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Public Health Physician Consultant-Intermediate

Pay Rate: $110 / hour

"Working Title Public Health Physician Consultant

Job Location PEMA Headquarters 1310 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg PA 17110

Length of Position (dates) ASAP – 6/30/2021 – continuing annually based on available

funding

Working Hours/Hours per week 5 days a week – 40 hours a week

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION: Graduation with a degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathy from a

medical school approved or recognized by the Pennsylvania Medical Licensing Board

or the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Licensing Board and completion of an approved U.S.

residency training program; and two (2) years of professional medical experience,

including one (1) year in a public health setting.

or

Geriatricians or infectious disease physicians (or internal medicine physicians) with

public health, epidemiology, infectious diseases (e.g., fellows or members of SHEA or

IDSA), infection prevention (e.g., fellows of APIC or board certified in CBIC, sometimes

noted as certified in infection prevention and epidemiology) or community medicine

experience (e.g., board certified in preventive medicine). Would also consider

physicians with exceptional experience in healthcare quality improvement work (e.g.,

CPPS, CHSP, CPSO, six-sigma, black belt, green belt), organizational transformation or

risk management.

Would also consider exceptional nurse practioners with the experience noted above.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Possession of a license to practice medicine in

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued by the State Medicine Board or

Osteopathic Medicine Board; or eligibility for such licensure. Candidates must obtain

the required license prior to beginning employment.

POSITION COMPETIENCIES: Surveillance: Effectively conduct HAI surveillance;

distinguish between HAI surveillance and clinical definitions for infectious syndromes;

identify outcome data and exposure data; perform risk adjustment; use

benchmarking data to assess performance.

Data Management: Use all available resources to obtain information; perform quality

assurance

Infectious Diseases/Pathogen Transmission: Apply isolation precautions correctly for

specific infections or conditions based on mode of transmission; apply available

diagnostic tests to correctly identify infections; describe appropriate duration of

antimicrobial therapy for specific indications.

Infection Prevention and Control: Apply appropriate infection control practices;

conduct risk assessment and implement preventive measures for specific projects;

evaluate products objectively

Outbreak Investigation: Identify outbreaks; apply investigation steps; use methods to

select the appropriate study design; utilize molecular typing methods appropriately

and correctly interpret results

Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnostics: Obtain and interpret microbiologic

cultures; assist laboratories in implementing rapid diagnostic testing, molecular

testing, various testing methodologies and help them incorporate test results into

infection prevention interventions

Special Populations and Non-Acute Settings: Develop and implement infection

prevention approaches.

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Outline the relationship between antimicrobial use and

resistance; describe the roles of stakeholders

Quality Improvement Science: Ensure that infection prevention is included in

healthcare settings' strategic plans

Leadership Skills: lead meetings; include stakeholders in decision making processes

Program Implementation, Assessment and Advocacy: recruit leaders; develop reports

Outcomes Assessment, Evaluation and Research: Use basic statistics to evaluate data

for trend analysis; design research studies; document and evaluate interventions

Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: List reporting requirements; develop and

maintain relationships; assist in policy and response plan development; serve on HAI

or other committees

Effective Training/Teaching: Assess learners' need for information; use presentation

tools effectively; use appropriate teaching methods in multiple modalities.

Statement of Work

Provide expert consultation to medical providers in the Commonwealth in the design,

implementation, and utilization of surveillance systems for the healthcare setting and

in the investigation of patterns of infection in such settings.

Facilitate epidemiologic activities and provide technical expertise to a statewide

network of more than 200 hospitals, more than 700 nursing homes, and other types

of healthcare settings, in the identification, investigation, and control of HAIs and AR

threats.

Facilitate epidemiologic activities and provide vision and leadership to the HAIAR

program at the agency.

Create and develop effective solutions necessary to quickly limit adverse health

outcomes and economic hardships that result when an HAI, infection control breach,

or an infection caused by a multi-drug resistance organism (MDRO) is identified in a

healthcare or community setting.

Provide technical expertise relating to data collected through the National Healthcare

Safety Network (NHSN) system, including content, input, and the resulting analysis.

Analyze and interpret collected data for application to investigation by noting

clinically significant aberrations in the collected data or risk of infection posed by an

infection control breach, thereby initiating actions such as site visits or disease

investigations.

Examine data to identify disease trends, develop analytic reports, identify causes and

note clinical significance. Make recommendations for the implementation of

appropriate disease and/or infection control and prevention measures related to

HAIs and MDROs based on these data.

Assist in the implementation of Pennsylvania's Disease Reporting Act and Act 52 by

participating in activities related to disease surveillance, microbiological screening,

benchmarking, investigation, and infection control and prevention practices in

health-care settings. Interact with NHSN users and users of other reporting systems

in healthcare facilities throughout the Commonwealth to provide expert

consultations in the design, implementation, and utilization of surveillance systems

for the healthcare setting and in the investigation of patterns of infection in such

settings.

Review, develop and recommend revisions to communicable disease policy and

procedures, as necessary, and collaborate in the maintenance of a statewide system

of infectious disease surveillance and reporting.

Provide recommendations concerning the completeness, science and quality of

surveillance and investigations, and provides expertise and training support. Review,

evaluate and make recommendations concerning the epidemiology and other

training needs of subordinates and field personnel. Provide a communicable disease

epidemiology and public health consultative service using published national

standards of excellence and practice to Department programs, Districts,

County/Municipal Health Departments, and other state agencies, as well as to

representatives of federal agencies, the medical community, the public, private

facilities, and others, in order to provide appropriate advice for the investigation,

control and prevention of HAI/MDRO outbreaks and infection control breaches.

Collaborate in the development of statewide plans, policies and procedures related

to healthcare epidemiology and communicable disease prevention and control.

Participate on committees and workgroups. Collaborate with private-sector, local,

commonwealth, and federal partners in healthcare associated disease surveillance

systems and investigations.

Prepare articles and summaries for statewide reports, Client publications, and peer-

reviewed journals. Deliver public health educational presentations to selected

audiences.

Participate in the preparation of grant applications, progress reports, scientific

articles, and presentations and other deliverables reflecting the status of HAIAR

epidemiological programs in the Commonwealth.

Participate in the HAIAR program annual application of grants funds from CDC's

Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant. Participate in grant application

development and grant progress deliverables. Assist in identifying and applying for

new funding opportunities to support HAIAR activities.

Apply knowledge and confidentiality requirements for protected health information

in the gathering, analysis, storage, retrieval and reporting of data for assigned public

health programs. "

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