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DISEASE INTERVENTION SPECIALIST TEAM LEAD – BEMIDJI, MN. The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a full time Disease Intervention Specialist Team Lead to support the CDC. Serve as a Team Lead for the Tribal Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), manages area wide efforts to prevent and control reported communicable diseases. Provides expert consultation on diagnosis, treatment, and contact tracing; oversees disease surveillance, and analyzes and reports on disease and program activity; coordinate and directs a team of five Disease Intervention Specialists; and oversees applications for and reporting data. Attendance as scheduled is an essential function of this position. Regular travel is required to meet the needs of the position.
Required qualifications
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Public Health, health administration, nursing, epidemiology, health sciences, education, health educations, community health, emergency medical services, psychology, the social sciences, the biological sciences and social work or a closely related field AND EITHER One year conducting the full range of communicable disease investigative and intervention activities and supervision of staff. This experience may be met by service as a Disease Intervention Specialist or its equivalent elsewhere OR Two years of experience administering or providing specialized health care or public health services or programs with an emphasis on communicable disease prevention, control, education, and/or counseling. The required professional experience includes but is not exclusively limited to such work as a Registered Nurse, Public Health Nurse, Health Practitioner, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Physician's Assistant, Health Program Associate, Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician, or the equivalent.
Substitution: A master's degree from an accredited college in one of the required fields will substitute for up to two years of the required work experience. Four years of any combination of post-secondary education (3 semester/4 quarter credits = 1 month) in public health, health administration, nursing, epidemiology, health sciences, education, health education, community health, emergency medical services, psychology, the social sciences, the biological sciences, social work, or a closely related field, and experience administering or providing specialized health care or public health services or programs directly related to communicable disease prevention, control, and/or education may be substituted for the required degree. The social sciences include anthropology, economics, sociology, history, political science, geography, psychology, and demography. The biological sciences include botany, biology, entomology, ecology, forestry, and zoology. Preferred: Experience working with Native American Tribal Governments, Tribal organization and/or not-for-profit agency in epidemiology. Ability to work independently and as a program team lead.
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