Public Health Advisor Job Description
Public health advisor
provides expert scientific regulatory guidance and consultation regarding drugs, biologics and/or devices with a special emphasis on bioterrorism-related and other public health emergency preparedness and response based on experiences and knowledge as well as through independent research and team activities.
Public Health Advisor Duties & Responsibilities
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Interprets the MA General Laws and Regulations regarding STD and HIV and advises health professionals and the public appropriately
Provide cross-cutting scientific regulatory expertise and consultation regarding medical products (e.g., drugs, biologics and devices) subject to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations for the Agency
Establish of linkages with the various state and professional agencies and groups involved with DSTDP
Advise clinicians regarding state and CDC recommended testing algorithms and treatment regimens for STDs, including HIV
Manage a case load of individuals prioritized for clinician follow-up, including pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis and infants born with congenital syphilis
Collaborate with multiple partners such as healthcare providers, community health centers, MDPH funded STD and HIV screening and treatment sites and other MDPH partners to ensure appropriate prevention and control measures
Explains STD prevention, control and epidemiology to audiences with differing levels of disease comprehension
Provides technical assistance to STD and HIV testing sites
Assists healthcare providers, infection control practitioners and others to prepare reports of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Attends advisory groups/working groups as needed, including facilitation of such groups
Public Health Advisor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Public Health Advisor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the public health advisor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Doctoral and Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Education, Graduate Education, Health, Science, Graduate, Technical, Management, Physical Science, Environmental Science
Skills for Public Health Advisor
Desired skills for public health advisor include:
Operational processes and procedures used by CDC Programs
Procedures
Regulations
USAID business practices and operating rules
Biologics and devices with respect to public health preparedness and emergency response
Diseases resulting from CBRN threats
Epidemiologic research to understand technical language
Exclusively available through CDC that are intended to diagnose
FDA regulations regarding drugs
Familiarity with the Humanitarian field
Desired experience for public health advisor includes:
Males ages 18 through 25 must be registered with the selective service
Transcripts are required if meeting qualifications based on education
Communicates to health professionals and general public regarding the risks, prevention, and control measures associated with STDs
May conduct epidemiologic investigations of STDs under outbreak conditions
May be required to respond to infectious disease emergencies as part of the epidemiology team on a 24 hours/day, 7/day/week basis
Performs other duties as determined by the program director in response to program needs
Public Health Advisor Examples
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Public Health Advisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a public health advisor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for public health advisor
- Significant travel (15%) in Massachusetts will be required
- English as a principal working language
- A very informal, supportive and collaborative working environment
- A minimum of hierarchy and internal bureaucracy
- A dynamic multi-cultural atmosphere with some 30 nationalities
- A stimulating working environment recently featured in a UK Guardian article entitled ”Are these the world’s coolest offices” and Brussel’s La Libre
- A relaxed dress code – except when we are meeting our clients
- Biennial company weekend retreats to international locations
- Conduct public health assessments of vulnerable populations and make expert recommendations for appropriate relief activities
- Develop and implement evaluations to determine the effectiveness of OFDA- funded public health projects with implementing partners
Qualifications for public health advisor
- The ability to manipulate spreadsheets
- Experience discussing sexual health, and knowledge of bacterial and viral STD symptoms, testing, treatment and prevention
- Experience with academic advising, working with students with a range of academic abilities (honors level, disciplines, at-risk)
- Ability to work independently, self-directed, organized, goal oriented, high level of initiative, creativity, and motivation
- Ability to work with confidential material and maintain student confidentiality at all times and to manage multiple, complex tasks within short time frames
- Demonstrated leadership skills that facilitate effective communication and interpersonal relationships with all constituents (students, parents, faculty, administration)
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Our growing company is hiring for a public health advisor. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for public health advisor
- Exercise independent judgment and decision-making related to public health activities, both in the U .S and in the field
- Provide leadership for assessment teams or for guiding and coordinating the work of other technical staff within the health sector
- Coordinate, plan, implement, evaluate, and prioritize emergency health activities to ensure that efforts in assigned program areas are meeting the needs of affected populations and satisfy the goals and objectives of the response program
- Develop various types of country/regional strategies for field offices, DARTs and assessment teams
- The USPSC independently plans, designs and carries out programs, projects, studies or other work
- May serve as needed, on Washington-based RMTs, which provides services and support to DARTs deployed in response to disasters
- May serve on DARTs which may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time
- As appropriate, for cross-training purposes to enhance operational awareness, may serve on temporary details, not to exceed six months, within the office
- As needed, may serve on temporary details within the office to meet operational needs during staff shortages, not to exceed six months
- Work one-on-one with students and alumni to provide career counseling such as editing resumes and discussing job search strategies
Qualifications for public health advisor
- Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office Suite and database systems
- Able to carry 15-20 pounds of materials to/from events
- A Master’s degree in the field of public health or relevant area
- Good writing skills for producing reports online texts
- An independent, self-starter personality with a positive “can do” attitude
- Well-organised, practical-minded and able to prioritise a busy and varied work-load
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a public health advisor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for public health advisor
- Advise students through their transition into their graduate degree program, counseling students on matters of student life and engagement, meeting with students who miss orientation
- Conduct trainings and workshops that support professional development for SPH students
- Develop and coordinate avenues of continued engagement for our online student population
- Assist and support with the planning and promotion of GSL events
- Provide clinical, scientific regulatory and technical expertise regarding utilization of medical products for various diseases and threat agents with emphasis on public health preparedness and response
- Work with Regulatory Affairs staff members, U.S. Government personnel across CDC and other government agencies non-governmental partners
- Research and analyze available supportive data to initiate and develop appropriate regulatory mechanisms required (e.g., Investigational New Drug Application, Investigational Device Exemption, 510(k), Pre-Emergency Use Authorization (Pre-EUA)/EUA requests, and/or Emergency Use Instructions) for safe and effective clinical utilization of various medical products in the SNS or exclusively available through CDC
- Provide expert scientific regulatory guidance and consultation regarding drugs, biologics and/or devices with a special emphasis on bioterrorism-related and other public health emergency preparedness and response based on experiences and knowledge through independent research and team activities
- Contribute to medical countermeasures (MCMs) clinical guidance development that involves researching new and existing data on MCMs
- Exercise independent judgment and decision-making related to humanitarian health activities, both in the U.S. and in the field
Qualifications for public health advisor
- Identify emergency public health risk reduction and prevention measures that could be linked to disaster response activities
- Demonstrated experience in assessing, designing, and/or reviewing technical Health proposals for best practice and technical merit
- Demonstrated experience representing and providing technical input in a coordinating unit or technical body such as the Health Cluster or sectoral meetings
- Coordinate, plan, implement, evaluate, and prioritize emergency health activities to ensure that efforts in assigned program areas are meeting the needs of affected populations satisfy the goals and objectives of the response program
- Deliver the water quality and public health interface for resolution of water quality issues
- MPH or graduate degree in a related field required, plus 3+ years of relevant experience
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a public health advisor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for public health advisor
- Lead assessment teams or guide and coordinate the work of other technical staff within the health sector
- Coordinate, plan, implement, evaluate, and prioritize emergency health activities to ensure that efforts in assigned program areas meet needs of affected populations and satisfy the goals and objectives of the response program
- Sign-up for and serve as needed, on Washington-based RMTs, which provides services and support to DARTs deployed in response to disasters
- As needed, serve on Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) which may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time
- Participate in meetings with implementing partners, donors, government, USG agencies, and international and local partners in support of USAID/Nepal goals and objectives
- Provide high-level advice to Mission management and the Health Office on developments in the health sector and provide recommendations on options for shaping USAID health programs
- Carry out a full range of consultative, advisory, strategic, and planning responsibilities
- Developing situational reports, updates, plans, briefings
- Ensuring the quarantine stations each have exercises and public health emergency response coordination activities
- Documenting and conducting passenger screening interviews/triaging, medical documentation reviews, distribution of forms, communication materials, health information updates, data entry, and transport coordination activities
Qualifications for public health advisor
- Strong background in computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite and relational databases
- Proven ability to work independently with a high degree of attention to details
- The minimum qualification for this position is a Master’s degree or equivalent degree, or three or more years of professional equivalent work experience as a public health practitioner with expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health nutrition
- Demonstrated working knowledge of SF Bay Area/Northern California network of health organizations and leaders
- Demonstrated student advising, training, and experience leading professional development workshops
- Demonstrated previous experience coordinating internship-related programs and activities
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of public health advisor. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for public health advisor
- Support the operations of the station and remain current on training required for that support
- Collaborates with administrators, faculty and staff to provide assistance to an ethnically, culturally, socially and economically diverse student population
- Within his/her assigned Division, the Academic Advisor provides information and advising of academic requirements, programs and services to prospective, incoming and current students
- Provides advice in keeping with the students' interests, values, abilities and program major
- Monitors the academic progress of students toward degrees, certifications, and/or educational goals to identify current and potential needs or problem areas
- Presents, participates, and/or facilitates various campus activities and events attends and/or engages with various members of the campus community
- Encourages students to engage in opportunities across campus relevant to their needs
- Provides information about various support offices on campus
- Participates in new student orientation advising sessions and presents academic information to new students and parents during these orientations
- Provides updates to student files, databases, and records in accordance with federal guidelines (FERPA) and documents interactions with students, using systems as prescribed such as StarFish
Qualifications for public health advisor
- Demonstrated previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Updated CV to include public health practitioner experience and which specialization(s)
- Cover letter of 1-2 pages describing your public health practitioner experience and cohorts
- Upload contact information for 2-3 references
- Must have relevant HR generalist experience
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills plus strong coaching and partnering capability combined with the ability to influence