques.
• Principles and practices of program operations.
• Principles and practices of project management, including planning, scheduling, monitoring, and problem solving.
• Conduct analysis and formulate conclusions.
• Identify occurrences, reservoirs, incubation periods, periods of communicability, modes of transmission, signs and symptoms, and susceptibility associated with the infectious disease process.
• Interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• The impact of socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, mental or physical ability, religion, gender, and gender expression, gender identity on behavior, attitudes and values related to health.
• The role of cultural, social and behavioral factors in dete