Special Pathogens Regional Advisor - Medical Affairs

Job Description

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What will you be doing in this role?

Under the direction of the Manager, Special Pathogens and in collaboration with the Director, Emergency Management, the Special Pathogens Regional Advisor facilitates regional preparedness efforts by providing advisory guidance, readiness assessments, coordination of exercises, and compliance monitoring related to high consequence infectious disease events. The role supports Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) within Cedars-Sinai's assigned region by facilitating preparedness assessments and recommendations to advance readiness and grant compliance, and partners with the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC). The Advisor collaborates with regional and national partners to advance strategic planning and strengthen systems related to performance improvement, education, outreach, exercise development, and infection prevention and control.

Principal Responsibilities:

Develops, coordinates, and evaluates activities to meet grant deliverables and program objectives within the institution, across Region IX, and with national collaborators. Provides institutional preparedness through coordination of trainings and drills, participation in Hospital Command Center activations, and facilitation interagency preparedness activities.

Engages regional stakeholders in reviewing and revising the Region IX Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and Other Special Pathogen Transport Plan to maintain alignment with current National Special Pathogen System (NSPS) strategies and to provide regional recommendations and best-practice guidance to partner facilities.

Applies best practices from the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) Training Academy and uses NETEC hospital and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) assessment tools to conduct comprehensive on-site and virtual evaluations.

Identifies strengths and opportunities for improvement at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and across healthcare entities in the Region IX and provides practical, actionable recommendations to regional partners and internal leadership to advance readiness for high consequence infectious disease events.

Assesses regional personal protective equipment (PPE) supply levels and supports rapid deployment of PPE to regional partners when operationally required.

Coordinates with NETEC to facilitate Special Pathogens Organizational Readiness Assessment (SPORSA) submissions, reviews, and readiness assessments across the HHS region, and supports follow-up consultations to advance organizational preparedness.

Leads the coordination and execution of multiagency special pathogen drills and exercises at both the organizational and regional levels and conducts after-action reviews and develops formal after-action reports.

Serves as a point of contact during multiagency special pathogen events-planned or emergent-by coordinating and liaising with city, county, state, regional, and federal agencies involved in special pathogen response (e.g., public safety, police departments, fire departments, EMS, public health departments), including events occurring outside of business hours.

Maintains training and operational readiness on regional equipment and supplies that support patient isolation, movement, waste management, and diagnostics throughout the region.

Participates actively in internal and external committees related to special pathogens and emergency management, including meetings held at offsite locations.

Supports activation of the Hospital Command Center during special pathogen responses and other institutional emergencies, including events affecting affiliated entities, and staffs assigned roles as needed.

Identifies, researches, and secures additional funding opportunities to support the program's mission and strategic objectives, and manages the full grant lifecycle-from prospect research and proposal development to post-award reporting and relationship management.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree, Public Health, Emergency Management, Nursing, Health Administration, Infectious Disease/Epidemiology, or another closely related field required

Master's Degree, Public Health, Emergency Management, Nursing, Health Administration, Infectious Disease/Epidemiology, or another closely related field preferred

Work Experience:

5 years experience in special pathogens programs, public health preparedness, emergency management or hospital incident command operations required

2 years progressive experience in high-consequence infectious disease clinical concepts, infection prevention, PPE, and special pathogen response frameworks healthcare, emergency management/planning and coordination preferred.

1 year experience designing and evaluating exercises using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) framework, along with experience in program development and cross-sector collaboration across healthcare, public health, and emergency response partners preferred.

Licenses and Certifications:

Incident Command System Training (Certification); IS-100, 200, 700, 800 - Required within 60 Days of hire.

Incident Command System Training (Certification); IS-300, 400 60 Days preferred.

Hospital Incident Command System (HCIS Training Cert); Incident Action Planning - Preferred upon hire.


Certified in Infection Control (CIC) credential; Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology - Preferred upon hire.

Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), or Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) - Preferred upon hire.

Department Specific Licenses and Certifications:
Travel Requirements:
10% Attend and support readiness activities primarily within Region IX of the National Special Pathogen System (NSPS).
Valid Driver's License Required