What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Health Program Director position at Meharry Medical College?
The Public Health Director will be responsible for oversight of the project, as well as providing clinical services to patients. The Public Health Director will work closely with Cooper to ensure all project goals related to infectious disease and physical health are met. They will work with Dr. Cooper, the evaluation team, and the Treatment Project Director to coordinate all reporting of outcomes to SAMHSA. The Director will oversee day-to-day project management of our mobile clinic, HCV and STI clinics.
Position Summary:
The Public Health Director will be responsible for oversight of the project, as well as providing clinical services to patients. The Public Health Director will work closely with Cooper to ensure all project goals related to infectious disease and physical health are met. They will work with Dr. Cooper, the evaluation team, and the Treatment Project Director to coordinate all reporting of outcomes to SAMHSA. The Director will oversee day-to-day project management of our mobile clinic, HCV and STI clinics.
Daily Operations:
- Provide leadership and oversight for all community-based public health programming, including mobile clinic services, HCV clinics, and the expansion of services to treat STIs and prescribe PrEP.
- Supervise and support the RN to ensure high-quality clinical care and program implementation.
- Deliver direct clinical services to patients, including care in mobile clinics, HCV clinics, and STI treatment initiatives.
- Collaborate with the PI, evaluation team, and the Treatment Project Director to monitor, evaluate, and report project outcomes to SAMHSA.
- Oversee day-to-day project management and operations of mobile clinic services and other community health initiatives.
- Develop and implement strategies to achieve project goals related to infectious disease prevention, physical health, and community health promotion.
- Ensure compliance with public health standards, funding requirements, and best practices for service delivery.
- Act as a liaison between internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and communication to enhance program success.
- Provide leadership and oversight for all community-based public health programming, including mobile clinic services, HCV clinics, and the expansion of services to treat STIs and prescribe PrEP.
- Assist with other tasks and responsibilities as needed.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrate strong managerial skills, managing with excellence this large-scale community-based participatory research project, working with community, clinical and professional persons who have expertise in and engage in health assessment, screening and general intervention programs.
- Experience in proposal development, report writing, and grants management
- Proven abilities to work efficiently and effectively with local, state and federal agencies.
- Strong experience with program and infrastructure development.
- Must be organized, creative, independent and self-motivated, enthusiastic, dependable, detail oriented, flexible in scheduling and prioritization, and driven by excellence.
- Must possess exceptional communication skills to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form, including accurate grammar and business correspondence knowledge.
- Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective business relationships; demonstrated ability to communicate in situations requiring tact and poise
- Thorough knowledge of office administration (including efficient filing systems, office machines and equipment, and computer software)
- Skilled in customer service and employee relations
- Must be able to supervise program staff and comply with College employee policies and procedures
- Must be able to multi-task, and focus with composure, in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities.
- Requires a good sense of humor and belief in working as a professional cohesive team member.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals and governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures with conformance to the prescribed style and format.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from government entities, employees, managers, clients, and the general public.
- Education and Experience:
- Master’s degree in nursing (MSN) with licensure as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is required.
- Advanced clinical training and experience in areas including street medicine, LGBTQ health, metabolic diseases, and HCV care.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and oversight in public health programs and multidisciplinary clinical settings.
- Strong collaboration skills with experience in reporting outcomes to regulatory agencies.
- Required Environmental Conditions and Physical Demands
- Manual dexterity
- Visual and auditory acuity
- Able to sit, stand or walk for extended periods of time
- Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
- No or very limited physical effort required.
- Works flexible/non-traditional hours.
- No or very limited exposure to physical risk.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
- Will require ability to travel – overnight stay
