As an Infectious Disease Prevention Field Consultant, you’ll work within the Office of Infectious Disease (OID) in the Disease Control and Health Statistics (DCHS) Division. The mission of this division is to work within the governmental public health system and with other public health and health care partners to implement public health programs, take public health actions, develop public health policy and conduct assessment activities to improve the health of the people of Washington. Learn more about DCHS.

You’ll be assigned to a multi-county region and work with local governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to make high-quality HIV, STD and HCV prevention services available and accessible to residents of Washington State. These services include testing and screening, HIV/STD partner services per CDC and Washington state guidelines, PrEP, and linkage to and retention in medical care including treatment for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. You might also provide direct service to members of the public who are diagnosed with or exposed to disease. This role also helps local public health and community organization program staff plan, develop, and implement activities to detect, treat, and prevent infectious disease.

What will you be doing? Duties Include:

• Providing direct HIV/STD contact investigation and disease intervention services to persons diagnosed in assigned multi-county region.

• Providing subject matter expertise on HIV/STD symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, disease intervention services, and harm reduction services based on CDC and Washington state guidelines.

• Providing subject matter expertise on policy requirements to local partners, including diagnostic and treatment guidelines, other relevant CDC guidelines, RCW, WAC, and contract deliverables if local partner is a DOH contracted service provider.

• Providing backup HIV/STD contact investigation and disease intervention services to persons in other regions on a temporary as-needed basis either for work coverage or outbreak response purposes.

• Monitoring and providing quality assurance oversight of contact investigation and disease intervention services cases in assigned region, to include direct technical supervision of local workers providing STD/HIV partner services to the public.

• Providing direct linkage and navigation services as necessary to people at high risk for acquisition of HIV in order to link them to evaluation for and prescription of PrEP.

• Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of STD/HIV partner services.

• Monitoring and providing quality assurance oversight of partner services cases in assigned region.

• Strengthening systems that identify undiagnosed HIV, STD and HCV infection.

• Providing support to systems that link to and retain persons diagnosed with STD, HIV and HCV in appropriate medical care and treatment services.

• Provide direct consultation and training for local health jurisdictions (LHJs) and other partners in assigned region pertaining to HIV/STD testing, diagnosis, treatment, partner elicitation and notification, and harm reduction.

• Act as a point of contact and advocate for a culturally diverse populations, which can include underserved and marginalized people (clients, local health jurisdictions, community-based providers, state agencies, other stakeholders).  This position must be able to effectively present the interests of the Office and Infectious Disease and the Department of Health to various customer groups.

• Participate in emergency preparedness training exercises and, if necessary, deployments, as required by the agency.

What we’re looking for

Our ideal candidate is an innovative, and thoughtful professional who views the world and everyone in it through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Someone who has the personal courage, tenacity, and humility to hold themselves and all others responsible for embodying our purpose and values.

The successful candidate is a team player, defined as having a driving passion for the work, bringing humility to their job and interactions with people, and understanding how their words and actions impact others.

Required Qualifications

• Option 1: A Bachelor’s degree or higher; AND three (3) or more years of experience providing and/or administering public health programs and/or services, at the state or local level.

OR

• Option 2: Six (6) or more years of experience providing and/or administering public health programs and/or services, at the state or local level.

AND

• Demonstrated experience in the following:

o Effectively providing contact investigations and disease intervention services via telephone and/or in the field to people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, per the CDC guidelines.

o Providing HIV/STD subject matter expertise to members of the public, medical providers, and/or public or community health program staff members.

o Effectively designing, developing and implementing program coordination, capacity building and quality assurance plans.

o Effectively communicating, orally and in-writing, with members of marginalized or disparately affected communities.

o Effectively using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Desired Qualifications 

• Demonstrated experience in the following:

o Completed CDC approved training on HIV testing and HIV/STD partner services.
o Working with and/or knowledge of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the Department of Health and Human Services Viral Hepatitis Action Plan.
o Working with and/or knowledge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
o Analyzing public health policy, relevant to infectious disease programming, to provide feedback on bill analysis and fiscal notes.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is an equal opportunity employer.  DOH strives to create a working environment that is inclusive and respectful.  It is our policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of our workforce.

Application Process
Intrigued? We’d love to hear from you.  Click “Apply” to submit your detailed application profile along with the following:

1. A letter of interest, describing how you meet the specific required qualifications for this position.
2. A current resume.
3. Three (3) or more professional references, to be included in your profile. Please include at least one supervisor, peer, and (if you have supervised staff) a subordinate.

Important Note: Do not attach documents that contain private information (social security number, date of birth, transcripts, etc.) or documents that are password protected. These documents will not be reviewed and may cause errors within your application when downloaded. Veterans, please feel free to attach a copy of your redacted DD214.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is an equal opportunity employer.  DOH strives to create a working environment that is inclusive and respectful.  It is our policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of our workforce.

This is a position covered by a bargaining unit for which the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) is the exclusive representative.

Conditions of Employment/Working Conditions

With or without an accommodation, I am willing and able to:

• Legally operate a state or privately owned vehicle or provide alternative transportation.
• Occasionally travel throughout the state and nationwide which may include overnight stays, as required, while performing the duties of this positon.
• Requires contact with culturally diverse customers (clients, local health jurisdictions, community-based providers, state agencies, other stakeholders).
• Interact and work with customers (some of whom may be frustrated or distressed) in a positive, friendly, and supportive manner that meets the needs and standards of the office and the agency.
• Occasionally work in excess of 40 hours per week and/or to adjust normally scheduled hours, which may include evening and weekends.

If you have questions, need alternative formats or other assistance please contact Linda.Riggle@doh.wa.gov, (360) 236-4226, or TDD Relay at 1-800-833-6384 or 711 (Washington Relay). Technical support is provided by NEOGOV, 855-524-5627 (can’t log in, password or email issues, error messages).

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