Healthcare Compliance Specialist

Healthcare Compliance Specialist

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Healthcare Compliance Specialist to support the New Jersey Department of Health's Vaccine Preventable Disease Program.

In this role, the Healthcare Compliance Specialist will work with Vaccines for Children jurisdiction staff to help ensure that federally funded vaccines are properly stored and managed across more than 750 enrolled providers statewide. A key responsibility will be investigating vaccine storage unit temperature excursions, as well as other storage and handling concerns.

The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded health professional with experience in vaccine storage and handling, reviewing digital data logger files, and interacting with vaccine manufacturers and healthcare providers. Experience in vaccine temperature excursions, handling multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, maintaining a high level of professionalism, and crafting timely communications between multiple stakeholders is preferred.

Qualifications:

• Completion of a pharmacy technician certification
• Minimum of 1 year of public health and/or pharmacy experience, or experience working with an immunization program, strongly preferred.
• Experience with vaccine storage, handling, and management.
• Skilled in Excel as well as data analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
• Self-motivated with exceptional organizational skills and high attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical experts, administrators, external partners including healthcare providers, and the public.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
• Exceptional oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong cultural competency and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in an environment with diverse cultures, multiple perspectives, and competing needs.
• Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Responsibilities:

• Keep abreast of current CDC and manufacturer vaccine storage and handling guidance.
• Assist with the development and dissemination of educational tools to internal and external partners on proper vaccine storage, handling, and accountability.
• Review digital data logger (DDL) files for providers whose vaccines have been exposed to out-of-range temperatures to assist the provider in calculating the time vaccine storage units were out of range.
• Collaborate with vaccine manufacturers as needed to validate provider temperature excursion assessments and vaccine viability.
• Work with providers to assist in the development and execution of corrective action plans to ensure that additional temperature excursions are prevented, and vaccines are stored and handled in compliance with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance.
• Support providers through re-vaccination and restitution activities as a result of temperature excursions or unaccounted for vaccine doses.
• Provide on-site education and support to provider offices throughout New Jersey who have difficulty with vaccine storage and handling, as needed.
• Build, foster and maintain peer-to-peer relationships with state and local partners, New Jersey healthcare providers, and other stakeholders.

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and New Jersey Department of Health, in order to best support the State of New Jersey in their public health programming.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment. Relocation expenses are not included.