PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONAL ASSESSMENT & PLANNING COORDINATOR - 03162023-44037
Full Time
Johnson City, TN
Posted
Job description
Job Information
State of Tennessee Job Information
Opening Date/Time
Thur 03/16/2023 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time
Wed 03/22/2023 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly)
$4,975.00
Salary (Annually)
$59,700.00
Job Type
Full-Time
City, State Location
Johnson City, TN
Department
Health
LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, LOCAL HEALTH DIVISION, WASHINGTON COUNTY
This position requires a background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in public health.
OR
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in health care administration, business administration, public administration, community health, or heath or medical statistics, and two years of professional work experience in the field of public health.
Other Requirements
Necessary Special Qualifications: None.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
Job Overview
Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for public health program analysis and coordination of considerable difficulty and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: An employee in this class will work in the regional or central offices in the Department of Health and develop a working knowledge of all public health programs through the analysis of program requirements and protocols, related productivity data and direct observation and experience. The employee will combine academic knowledge of population based public health with hands on public health experience to appropriately assess the strengths and weaknesses of various programs and activities and ascertain their potential impact on population health. The employee will also be expected to complete additional training in performance management concepts in order to advise management in regards to program analysis and overall program effectiveness as well as training to develop and enhance leadership skills.
Work Activities
Developing Objectives and Strategies:
- Performs research for grant opportunities and writes grants as directed for our organization or partnering agencies.
- Becomes a certified Baldrige examiner and facilitates the Baldrige application process, performance management and Lean thinking events to address weaknesses both locally and regionally.
- Works with the management team to establish goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound for each county.
- Oversees the annual health department assessment process by making suggestions for improvement and tracking the progress of the counties' strategic plans quarterly.
- Coordinates the staff and patient satisfaction survey processes. Distributes surveys, analyzes the results, presents results to staff and assists management in developing action plans to address areas in need and mitigating potential barriers to success. Assists local and regional management in tracking the progress of these action plans and in identifying by collaborating with appropriate staff and partners.
Training and Teaching Others:
- Identifies the educational needs of staff, develops formal educational or training programs or classes and trains or instructs others.
- Conducts agency-specific and specialized training for agency employees to comply with departmental, state and federal laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, processes and procedures, facilitating change and improvement initiatives.
- Completes additional training in performance management concepts in order to advise management in regards to program analysis and overall program effectiveness as well as training to develop and enhance leadership.
- Coordinates and presents the introduction to public health portion of new employee orientation.
- Trains members of the health council and teaches council members how to diagnose community problems, including strategic planning processes and assessment.
- Investigates no-show rates within the department and outside the organization to determine more efficient ways to decrease the probability of no-shows.
- Develops, designs and creates innovative strategies, applications, ideas and relationships or products that better serve our populations.
- Examines all aspects of local health department operations and using Lean, 5-S and other management tools to streamline procedures and protocols.
- Acts as a Special Project Coordinator for all manner of public health programs and initiatives in the public health region.
- Examines a variety of data, including financial, demographic, and productivity, to maximize efficiency.
- Analyzes patient and provider data for the purpose of assuring both appropriate quantitative and qualitative public health service.
- Analyzes county health data including measures which contribute to county health rankings and looks for viable opportunities for improvement and presents those to local health councils.
- Uses computer systems to enter data, utilize email and office productivity tools.
- Uses Survey Gizmo in the creation and administration of surveys and the data manipulation of the results.
- Utilizes spreadsheets, charts and graphs to create new and better ways of examining all productivity measures currently used in the region.
- Develops additional ways to examine data sets to allow various comparisons to be made and tracked over time.
- Compiles, codes, categorizes, calculates, tabulates or verifies information or data from local health department productivity measures.
- Interprets Relative Value Units, Encounters, WIC participation, EPSDT’s, Family Planning participation and other reports.
- Trains in Quality Improvement standards, even assisting the QI Director on occasional audits, and develops new and innovative means of measuring progress and achieving higher standards.
- Works with QI Director to ensure compliance with new standards once released by developing both training and other interpretive materials for use in local clinics.
- Assesses facility needs based on regulations for providing a hygienic, safe work environment; (e.g., TOSHA, OSHA, Division of Radiological Health) and assists County Health Department Directors in assuring compliance.
- Communicates and interprets policy and procedures to staff and stakeholders.
- Creates easy to follow explanations of all productivity measures used on a regular basis.
- Performs an overall assessment of a public health region by studying all regional reports, county assessments, community assessments, QI Audits and other resources to determine strengths and weaknesses of regional operations as a whole and determining the impact on population health.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of various programs and activities and ascertain their potential impact on population health.
- Contributes meaningfully to regional management meetings bringing the ability to analyze data together with knowledge of public health functions and programs.
- Combines academic knowledge of population based public health with hands on public health experience to appropriately assess the strengths and weaknesses of various programs and activities and make suggested changes that positively impact both.
Competencies (KSA'S)
Competencies:
- Ethics and Values
- Career Ambition
- Process Management
- Decision Quality
- Problem Solving
- Technical Learning
- Presentation Skills
- Planning
- Organizing
Knowledge:
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Education and Training
- Economics and Accounting
- Time Management
- Complex Problem Solving
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Speaking
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Oral Comprehension
- Originality
- Problem Sensitivity
- Written Comprehension
- Inductive Reasoning
- Oral Expression
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Selective Reasoning
Tools and Equipment Used
- Personal Computer
- Telephone
- Fax Machine
- Printer
- IPhone
- IPad
- Scanner
- Calculator
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