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Arizona Department of Health Services · 2 weeks ago

Health Program Manager 2

Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$58K/yr - $58K/yr

2+ years exp

The Arizona Department of Health Services is dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of Arizona’s children and adults. The Health Program Manager 2 will lead a team of Immunization Program Specialists, overseeing site visits to assess vaccination compliance and quality improvement activities, while providing technical assistance and education to ensure program accountability.

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Responsibilities

Plan, direct, implement site visits that assess VFC program compliance with VFC (VFA) enrolled sites. Plan, direct, implement immunization assessment and quality improvement (IQIP/IDR/Cloud/etc.) activities and visits at VFC (VFA) enrolled sites and schools/child care facilities

Leads a team of Immunization Program Specialists that plans, directs and implements site visits that assess VFC program compliance or vaccination coverage rates with VFC/VFA enrolled sites

Provide technical assistance and education for immunization program compliance and accountability for VFC (VFA) provider sites as outlined in the AZ VFC Operations Guide, for school/child care staff, internal employees and as directed by program leadership. Create and conduct trainings related to work assignments as directed by program leadership

Provides oversight of the Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers Program for internal and external immunization staff

Complete required reporting, documentation, and data collection for all work activities as defined by program leadership

Provide routine communication (email, phone, face to face) for provider staff, school/child care staff, and internal staff in a timely and professional manner. This is to include reporting these communications in Tracker as defined by program leadership

Attend meetings and trainings, to increase staff understanding of program roles and requirements, as assigned by program leadership

Qualification

Public health practicesImmunization Quality ImprovementLeadership skillsPerformance ManagementContinuous Quality ImprovementMicrosoft skillsASIIS skillsTraining skillsResearch skillsRelational skillsOutstanding communicationPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in public health, healthcare administration, social work or related discipline

2+ years work experience in public health, healthcare, or a related field

Experience working in a Vaccines for Children Program or immunization provider office

Driver's License

Knowledge of Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies

Knowledge of public health practices, knowledge about vaccines; dosing schedules, storage and handling, shipping and management, program planning and evaluation, vaccine inventory practices, program rules, regulations, requirements, policies as well as childcare and school immunization requirements

Outstanding written and oral communication skills

Leadership skills

Microsoft, Google and ASIIS skills

Ability to support a diverse multi-cultural workforce

Ability to communicate with providers in a variety of situations

Ability to lead and train co-workers

Ability to conduct research and write reports

Ability to learn, utilize and teach technology (ASIIS, Tracker, other)

Ability to conduct presentations in front of an audience

Ability to solve or resolve issues that providers have with program requirements

Ability to travel across AZ to provide program related visits

Ability to maintain good relationships with internal staff and program provider staff