Overview
Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is seeking to fill one Career Service Public Health Veterinarian (PHV) position as a Zoonotic Disease Team Manager in the Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section (CD-Imms).
The PHV Zoonotic Disease Team Manager will provide clinical and technical expertise, leadership, and strategic direction for: veterinary public health; communicable disease epidemiology related to zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases; and environmental health issues related to conditions that impact animals and people. The PHV will lead the zoonoses program and oversee team activities related to pandemic preparedness, prevention, surveillance, investigation, and control strategies applying a One Health approach. The PHV will model a culture of a healthy organization by supporting employee engagement and professional growth opportunities, anti-racist and trauma informed policies and practices, and practices that strengthen cross-collaboration.
This position reports to the Investigations Branch Manager and will work closely with Environmental Health (EH) staff and members of CD-Imms, including managers, program leads, veterinarians, public health nurses, disease investigators, and epidemiologists.
Reasonable and necessary moving expenses up to a maximum of $15,000 may be available if the successful candidate is relocating from outside of Washington.
Job Duties
Job Function #1: Provide clinical, technical, and strategic direction and oversight for zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, and environmental exposures to address pandemic preparedness, prevention, surveillance, investigation, and control activities in collaboration with team, Section leadership, and EH colleagues.
Example duties include:
- Develop, lead, and manage prevention, investigation, control, and communication strategies and activities that impact both humans and animals.
- Collaborate with Environmental Health partners to lead the investigation of outbreaks and biosecurity issues within animal shelters or pet businesses and rodent infestations. Perform field inspections when needed.
- Inform or lead One Health activities that enhance multidisciplinary collaborations to improve health outcomes for people, animals, and the environment.
Job Function #2: Develop and maintain strategic partnerships and community engagement to strengthen zoonotic disease systems and address health disparities in King County.
Example duties include:
- Collaborate with partners and the community to advance equity by developing systems, policies, and practices that prioritize communities, identify health disparities and address them.
- Coordinate with key agency and academic partners to monitor zoonotic disease incidence and trends and other issues of public health importance.
- Represent Public Health through a variety of formats and serve as spokesperson with media and other stakeholders on veterinary public health issues.
Job Function #3: Lead continuous quality improvement, program development, and grants to support program sustainability.
Example duties include:
- Serve as the technical expert or principal investigator for grant applications related to zoonotic diseases and One Health issues.
- Participate in the WA State One Health Collaborative and the Community of Practice.
- Support evaluation of key metrics and business processes, provide feedback, and implement changes as indicated.
Job Function #4: Provide supervisory, mentorship, and cross-coverage support.
Example duties include:
- Supervise assigned staff, including hiring, onboarding, training, mentoring, and evaluating staff with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and levels of experience.
- Once trained, provide back-up coverage to other team managers, veterinarians, and leads as needed across notifiable conditions managed by CD-Imms.
- Participate in afterhours (evening, night, weekend, and holiday) on-call work rotations, including shared back-up monitoring/response of all high priority afterhours work with other team managers and urgent public health veterinary issues.
Minimum Qualifications:
Doctorate in veterinary medicine from an accredited university
A valid Washington State license to practice veterinary medicine or the ability to obtain licensure within 1 year of employment start date. The license must be current and unrestricted; a conditional, provisional, probationary or restricted license will not be accepted.
At least 2 years of progressively responsible supervisory, management, mentorship, and leadership experience.
At least 2 years of experience with strategic planning, program/project development, implementation, management, and evaluation.
Demonstrated leadership skills in directing the complex, unpredictable, and fast-paced work of a large, multidisciplinary staff and building effective teams while ensuring staff well-being.
Specialized training or experience with infectious disease epidemiology and clinical characteristics, surveillance systems, disease investigation, prevention and control measures, and environmental health practices with specific expertise in zoonoses and/or emerging infectious diseases.
Experience in reviewing and interpreting disease control regulations and codes and adapting guidance to various settings.
Experience analyzing and interpreting data to guide development of policies, public health decision-making, and continuous quality improvement.
Professional or personal experience with diverse populations (race, ethnicity, gender, ability, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status).
Commitment to racial equity, social justice, and inclusion.
Fluency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint).
Desired Qualifications:
At least 5 years of progressively responsible supervisory, management, mentorship, and leadership experience.
At least 5 years of experience with strategic planning, program/project development, implementation, management, and evaluation.
Demonstrated skill in grant writing and managing grants and contracts.
Successful completion of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellowship or equivalent epidemiology training (e.g., CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship).
Master of public health or equivalent experience.
Skill in emergency/pandemic preparedness planning and response.
Clinical veterinary experience.
Experience working in a public health agency.
Demonstrated ability to incorporate principles of equity and social justice into strategic planning, program development, implementation, and evaluation.
Bilingual
About Public Health-Seattle & King County
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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:
King County Executive Branch employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are the successful candidate for the position you applied for, the County will send you a conditional offer letter.
As a condition of employment, prior to a final offer of employment, you will be required to:
submit proof of vaccination, or
have an approved request for medical or religious exemption and an approved accommodation. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.
People are considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after receiving the final dose of a vaccination approved by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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