TheOregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP)section in Portland, Oregon has a career opportunity for a Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Emerging Infections Program Manager to lead, oversee, and manage development, implementation, and evaluation of the emerging infection team of the HAI program under the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) section.
This is a full-time, permanent, management service position and is not represented by a union.
What you will do!
As the HAI Emerging Infections Program (EIP) Manager, you will oversee surveillance activities throughout the state of Oregon for high-impact and high-consequence pathogens with the potential for spread in healthcare settings. You will develop program priorities in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to ensure alignment with section and agency objectives and manage HAI EIP grant applications, activities, resources, and operations. Your work will include personnel and budget management, ensuring policy, priorities, and team direction are in alignment with section and agency objectives. You will coordinate relevant disease surveillance efforts in ACDP, ensure progress and completion of the HAI component of EIP federal grant applications, and direct supervision of HAI EIP professional and administrative staff, including epidemiologists, public health nurses, operations and policy analysts, research analysts, and administrative staff.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Qualifications:
· Six years of public health supervisory or management experience; planning, organizing, and managing the operations of public health epidemiology, syndromic surveillance, preparedness and response, or closely related field. OR
· Bachelor’s degree in public health, public administration, or closely related field and three years of public health supervisory or management experience; planning, organizing, and managing the operations of public health epidemiology, syndromic surveillance, preparedness and response, or closely related field.
Desired Attributes:
· Experience and a commitment to upholding the highest standards of confidentiality pertaining to patient information and information security.
· Experience managing a large public health program and professional staff.
· Advanced to expert experience in epidemiology which includes coordinating disease surveillance and public health research.
· Advanced to expert experience developing and overseeing program budgets, contracts, and grants as related to program management.
· Experience developing and delivering presentations for a variety of audiences.
· Experience of the principles and practices of employee relations.
· Experience of the principles and practices of management, including planning, organizing, directing, motivating, controlling and decision making.
· Experience promoting health equity, addressing systemic health disparities, and collaborating with diverse, vulnerable, and underrepresented populations.
· Experience creating, promoting, welcoming, and maintaining a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
Working Conditions:
The work of this position may be conducted remotely with full access to needed operating systems and technology but at times will have work that needs to be conducted on-site at the Portland State Office Building, located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232. Work location can be changed at any time at the discretion of the hiring manager.
This position requires some in-state travel and out-of-state travel with overnight stays. Travel, including driving, may be required in all weather conditions.
Salary Range: $6,901 - $10,674 Monthly
Application Deadline: 10/24/2024
