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Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention and Immunizations Medical Director – Public Health Physician 2
| Company | Oregon State Government |
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| Location | Portland, OR, USA |
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| Salary | $10827 – $15964 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | MD |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Must meet or be eligible to meet the State of Oregon licensing requirements for a medical doctor (MD) at the time of hire and obtain State of Oregon licensure within six-months of hire.
- Must maintain an active Oregon Medical License for the duration of employment.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall clinical guidance for surveillance, investigation, response, and prevention of acute and communicable disease threats throughout the state of Oregon.
- Identify necessary studies for prevention efforts and oversee outbreak investigations.
- Direct Oregon’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP).
- Utilize collected information and medical literature to formulate policies, design essential programs, and advocate for initiatives through legislative channels and grant proposals.
- Review and approve investigative guidelines, public health recommendations, public data summaries, abstracts, manuscripts, press releases, and other documents for effective public health surveillance, prevention, and response of acute and communicable diseases.
- Provide clinical guidance to section management and collaborate with epidemiologists and technical staff to foster a team-oriented approach.
- Work with Oregon Health Authority (OHA) leadership to ensure compliance with communicable disease control mandates.
- Represent ACDP to physicians and other healthcare providers, local and federal public health officials, the news media, and policymakers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Clinical leadership experience with communicable diseases, ideally in public health settings and including experience with the presentation, diagnosis, management, and control of communicable diseases.
- Experience as principal investigator for large federal grants, employing knowledge of communicable disease research and epidemiology and overseeing sensitive data systems, including rigorous adherence to the highest standards of confidentiality with patient information.
- Demonstrated experience building and stewarding trusted relationships with diverse community groups, including communities of color, immigrant groups, Tribal governments, the disability community, and other traditionally marginalized communities.
- Experience developing and implementing strategic public health data-collection systems, epidemiologic analyses, evidence-based programs, and policies through collaboration with clinicians, local, state, and federal officials, and national partners.
- Experience with urgent response, including serving in clinical leadership roles for incident command structures.
- Experience serving as a public spokesperson, including frequent media engagement, including delivering culturally responsive and inclusive messaging.
- Experience with government statutes and rules, including their adherence and modification to meet public health needs along with analyses of relevant bills during legislative session.
