PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR 2 - 46440

PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR 2

Department of Health

Nashville, TN

Minimum Starting Salary: $7,275.00 monthly

Closing Date: 06/14/2023

For more information, visit the link below:

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/program-areas/careers/PHA 2 Director of Vaccinations job description.pdf

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access.

Mission:

Protect, promote, and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee.

Vision:

• Healthy People
• Healthy Communities
• Healthy Tennessee

Our Values:

• Collaboration
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Respect
• Health Equity

Strategic Priorities:

Prevention:

• Support Local Leadership
• Decrease Youth Obesity
• Decrease Tobacco Use
• Decrease Substance Misuse
• Prevent and Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences

Access:

• Optimize Internal Clinical Efficiency
• Improve External Primary Care Access
• Leverage Innovation
• Expand Partnerships

How you make a difference in this role:

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is seeking a Public Health Administrator 2 (PHA2) in the Vaccine- Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program (VPDIP) within the Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness division (CEDEP). This position will serve as the Director of the Vaccines Program with responsibility for the Vaccines for Children (VFC), COVID-19, and 317 activities. The incumbent will report directly to the VPDIP Medical Director and be a member of the VPDIP Strategic Leadership Team. VFC, COVID-19 Bridge, and 317 are federally funded programs that provide vaccines at no cost to children who might not otherwise be vaccinated because of inability to pay and uninsured/underinsured adults.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage the oversight and daily operations of the Vaccine Program
• Ensure communication and coordination across different vaccination workstreams for an effective and efficient vaccination program
• Supervise an interdisciplinary team of epidemiologists, nurse consultants, and administrative services assistants
• Ensure the sustainability of the Vaccines Program by fulfilling all defined federal grant program requirements/guidelines and submitting all required applications, budgets, and reports by established deadlines
• Ensure providers adhere to program requirements, training needs are met, and program quality improvement is ongoing
• Conduct regular meetings to determine where support needs to be provided. Direct efforts based on needs.
• Monitor expenditures to ensure federal funds are appropriately spent
• Collaborate with other programs within the TDH, as well as external partners, to promote immunization and respond to disease outbreaks
• Collaborate with the VPDIP program effectiveness team to analyze and strategize on improving vaccine coverage
• Present vaccine or Program-related information to a wide variety of audiences, including health care providers, CDC subject matter experts, public health, and the general public, and represent TDH at relevant CDC and national vaccine meetings
• Oversee team projects related to vaccine storage and handling, vaccine inventory management, data quality, provider enrollment, provider-level quality improvement, and immunization coverage rates
• Consult with local agencies (including local health departments) and providers to incorporate feedback and continuous quality improvement of the VFC, COVID-19 and 317 Vaccination Programs

Minimum Qualifications:

• Clinical and/or immunization program experience strongly preferred
• Strong project management, leadership, time-management, and personnel management skills
• High level of initiative and desire to meet specific goals
• Superior customer service skills to both internal and external audiences
• Demonstrated empathetic disposition and positive attitude are desired
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required, technical writing skills are preferred
• Experience working in public health information systems or using proprietary software
• Expertise in Microsoft Office software suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience leading cross-cutting collaborative projects, with a strong preference for experience leading Immunization program-related quality improvement projects

Required Education/Experience:

Education and Experience differ for this executive service classification based on the needs of the department. This might include a Bachelor's degree in a health or science field, a Master's degree in Business Administration, Public Health Administration, Public Health, or Health Planning, experience with statewide leadership or directing all functions of a public health program as a whole.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.