Position Title: Health Program Specialist I
Location: This position requires residency in Las Vegas, Reno, or Carson City. This position will be transitioned to remote attendance after the first few weeks of employment.
Position End Date: 7/31/2026
Salary: $58,349.46 plus benefits
Overview:
The
CDC Foundation is seeking a Health Program Specialist I who will possess a background in epidemiology, understand disease prevention and control and utilize these skills to educate facilities to stop disease transmission within state licensed healthcare facilities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in health science, behavioral science or closely related field application to the program area
- Three years of health-related experience which included at least two of the following areas:
o Researching, collecting and analyzing data and statistics, developing objectives, protocols and procedures
o Providing health education services to target groups of the general public
o Evaluating program effectiveness and accomplishment of desired outcomes to meet agency, federal or other standards and guidelines
o Providing prevention, identification or treatment services to individuals or populations who have been diagnosed or are at risk of contracting life and health threatening diseases and/or conditions
- OR one year of experience as a Health Program Specialist I in Nevada State service
- OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a full-time work schedule, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday or alternate work schedule as long as the Division needs are met.
- Facility coverage is required every day of the week. As such, some HPS’s will be required to work on an occasional weekend day and flex a weekday off. Alternatively, if you would prefer a regular schedule that includes Saturday and/or Sunday, you can choose that and have two alternate weekdays off. CDC Foundation does not allow overtime, so coverage will be determined based on 40-hour work weeks.
- Participates in the development and implementation of new programs, or program changes as necessary, to meet goals and objectives of the Division and the Program.
- Prepares formal reports detailing the results of assessments in accordance with prescribed principles of documentation.
- Development and conducting trainings for healthcare associated infection prevention including COVID-19 prevention.
- Check and validate National Healthcare Safety Network data regarding COVID-19 and HAIs
- Work with local health authorities (LHA’s) and utilize State antibiograms to educate healthcare professionals on Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Nevada and how to combat resistances and decrease rates.
- Perform gap assessments for various state licensed healthcare facility types utilizing the Tele-Infection Control Assessment and Response (Tele-ICAR) tool.
- Participate in the outbreak team through management of outbreaks in healthcare facilities.
- Identifies recommendations specific to facility infection prevention and control programs based upon CDC guidelines and recommendations.
Special Notes:
This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the
CDC Foundation and Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, in order to best support the State of Nevada in their public health programming.
This position is currently a hybrid position requiring both in-person and remote attendance.
CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.
The
CDC Foundation requires all employees to be fully vaccinated* for COVID-19 as a condition of employment effective November 22, 2021. All offers of employment after that date are contingent upon proof of full-vaccination status as a part of the pre-employment process.
- Fully vaccinated is defined as follows: At least two weeks have passed since receipt of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, or the second dose of the either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccines.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.
Relocation expenses are not included.
The
CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The
CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the
CDC Foundation has raised over $1.2 billion and launched more than 1,200 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The
CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year.
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