Program Monitor--DHH (Wastewater Surveillance Epidemiologist)

The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.

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This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases / Orleans Parish  

Announcement Number: OPH/SP/205243

Cost Center:  3262107644

Position Number:  50634526

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job appointment, Probationary appointment or Promotional appointment.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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For further information about this vacancy contact: Shambrielle Pooler Shambrielle.Pooler@la.gov LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES BATON ROUGE, LA 70821   This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.     

Function of Work:
To perform research, analysis and policy management activities related to statewide health or social service program(s).

Level of Work:
Advanced.

Supervision Received:
Broad from a Program Monitor Supervisor--DHH or higher level.

Supervision Exercised:
None.

Location of Work:
Department of Health and Hospitals; Human Service Districts as established; and other social service entities as established by an approved DSCS Allocation Criteria Memorandum.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Program Monitor Supervisor--DHH by the absence of supervisory responsibility.

Differs from Program Manager 1-A--DHH and Program Manager 1-B--DHH by the absence of responsibility for administering small or less complex statewide program(s).

The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section is responsible for reducing the occurrence of infectious diseases. The Section conducts surveillance activities to detect cases and identify trends and to institute appropriate intervention and follow-up control measures. This Program Monitor position will be under the supervision of a Public Health Epidemiologist Manager.

The Waste Water Surveillance Program Monitor will coordinate the statewide waste water surveillance program, including the following:

25%        Work with the contracted testing partner to identify municipalities across the state for participation, and develop a systematic and streamlined system for data management including data collection, management, and analysis needs.

20%        Generate site specific wastewater situation reports will be produced on a monthly basis and distributed to all sites where wastewater testing is being conducted. These reports will include site specific as well as state level information and will  be disseminated to participating sites every month.

15%        Establish a statewide waste water testing consortium for internal and external  wastewater testing stakeholders, with a goal of encouraging data sharing so that wastewater surveillance data from all entities conducting wastewater surveillance in LA can be reported to NWSS. Convene monthly Louisiana Wastewater Consortium meetings to be held by Zoom

10%        Serve as liaison with CDC and participate in all monthly NWSS community of practice calls, providing state wastewater surveillance situation updates upon request.

10%        Serve as the point of contact for consultation with other health jurisdictions in order to share best practices and exchange ideas for program implementation and improvement.

10%        Review data analysis provided by vendor to identify any need for public health action. Generate weekly wastewater situation reports. Conduct direct outreach to State Epidemiologist and Regional Medical Director upon identification of testing data that warrants public health action

5%          Compile statewide de-identified sewershed-level case data and enter it into the NWSS DCIPHER portal on a weekly basis. Submit case-level sewershed data upon request

5%          Assists in performance metric monitoring and reporting for federal cooperative agreement