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Job Description and Duties

This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by advancing health equity and strategic planning goals and objectives. The position promotes recognition and reduction of the burden of infection among California’s most vulnerable populations through changes in workplace culture and practice.

The Health Program Manager (HPM) I is responsible for the management and supervision of the Disease Outbreak Intervention and Field Investigation Unit. This unit provides technical assistance, including partner services (contact tracing), data-to-care initiatives, perinatal prevention, and cluster detection and response. The unit is also responsible for using surveillance data to identify HIV/STD prevention priority areas, generate tools and reports to guide HIV planning and intervention, and  conduct HIV/STD outbreak response and emergency preparedness, focusing on contact investigation, data collection, and field investigation. The HPM I works collaboratively with managers and staff from the Office of AIDS (OA), Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch (STDCB), HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Prevention Evaluation and Reporting (SPER) Branch, and the HIV Prevention Branch (HIVPB).

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About The California Department of Public Health

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in the Golden State and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families and communities. The Department's programs and services, implemented in collaboration with local health departments and state, federal and private partners, touch the lives of every Californian and visitor to the state 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Shared Vision

CDPH public health professionals, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, and other staff­ members have a shared vision to protect and improve the health of all Californians. We are dedicated to public service and passionate about our work and the people and communities we serve and protect.