Santa Clara County, CA hiring Tuberculosis Controller/Assistant Health Officer

posted 11/29/21

Application Deadline: Continuous. The application filing period may close any time after ten business days from the issue date of this job announcement if sufficient qualified applications have been received. Therefore, it is important to submit your application as soon as possible.

Description: The Assistant Public Health Officer-Tuberculosis (TB) Controller, who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine or other appropriate medical specialty such as Pediatrics or Family Medicine (Board Certification in Infectious Diseases or Pulmonary Medicine is desirable but not required), has overall administrative and programmatic responsibility for the TB Prevention and Control program. The TB program is charged with preventing TB infections and maintaining oversight of all patients with active TB in the county.

In addition to administrative and programmatic responsibility, the TB Controller is responsible for the clinical, scientific, and epidemiologic oversight of TB Program activities; this includes developing, coordinating, interpreting, and executing TB policies and practices within Santa Clara County and providing medical and epidemiologic expertise on TB-related health issues in accordance with state/national guidelines and local epidemiology. The position works closely with the Health Officer and other lead staff in the management of public health-related disasters, crises, or emergencies. The position shares 24/7 after hours night and weekend call with the other public health physicians for all public health related issues.

For more information, please see the job posting and the online brochure.

County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency is recruiting:

posted 9/16/21

Chief, TB Control & Refugee Health (Public Health Medical Officer)-21412809UTB | Job Details tab | Career Pages (governmentjobs.com)  and
The Medical Consultant position:  M.D., D.O. Medical Consultant-21416207 | Job Details tab | Career Pages (governmentjobs.com).