Clark County Public Health’s Infection Prevention (IP) and Immunization (IZ) Program Manager provides expertise, leadership, and management for this program within the Infectious Disease portfolio. The program assesses and supports infection prevention practices and outbreak management for highly pathogenic infections and other infectious diseases in health care and congregate settings. It also prevents transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases through community health education and promotion, community partnerships, and assuring quality management of community provider vaccine programs, as well as focused community-based vaccine administration for special settings or as part of outbreak response.
The Program Manager coordinates closely with other program managers in the division. This position represents the department with relevant state and federal agencies, healthcare provider partners and community partners to respond to infectious disease situations and outbreaks, participate in epidemiologic surveillance and prevention, and meet national and state standards for PH IZ and IP practice. The incumbent will promote and prioritize health equity approaches. The incumbent will work with CCPH leadership when responding to sensitive inquiries and complaints and when working to resolve applicable policy and operational issues.
KEY OR TYPICAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Define goals and objectives; forecast, plan and coordinate implementation of Infection Prevention and Immunization strategies, program and system plans; develop, implement and monitor program policies and procedures; and manage daily operations.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise for the program team. Select, train, supervise and evaluate program staff, supporting workforce development and equity goals.
• Analyze data on disease epidemiology, community needs and service provision to share with public and key community partners; use data to inform and evaluate program and policy efforts and equity approaches; broadly evaluate options and present plans to executive level leadership.
• Provide subject matter expertise for the appropriate implementation of public health policy and practice in the areas of Immunization, Infection Prevention, and Healthcare Acquired Infection case investigation. Participate with the Health Officers in creating and updating nurse standing orders. Asure compliance with department, county, state, and federal policy and law.
• Provide leadership and partner development for effective and inclusive community engagement, collaboration, and health promotion activities and so the program may serve as a regional multi-county resource as needed, applying expertise to unite others in support of goals.
• Interact with and represent the department to diverse external partners to provide assessments and recommendations, coordinate care, resolve immunization management and infection prevention control problems, and identify new opportunities to improve immunization practice and infection prevention control throughout service delivery based on best and emerging practices.
• Assure required grant deliverables and reporting obligations are completed accurately and on time.
• Develop and maintain processes and systems for managing program inventory and supplies. This includes medication management procedures and policies.
• Provide program fiscal management including development and presentation of the program’s operating budget, monitoring of revenues and expenditures, development or improvement of funding mechanisms and sources, ensuring that program activities are within budget and as cost effective as possible.