Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator

Title : IN-IDOH-Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator District 10 (743821)

Location :  Remote w / travel w / in district 10 for meetings and assistance.

Interview : Web Cam

Candidate must reside within district 10. Please list the county the candidate lives in.

Candidates may be required to work an occasional weekend during an emergency response. Do you accept this requirement?

Field Coordinator is a remote work position but expected to travel across respective district / State of Indiana approximately 65%-75% of the time. Do you accept this requirement?

Will be required to travel once a month to each of District 10s Local Health Department and Healthcare Coalition meetings. District 10 consists of the following cities / counties : Knox, Davies, Martin, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Crawford, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer and Perry. May also be required to travel w / in District 10 for assistance as needed. Do you accept this requirement?

The Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator serves as primary point of contact for LHD(s) within their assigned District for issues relating to IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness, goals and objectives.

Public Health Preparedness District 10 Coordinator

The Public Health Preparedness District Coordinator serves as primary point of contact for Local Health Departments within their assigned District for issues relating to IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness, goals, and objectives. The Public Health District Coordinator serves at the direction of the Director of District and Local Readiness and respective IDOH DEP Regional Supervisor to their area.

District 10 consists of the following cities / counties : Knox, Davies, Martin, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Crawford, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer and Perry

The overarching responsibility of the Public Health Preparedness District Coordinator is to identify overall preparedness gaps and needs of local health departments within their District, communicate them to their respective Regional Supervisor and assist in directing the locals to information and other resources appropriate to address their needs. It is also the responsibility of the Public Health Preparedness District Coordinator to work closely with the Healthcare Coalition District (HCC) Coordinator to help facilitate coordination between local public health and healthcare partners on preparedness efforts that would require or benefit from collaboration between the two programs entities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Communicate regularly with the Regional Supervisor to share the needs, challenges, and accomplishments of the health departments within the assigned District and to receive instructions and guidance.
• Participate in IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness conference calls and staff meetings as scheduled by the respective program Director and Regional Supervisors.
• Attend scheduled District Coalition meetings along with the HCC Coordinator assigned to the district as well as any additional health department related meetings or events as assigned by Regional Supervisor.
• Identify and communicate any planning, training, and exercise support needs or activities to Regional Supervisor.
• Provide guidance and answer questions to IDOH preparedness efforts or direct them to where they may obtain the requested guidance when necessary.
• Assist in tracking grant deliverable progress and completion during preparedness activities, data collection efforts, and inventory tracking as directed.
• Complete any reporting and / or tracking forms and documents as identified and requested by Regional Supervisor and / or Director.
• Assist in coordinating Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Operational Readiness Review(s) (ORR) in CRI jurisdictions as needed.
• Submit summary reports of coalition or district meeting, individual meetings summarized on the bi-weekly (unless specified otherwise) reporting template.

Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator - Expectations