Communicable Disease Specialist Supervisor - Macon
Description
Pay Grade: K
Who we are. We protect lives.The Georgia Department of Public Health is the lead agency entrusted by the people of Georgia to proudly protect lives and promote healthy lifestyles in diverse communities statewide. We are committed to preventing disease, injury, and disability; promoting health and well-being; and preparing the State of Georgia for responding to disasters.
What we offer.As a member of the Georgia Department of Public Health team, you will join a passionate group of individuals who are dedicated to making an impact. No matter your role, you will individually contribute to protecting the lives of all Georgians while receiving a wide range of benefits, so you can:
- Make a Professional Impact – Build your career where it matters and protect lives in the community where you live, work, and play
- Enjoy Workplace Flexibility – Experience flexibility in how you work so you can be your best self for you and Georgia Residents
- Work with a Dynamic and Diverse Team – Collaborative and inclusive way of working where employees share ideas and leverage collective strengths
- Achieve Career Longevity – Countless opportunities for continuous learning/development that support a long-term career
- Take Part in a Hands-on Working Culture – Unique culture of active engagement and problem-solving, no matter your role
- Feel Pride in Where you Work – Be part of making an impact in public health alongside dedicated people just like you
Job Responsibilities
Plan, organize, coordinate, monitor and ensure implementation of policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards for the communicable disease program.
- Review/monitor all case management activities, services, data collection and entry, analysis and use information to develop and implement care plans.
- Provides technical guidance regarding infectious diseases to all sectors of the medical and public health community.
- Coordinate program operations with other district programs and county health departments to ensure quality and continuity of services to all customers are met.
- Coordinates the training of district and county public health staff, private medical providers, and the general public in public health and infectious disease issues.
- Participates in quality management meetings to collaborate, identify and report on issues such as barriers to care or partner notification.
- Interpret existing laws, regulations, guidelines relating to programmatic procedures/issues toward training/compliance.
- Investigates and locates HIV and STD exposed or diagnosed patients and determines if and where they are engaged in care via partner service interviews.
- Ensures implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to include field investigations and home visits to decrease the prevalence of such diseases.
- Provide case management services/activities for patients following policy, procedure, and protocols.
- Evaluates programs and plans using performance management and quality improvement initiatives to ensure compliance with funding requirements and community needs.
- Collaborates with District and State Epidemiology, Clinical, HIV, and STD staff to assist with identifying patients who are not in care or lost to care and are unable to be brought back into care.
- Actively refers and assists with linking HIV-positive individuals to care and assists with re-engaging HIV positive individuals back into care.
- Prepares and submits monthly service reports and quarterly narratives.
- Prepares and completes reports and surveillance activities as required by the District Leadership and DPH partners.
- Works with NCHD staff to assist with marketing intervention to community partners.
- Maintains consistent communication and coordinates services and activities with Communicable Disease Specialists, HIV Linkage Coordinators, and other program staff.
- Maintain knowledge of current trends/developments in the field of infectious-communicable disease and apply pertinent new knowledge to performance of other responsibilities.
- Performs various duties in support of section and district operations and utilize the Program Collaboration and Service Integration evidence-based practice with all staff of the Office of Epidemiology, Community Assessment, and Research initiatives.
- Responsible for updating the Dashboard with assigned Communicable Disease measures in a timely manner.
- Ensure that quality improvement processes are utilized as necessary to ensure evidence-based practices are implemented within the program that assist in reaching Public Health 3.0 goals.
- Participates in monthly district management team, local APIC chapter, monthly/quarterly state program, staff, and monthly Epidemiology Partners meetings.
- Represent District Leadership at meeting, forums, public meeting and media events as requested.
Minimum Qualifications
Associate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of experience in a related area
OR six (6) years of experience in a medical-related field
OR Licensure as a registered nurse and three (3) years of nursing experience
OR one (1) year of experience at the lower level Communicable Disease Spec 3 (HCP082) or position equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the minimum qualification’s preference will be given to applicants with experience with:
- Master’s degree in a public health or science related field.
- Providing STD/HIV/AIDS case management services.
- Must have good working knowledge of best practice counseling approaches. interventions and strategies that have been proven effective with the high-risk populations.
- Must have a working knowledge of STD/HIV/AIDS and treatment, partner services, and linkage to care services.
- Must be experienced with a multi-disciplinary team approach.
- Prior networking and community outreach experience desired.
- Department of Public Health (state or district) experience.
Additional Information
Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner and leaders encourage all employees to engage in regular wellness activities and to make lifestyle choices that promote health and well-being.
The use of wellness breaks during the workday is authorized to support this philosophy and assist employees in meeting their wellness goals. A maximum of 30 minutes in a given workday may be used to engage in wellness activities, generally in the form of two 15-minute breaks or one 30-minute break.
Employment Information
All approved teleworking employees must reside within the state of Georgia and depending on the responsibilities of the position, must live within reasonable driving distance of the agency’s primary worksite and be able to report to the office when required.
Current State employees are subject to State Personnel Board rules regarding salary.
DPH accepts Educational credentials recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and/or the US Department of Education (DOE) will be considered. DPH will contact educational institutions to verify degree, diploma, licensure, etc.
The candidate selected for this position may be subject to pre-employment drug screening and a criminal background check.
Relocation assistance is not provided.
As an employee of DPH, in the event of an identified emergency you may be required, as a term and condition of employment, to assist in meeting the emergency responsibilities of the department.
If you require accommodations under the American Disability Act (ADA), email request by the closing date of this announcement to: DPH-HR@dph.ga.gov.
DPH is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.
This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.
