Are you an amazing leader with a passion for public health? Do you possess a vast knowledge of communicable diseases and prevention? This opportunity with the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) may be for you! This position, in the Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD), advances the organization's work to reduce the incidence and prevalence of communicable diseases in the Commonwealth. We provide a wide range of prevention and intervention strategies that incorporate all aspects of government and community partnerships. If you are committed to public health and if you know that you can successfully thrive in this position, apply today and get started on this exciting and worthwhile career venture!
This position directs the Division of Communicable Disease Field Services. Positions within the Division include Community Health Nurse Supervisors, Community Health Nurse, Disease Intervention Specialist Supervisors, Disease Intervention Specialists, and Disease Intervention Specialist Trainees. These field supervisors and staff are geographically located throughout the Commonwealth and conduct communicable disease investigation and intervention activities. These investigations and intervention activities primarily pertain to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted diseases (STD), but may include Mpox, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis or other emerging diseases or outbreaks when necessary.
Duties of this position include the planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating disease intervention services (field services) within the BCD. You directly supervise six field staff, and those six field staff directly supervise over 30 staff. You assign work to field staff supervisors and oversee their work to ensure their effectiveness, consistency, and compliance. You also ensure adherence to onboarding and annual requirements for field staff supervisors and field staff. In addition, you work closely and collaboratively with numerous public and private entities to strengthen the capacity of PADOH to mitigate the spread of infections and oversee the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for field service activities.
Public Health Emergency Response - This position may be given an assignment to support the public health emergency response mission of the Department of Health. Emergency assignments could at times be received with little or no advance notice and may continue for any period of time - ranging from a few hours to several weeks, depending on the nature of the circumstance. The emergency assignments may at times be performed under adverse conditions and may require travel to another site other than the employee's assigned headquarters for a period of time.
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