Director of Communicable Disease Control Division, Infectious Disease Bureau

Administration

• Work to help BPHC advance as an antiracist organization by meeting or exceeding the standards set by the BPHC Anti-Racism Policy.
• Model and implement the BPHC Core Values in daily work and interactions with colleagues, clients, and community partners, including promoting a collaborative workplace culture.
• Provide administrative support to the Division, including overseeing the Communicable Disease Control Division's budget of ~3 million dollars.
• Develop and implement workforce retention and succession plans to ensure continuity of operations.
• Lead the recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of all staff in the Communicable Disease Control Division.
• Serve as a member of the Infectious Disease Bureau leadership team.
• Participate in regular IDB leadership meetings and staff meetings, as well as represent the Communicable Disease Control Division in BPHC meetings, as requested.
• Provide direct supervision to the Head Nurse and all administrative staff.
• Meet with the Medical Director, Head Nurse, and Nurse Managers on a regular basis to review priority topics, including but not limited to staffing and administration, clinical operations, development of agendas for clinical and Division meetings, identification of staff training needs, priority case investigations, and review of infectious disease data.
• Assist with the scheduling and facilitation of clinical and Division meetings.
• Participate in collective bargaining negotiations, caucus discussions and working meetings.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Communicable Disease Control Operations

• Responsible for the prevention and control of cases, case investigations, and cluster/outbreak response activities within Boston.
• Ensure application of CDC procedures and protocols and develop new protocols and policies in collaboration with the Medical Director as needed; assist CDC nurses in enforcing rules and regulations pertaining to communicable disease control.
• Direct investigations and follow-up activities involving outbreaks in Boston. Activities include, but are not limited to, supporting public communications efforts, coordinating contact testing, written and verbal communications and recommendations and communication and coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH).
• Provide assistance and monitor case investigation and follow-up for communicable diseases to ensure that they are conducted in accordance with MDPH standards and procedures.
• Work with the Center for Public Health Science and Innovation and the Information Technology Services teams to coordinate the collection, reporting, analysis and report generation of data and dashboards from surveillance activities; make recommendations for prevention strategies based on data trends.
• Assist in the creation of periodic surveillance reports concerning communicable disease trends; provide disease specific reports for Medical Director and Executive Office, as requested.
• Ensure BPHC compliance with all MDPH reporting requi