What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator District 4 position at DKMRBH Inc?
The Public Health Preparedness District Coordinator serves as primary point of contact for Local Health Departments within their assigned District for issues relating to IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness, goals, and objectives. The Public Health District Coordinator serves at the direction of the Director of District and Local Readiness and respective IDOH DEP Regional Supervisor to their area.
District 4 consists of the following cities / counties : White, Cass, Benton, Carroll, Warren, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery.
The overarching responsibility of the Public Health Preparedness District Coordinator is to identify overall preparedness gaps and needs of local health departments within their District, communicate them to their respective Regional Supervisor and assist in directing the locals to information and other resources appropriate to address their needs. It is also the responsibility of the Public Health Preparedness District Coordinator to work closely with the Healthcare Coalition District (HCC) Coordinator to help facilitate coordination between local public health and healthcare partners on preparedness efforts that would require or benefit from collaboration between the two programs entities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Communicate regularly with the Regional Supervisor to share the needs, challenges, and accomplishments of the health departments within the assigned District and to receive instructions and guidance.
- Participate in IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness conference calls and staff meetings as scheduled by the respective program Director and Regional Supervisors.
- Attend scheduled District Coalition meetings along with the HCC Coordinator assigned to the district as well as any additional health department related meetings or events as assigned by Regional Supervisor.
- Identify and communicate any planning, training, and exercise support needs or activities to Regional Supervisor.
- Provide guidance and answer questions to IDOH preparedness efforts or direct them to where they may obtain the requested guidance when necessary.
- Assist in tracking grant deliverable progress and completion during preparedness activities, data collection efforts, and inventory tracking as directed.
- Complete any reporting and / or tracking forms and documents as identified and requested by Regional Supervisor and / or Director.
- Assist in coordinating Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Operational Readiness Review(s) (ORR) in CRI jurisdictions as needed.
- Submit summary reports of coalition or district meeting, individual meetings summarized on the bi-weekly (unless specified otherwise) reporting template.
Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator - Expectations
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Emergency preparedness, public health or public safety experience.
Required
Prior experience facilitating and managing meetings within program agency and local partners, including maintaining meeting notes.
Required
Prior experience collaborating with Public Health or public safety program entities
Required
Experience identifying and communicating training and support needs or activities of program.
Required
Must possess strong working knowledge of and practical skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications
Required
Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing.
Required
Flexibility and ability to multi-task and prioritize according to agency's needs.
Required
Prior working experience with grant management
Highly desired
Bachelor's Degree preferred, will accept Public Health or Public Safety Experience as a substitute.
Desired
