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As an Associate Medical Officer, the position is responsible for working as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide select personal and broad population health services to the residents of Cook County. This is a leadership position within the department that is expected to monitor and interpret multiple and complex population health status indicators and propose evidence informed policies and practices to improve and promote health and well-being; including providing medical leadership to programs and divisions of the department as well as medical consultation to suburban Cook County providers as needed. Works in a team to provide leadership, support and expertise to personnel and population health practice and activities across all aspects of the department including environmental health, communicable diseases, public health emergencies, health promotion and prevention, and other public health functions. This position reports directly to the Senior Medical Officer.

Typical Duties

Practice

• Serves as an attending physician, clinical decision maker, and consultant to clinicians and ancillary personnel in the environmental health, communicable diseases, public health emergencies, health promotion and prevention, and other public health areas of the Department.
• Works in a multidisciplinary clinical team with mid-level providers, public health nurses, environmental, health promotion, epidemiologists, and other public health staff to coordinate and provide necessary clinical input and expert participation in core public health functions.
• Monitors and interprets multiple and complex population health status indicators and proposes evidence informed policies and practices to improve and promote health and well-being.
• Works in a team and with partners to advance the field of public health by adopting evidence informed policies and programs to improve the health and eliminate health inequities in Cook County.
• Conveys sensitive and high stakes health information to educate health professionals, communities and other organizations through a variety of media platforms.
• Provides direct clinical services (consistent with medical specialty and/or board certification) in a clinical setting in the Cook County Health & Hospitals System as assigned.
• Participates in on call response to public health inquiries and emergencies.

Administrative

• Assess and interprets data and health problems in the areas of communicable diseases, environmental health, public health emergencies and community preventive services.
• Works in a team to design, monitor and maintain public health surveillance systems.
• Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to the health promotion and disease prevention, and the factors influencing the use of health services.
• Supports the Senior Medical Officers in planning, organizing, and administering of the clinical affairs of all units of CCDPH.
• Assists in the response to incidents and outbreaks of communicable diseases, environmental health incidents, or other threats to the health of the public. This may include on-site investigation of outbreaks and other public health incidents as required.
• Under the direction of a Senior Medical Officer, assists in developing and refining procedures for outbreak investigation, environmental health incidents, chronic disease, health promotion and disease prevention activities and coordinating CCDPH resources to plan for large-scale response efforts.
• Provides medical consultation and guidance to hospitals, the private medical community, schools, and others in the community regarding environmental and communicable disease control and prevention procedures and methods.
• Consults with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Illinois Department of Public Health and other state and federal agencies upon direction of a Senior Medical officer or the COO of CCDPH.
• Represents CCDPH at appropriate medical meetings, and on public health and other committees as assigned.
• Assists in the development, review, and revision of policies, procedures and protocols for all units of CCDPH.
• Applies the technical skills necessary to complete work in a timely and efficient manner. This includes, but is not limited to, communication, clinical, word processing, spreadsheets, data base, presentation and statistical software.
• Stays current with issues in public health informatics.

Leadership

• Incorporates ethical standards of practice as the basis for all interactions with organizations, communities and individuals.
• Participates with stakeholders in identifying key values and a shared vision as guiding principles for community action.
• Identifies internal and external problems that may affect the delivery of essential public health services
• Promotes individual, team and organizational learning opportunities.
• Assists in establishing mentoring, peer advising, coaching or other personal development opportunities for the public health workforce.
• Contributes to the measuring, reporting and continuous improvement of organizational performance.
• Modifies organizational practices in consideration of changes in the public health system, and the larger social, political and economic environment.
• Works with community-based organizations and healthcare professionals to assure that legislative and regulatory policies are informed by evidence and address disease prevention and control activities in the community.
• Represents CCDPH at meetings of local, state and national associations concerned with the health of the population as assigned.
• Makes presentations to medical centers, universities, and community-based organizations; assists in training activities.
• Remains current in clinical and technical developments in disease control through ongoing participation in appropriate continuing medical education activities.

Quality Improvement

• Participates in the design, implementation and update of protocols for a meaningful and effective quality assurance program for CCDPH. Assists in the supervision, training and professional development of CCDPH staff.
• Participates or leads teams to evaluate a system error and improve processes.

Emergency Preparedness

• It is critical for the functioning of a public health authority (e.g., CCDPH) that all staff are required to engage in extraordinary operations in the event of a public health emergency. Must be trained and certified in appropriate emergency response courses within 6 months of employment. These may include NIMS FEMA IS-100, 200, 700, 800 courses as assigned by supervisor. Must be trained and certified in NIMS FEMA IS-300 and 400 emergency management within twelve months of employment.

Cultural Respect

• Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with person from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences.
• Participates in ongoing education and training to deliver culturally competent services and where if possible, linguistically specific services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy Medicine (DO) degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited medical college or university Must be licensed as a physician in the State of Illinois-or have the ability to obtain license prior to starting employment.
• Board certification or eligibility in an appropriate specialty such as Preventive Medicine, Primary Care specialties, Pulmonary or Infectious Diseases.
• Illinois Controlled Substance license and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license.
• Master’s degree in Public Health from an accredited college or university OR completion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer Fellowship, OR (five years) of alternative training or experience in (governmental public health) providing the public health knowledge and abilities needed for the position.
• Must be trained and certified in NIMS FEMA IS-100, 200, 700 and 800 management within six (6) months of employment.
• Must be trained and certified in NIMS FEMA IS-300 and 400 management within twelve (12) months of employment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to communicate with all levels of staff and a patient population composed of diverse cultures and age groups.
• Position requires moderate travel for which the employee must have a valid Illinois driver’s license in good standing and access to an insured vehicle.
• Must be available for "on-call" duty as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least one year of Medical Administration experience, in a public health or similar setting.
• Demonstrated expertise in public health surveillance, epidemiology, outbreak investigation & response, environmental health, health promotion and disease prevention.
• Demonstrated ability to determine the appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Evidence of leadership abilities in the field of public health.
• Board certification in preventive medicine or an appropriate medical specialty OR five years of experience in public health practice.
• Media training and experience desirable.
• Research and grant writing experience desirable.
• Proficiency in the use of word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and statistical software.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

• Knowledge of the principles and methods of training medical staff to ensure standards of care.
• Skill to prepare written documents to provide information and/or direction to staff and others.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy and precision in decision making.
• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor and composure when challenged.
• Ability to meet departmental and divisional productivity thresholds.

VETERAN PREFERENCE

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When applying for employment with the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, preference is given to honorably discharged Veterans who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States for not less than 6 months of continuous service.

To take advantage of this preference a Veteran must:

• Meet the minimum qualifications for the position.
• Identify self as a Veteran on the employment application by answering yes to the question by answering yes to the question, “Are you a Military Veteran?
• Attach a copy of their DD 214, DD 215 or NGB 22 (Notice of Separation at time of application filing. Please note: If you have multiple DD214s, 215s, or NGB 22S, Please submit the one with the latest date. Coast Guard must submit a certified copy of the military separation from either the Department of Transportation (Before 9/11) or the Department of Homeland Security (After 9/11). Discharge papers must list and Honorable Discharge Status. Discharge papers not listing an Honorable Discharge Status are not acceptable.

OR

A copy of a valid State ID Card or Driver’s License which identifies the holder of the ID as a Veteran, may also be attached to the application at time of filing.

If items are not attached, you will not be eligible for Veteran Preference

VETERANS MUST PROVIDE ORIGINAL APPLICABLE DISCHARGE PAPERS OR APPLICABLE STATE ID CARD OR DRIVER’S LICENSE AT TIME OF INTERVIEW.

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Degrees and transcripts from non-U.S. accredited institutions must be translated and certified to the US equivalent academic credentials by a recognized US education interpreter service.

Must successfully meet the credentialing standards established by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System to include a State of Illinois MD license and any other license, certification, or specialized training, etc. no later than two (2) weeks prior to the candidate’s start date.

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