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The Schools End-to-End Medical Officer will provide high level logistics and operational support for an estimated 1000 end-to-end testing vendors for the state of California schools. The Medical Officer will provide consultation and technical assistance for schools partnering with the state for end-to-end vendors. This individual will provide oversite with analyzing vendor data, monitor vendor compliance with testing regulations, and offer technical assistance and expert consultation as needed.Responsibilities
- Provide consultation and technical assistance for various antigen testing sites including: analyzing antigen test data, compliance support and assistance with regulatory reporting under the Emergency Use Authorization for the antigen tests.
- Serve as a consultant for COVID-19 outbreak investigation sites for infectious control assessment and recommendations based on COVID-19 guidelines for California.
- Work collaboratively with and provide consultation to members of testing taskforce to ensure timely disposition of issues.
- Provide senior level input into school’s policy and guidance for the state of California schools and give expert input and guidance for school data analysis and interpretation.
- Perform quality assurance checks on data reports and ongoing documentation practices.
- Apply sound critical thinking and judgment skills.
- Must be flexible to work on weekends.
Qualifications
- A Medical degree from an accredited U.S. medical school.
- Experience in outbreak response planning and execution, managing staff, and strategic planning.
- A minimum of 2 years infectious disease surveillance experience.
- Familiarity with latest evidence and guidelines related to SARS-CoV-2.
- Knowledge of best practices on collection, management, analysis, and dissemination of disease surveillance data.
- Knowledge of concepts, principles, methods, and techniques of administering public health programs.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to analyze and interpret disease data from a wide variety of data sources.
- Ability to initiate, conduct, and report on disease control and epidemiological studies and research.
- Ability to provide technical assistance to the health care and public health communities.
- Ability to effectively work independently and within a team environment.
- Extensive ability to communicate with health care and public health professionals, policy makers, agency staff, and the general public both verbally and in writing.
- Advanced experience in the writing of formal reports and articles.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with national, state, and local partners in various governmental, private, and voluntary agencies.
Job Highlights
- Salary:$150,000 - $155,000 , Exempt
- Position Type: Limited Term Position
- Position End Date: 07/31/2022
- Full Suite of Benefits Offered
- Remote/Hybrid/Onsite:Remote
Notice to Applicants: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 amp; 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