Public Health Officer
Company: Benton Franklin Health District
Location: Kennewick
Posted on: April 20, 2024
Job Description:
Benton-Franklin Health DistrictClass SpecificationHealth
OfficerDefinition:The Health Officer is the chief medical officer
for the Health District, responsible to the Board of Health for all
matters pertaining to public health, and for providing necessary
assessment and assurance activities related to the health needs of
the community. Duties of the Health Officer are specifically
delineated in RCW 70.05.070. Essential duties may include but are
not limited to:
Assists the Public Health
Administrator in identifying the health needs of citizens residing
in the District and works with the Administrator and Board to plan
the development and organization of service programs designed to
meet those health needs.Establishes treatment protocols and
clinical orders for all Health District programs providing medical
care to clients. Assists in the development of a Health District
quality assurance program and participates in the monitoring and
evaluation of that program.Assures that the District clinical
standards of are consistent with those described by grants,
accrediting agencies, federal, state and local regulatory agencies
and the resources available.Enforces the public health statutes of
the State, rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and
the Secretary of the Department of Health, and all local health
rules, regulations and ordinances within the jurisdiction. Emphasis
is on communicable disease control and environmental
health.Collaborates with plans and protocols for directing the
Health District's program of Environmental Health Services,
including food service surveillance, sanitation, solid waste,
sewage regulation, water supplies and the Public Health
Laboratory.Establishes plans and protocols designed to control and
prevent the spread of communicable disease. Establishes and/or
revises mechanisms designed to collect information descriptive of
communicable diseases contracted by residents of the Health
District. Provides information to community physicians and other
groups and agencies regarding the need for and requirements of
collecting and providing the Health District information
descriptive of communicable diseases. Serves as a liaison between
the Health District and community physician groups, hospitals and
other components of the community medical care system.Provides the
public with information via media outlets (written and/or on-camera
interviews) regarding the causes, nature, and methods of preventing
diseases and disability, and methods of promoting and improving
health status within the District.Participates in emergency
planning and in the provision of appropriate and assigned services
during the existence of emergencies within the jurisdiction.Perform
other such duties as assigned by the District Board of Health, as
well as other mandated duties as contained in Chapters 70.05 and
70.46 RCW and the Charter of the Benton-Franklin Health District
Board of Health. Organizational Competencies:All BFHD employees are
expected to ensure the community is protected from disease and
other public health threats and to empower others to live
healthier, safer lives. In addition, all BFHD employees are to meet
specified competencies in the following areas:
Customer Focus: Ensure the health and
safety of our community within their abilities and resources and
treat the diverse customers with thoughtful listening and
respect.Accountability: Be accountable for knowing the scope of
BFHD programs and for maintaining the public's trust through
credible information, quality programming and services, and fiscal
integrity.Equity and Fairness: Interact with clients, community
partners and co-workers with fairness and equity and deliver
services free of bias or prejudice.Occupational Health and Safety:
Follow all safety rules, proactively work to prevent accidents, and
encourage the use of sound judgement in order to comply with
district and county regulations.Emergency Preparedness: Promptly
identify and respond to public health threats and priorities. This
may involve working outside of day-to-day tasks.Individual Core
Competencies:All Management Staff are expected to meet the as
defined by The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public
Health Practice.Knowledge and Abilities:
Competencies in public health
including preventive medicine, epidemiology, communicable and
chronic diseases, environmental health principles and practices,
health risk communication, and public health administration, law
and major provisions of state health regulations.
Ability to establish and maintain
cooperative working relationships with private physicians, local
health officers in other jurisdictions, community officials,
Medical Society and Benton Franklin Community Health Alliance.
Ability to understand, interpret and
apply public health laws and regulations. Minimum Qualifications:
Licensure or eligible for licensure
to practice medicine in Washington State,AND
- Master of Public Health or equivalent degree,AND
- Five (5) year's experience in a professional medical capacity,
including two (2) year's experience in Public Health preferred.
Criminal Background Check required upon candidate selection.
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Keywords: Benton Franklin Health District, Kennewick , Public Health Officer, Healthcare , Kennewick, Washington
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