The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is currently hiring for a Public Health Medical Officer III (Epidemiology) within our Center for Infectious Diseases (CID). In this role, you will serve as a Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Strategy Lead and apply medical and scientific subject matter expertise, as well as knowledge and experience with building collaborations with critical California stakeholder groups to drive strategic planning and preparedness for MCM activities with a prioritization on health equity.
CID protects the people in California from the threat of preventable infectious diseases and assists those living with an infectious disease in securing prompt and appropriate access to healthcare, medications, and associated support services.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the planning, preparedness, strategy, design, evaluation, quality improvement, and implementation of MCM programs and efforts
- Work with vendors and CDPH teams including, but not limited to, CID programs, the Center for Preparedness and Response, and the Center for Laboratory Sciences to ensure readiness to implement infectious disease prevention and control strategies leveraging MCM
- Provide programmatic consultation on developing and managing MCM-related vendor contracts, and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure successful planning and preparedness for public/private partnerships addressing MCM
- Develop innovative strategies for MCM to reach impacted populations for ID testing and disease transmission interruption using current medical evidence and prioritizing health equity
- Work with stakeholders including, but not limited to, healthcare and first responders, community organizations, behavioral and social services (e.g., harm reduction, correctional facilities, agriculture and food processing, migrants and tribal nations, schools, institutions of higher education, daycares and preschools, etc.) to plan, prepare, and implement MCM solutions, prioritizing health equity
- Build on plans for collecting and reporting timely, complete, representative, and relevant data on MCM use, stratifying by health equity markers when possible
- Maintain medical knowledge around current medical countermeasure strategies for the relevant pathogens and respond to stakeholder questions around strategies for MCM
- Help to develop and review MCM-related communications for accuracy and provide support for complex consultations
Desirable Qualifications:
- ID medical/clinical subject matter expertise and proficiency
- Experience applying medical and scientific expertise to ensure high-quality, accurate, and effective public health strategies and operations
- Experience informing policy and operations decisions related to medical countermeasures use for ID threats or emergencies
- Ability to apply medical, scientific, and operations expertise to inform ID emergency planning, preparedness, and response activities
- Experience informing the development and management of contracts’ and services’ scopes of work based on programmatic needs and strategies
- Ability to apply professional decorum and sound judgement in communications with media, legislators, and stakeholders
- Experience organizing and directing staffing teams in a coordinated response to a public health emergency
- Experience with building collaborations across programs to ensure alignment in strategies, smooth coordination, and clear communication exchange
Possession of the legal requirements for the practice of medicine in California as determined by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance or the California Board of Osteopathic Examiners, (applicants who are in the process of securing approval of their qualifications by the Board of Medical Quality Assurance or the Board of Osteopathic Examiners will be admitted to the examination, but the Board to which application is made must determine that all legal requirements have been met before candidates will be eligible for appointment) possession of a valid certificate issued by an American Medical Specialty Board or an American Osteopathic Specialty Board as a specialist in one of the fields of medicine, or eligibility for examination for one of these certificates as evidenced by a written statement from the Secretary of the Board (applicants who can establish specialty board eligibility within six months of the final filing date announced for the civil service examination for this class will be admitted to competition but their names will not be certified from the employment list unless the required verification is submitted within this time limit), AND one (1) year of experience in medical epidemiology.
New to State Service? The following steps will navigate you through the application process:
- Create a CalCareer account by going to https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Login.aspx.
- Confirm that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position you are wanting to apply for. A link to view minimum qualifications is listed on each job posting.
- After confirming that you meet the minimum qualifications, take, and pass the corresponding examination. Most exams are available online and can be found on CalCareers under the Exam/Assessment Search tab. Please note, while candidates are welcome to apply to positions without taking the examination, candidates must pass the examination prior to appointment. Please review the minimum qualifications thoroughly, prior to beginning the examination.
- Apply! Follow all directions and be sure to submit all requested documentation.
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Organization Details
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in the Golden State and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families and communities. The Department's programs and services, implemented in collaboration with local health departments and state, federal and private partners, touch the lives of every Californian and visitor to the state 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Shared Vision
CDPH public health professionals, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, and other staff members have a shared vision to protect and improve the health of all Californians. We are dedicated to public service and passionate about our work and the people and communities we serve and protect.
Essential Functions
The essential functions of the Department are critical to the health and wellbeing of people and communities. CDPH's fundamental responsibilities are comprehensive in scope and include infectious disease control and prevention, food safety, environmental health, laboratory services, patient safety, emergency preparedness, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, family health, health equity and vital records and statistics.
CDPH's key activities and services include protecting people in California from the threat of preventable infectious diseases like Zika virus, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis, and providing reliable and accurate public health laboratory services and information about health threats.
Other critical services include providing nutritional support to low-income women, infants and children, and screening newborns and pregnant women for genetic diseases. CDPH also works to ensure the safety of food and bottled water, helps reduce smoking and its impacts and works to prevent chronic diseases and conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma and obesity.
The Department also protects patient safety in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, maintains birth and death certificates and prepares for, and responds to public health emergencies.
CDPH works continuously to reduce health and mental health disparities among vulnerable and underserved communities to achieve health equity throughout California.