NHSN Unit Manager HP V HAIAR Program, Communicable Disease Branch

The Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response (DCPHR) is the departments lead surveillance planning and response arm for public events including communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics pandemics bioterrorism and other public health and mass casualty events and disasters. The division includes the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response; State Public Health Laboratory; Health Equity Branch Communicable Disease Branch; Immunization Branch; Public Health Informatics Reporting Technology Branch; Refugee Branch; and Operations Branch. The Division exists to ensure that the Department has the ability to effectively prepare for monitor detect diagnose investigate and nimbly respond to all types of conditions events and disasters that impact the publics health.

The Unit:To monitor investigate and control epidemic and communicable diseases affecting public health in Colorado as required under Colorado statute including enteric diseases invasive bacterial diseases respiratory diseases vaccine-preventable diseases zoonotic diseases foodborne and waterborne diseases tuberculosis and healthcare-associated infections.

The Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Program has a mission to prevent health care-associated infections and control the spread of emerging antimicrobial-resistance threats in all health care settings in Colorado through surveillance containment and response infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship.

• Plan prioritize and assign workload and analyze and monitor workflow and progress to ensure the quality and quantity of work meets standards deadlines for deliverables and program goals and objectives.
• Establish work schedules review and approve work time and absences using the automated system.
• Identify training and developmental needs and provide training to develop skills.
• Provide feedback and coaching; write review and sign performance plans; evaluate and sign performance evaluations.
• Resolve employee performance problems and issues disputes and informal (Step 1) grievances; issue corrective actions and initiate discipline as needed.
• Write and review position descriptions recommend promotions or demotions changes in pay and sign personnel action forms.
• Initiate the hiring process provide subject matter expertise to OHR during the comparative analysis process interview applicants and hire employees after consultation with the second-level appointing authority.
• Organize and maintain NHSN user rights for Communicable Disease Branch staff.
• Update and post HAI reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Oversee assessment of which health care facilities are required to report to NHSN.
• Assist health care facilities to meet NHSN reporting requirements as part of licensure.
• Assist health care facilities to enroll in NHSN and confer rights to view reportable conditions to CDPHE.
• Ensure that data use agreements with NHSN are updated.
• Communicate with CDC for NHSN technical support.
• Communicate through NHSN about Colorado reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Offer technical assistance opportunities to health care facilities for NHSN reporting and use.
• Complete relevant activities milestones and performance measures required by cooperative agreements.
• Provide expertise and mentorship for data management and analysis to unit staff.
• Standardize the quality and format of public web postings of HAI/AR surveillance data.
• Mentor unit staff on epidemiology concepts related to causality association bias confounding mediation statistical testing and interpretation of findings.
• Coordinate and respond to data requests from the HAI/AR Program other Communicable Disease Programs and external partners.
• Coordinate the analysis of NHSN data.
• Provide analytic support to the HAI/AR Program for analysis of data from other surveillance platforms.
• Monitor and support quality assurance for NHSN reporting.
• Oversee validation of NHSN reporting.
• Guide the HAI Surveillance Data Analyst on data management analysis and presentation for the HAI Annual Report.
• Oversee drafting of the written HAI Annual Report.
• Oversee and facilitate HAI Advisory Committee meetings including schedules agendas materials minutes recordings conference rooms and conference calls.
• Oversee HAI Advisory Committee membership and recruitment.
• Revise and update bylaws and responds to inquiries about and reports out HAI Advisory Committee activities as needed.
• Maintain HAI Advisory Committee meeting materials according to retention schedule.

An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.

Experience Only:

Eight (8)years of health professional experience in a program affecting public health or applied epidemiology involving public health surveillance data management and data presentation.

A combination of related education in public health public health administration or health administrationor closely-related and/or health professional experience in the oversight of a program affecting public health or applied epidemiology infection control practice and disease measures communicable disease or closely related fieldequal to Eight (8) years.

• A pre-employment background check
• Travel for meetings conference disease response or medical record reviews and some out of state and overnight stays.
• Be expected to work and/or remain at their worksite in delayed start early release or closure situations.
• Be available in the event of an emergency (e.g. bio-terrorist attack chemical attack disease outbreak or all hazards) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time travel restrictions may be in place.
• Be available in the event of the activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time travel restrictions may be in place.

• Experience managing a public health program.
• Experience managing or working with data analysts.
• Training in epidemiology or data analysis.
• Training or experience with communicable diseases.
• Experience with healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance.
• Experience with public health surveillance database management.
• Experience with data analysis and display.
• Experience writing public health reports.
• Experience facilitating committee meetings.

As an applicant directly affected by the results of the selection or comparative analysis process you may file a written appeal with the State Personnel Director.

Review of the completed signed and submitted appeal will be timely on the basis of written material submitted by you using the official appeal form signed by you or your representative. This form must be completed and delivered to the State Personnel Board by email atwithin ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the Departments action.

For further information on the Board Rules you can refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1 State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Directors Administrative Procedures Chapter 8 Resolution of Appeals and Disputes at Information

A complete application packet must include:

1. A complete application that documents your work history giving details of your qualifications including how your experience aligns with the minimum and preferred qualifications when listing your work history.
2. A copy of your transcripts if you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications. (unofficial copy acceptable)
3. If you are a veteran attach a copy of your DD214 to your application

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ADAAA Accommodations:
The State of Colorado believes that equity diversity and inclusion drive our success and we encourage candidates from all identities backgrounds and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore in all aspects of the employment process we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy medical condition related to pregnancy creed ancestry national origin marital status genetic information or military status (with preference given to military veterans) or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment including completing the application process interviewing completing any pre-employment testing participating in the employee selection process and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position please direct your inquiries to ourADAAA Coordinator Dan McKenna at or call option 5.