Family Health Director

We are seeking a experienced Family Health Director to lead our Family health programs. This full-time (1.0 FTE) position is responsible for overseeing the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of Family / Personal health services to protect and promote community health. Bachelor's degree in Nursing, with licensure from the State of Michigan to practice as a Registered Nurse required. Master's Degree in Nursing or other Health related field preferred. Ideal candidate must have experience and passion for problem solving, verbal and written communication, management skills; including program evaluation, budgeting, use of progressive discipline, and policy and procedure development. Three years of public health administrative leadership experience in community health nursing preferred. This full-time position offers full benefits, including health/life/dental insurances, 20 vacation and 12 sick days with an additional 3½ paid days of personal time per year, 12 paid holidays, MERS defined contribution retirement plan with up to 10% employer contribution, and flexible scheduling are included.

General Summery: The Division Director position is a senior level leadership position. This position requires strong leadership skills, communication skills, ability to plan and evaluate programs, ability to exercise independent judgment, ability to develop and monitor programming budgetary requirements, and to facilitate leadership skills in others. This position entails supervision of a wide variety of public health programs and employees and requires an individual who is highly committed to public health and has the vision to move the agency forward. In addition, the Division Director will be highly engaged in developing, implementing and facilitating various agency wide plans and goals, such as the strategic plan, health improvement plan and workforce development plan. This leadership position requires the ability to work well under pressure and respond to internal and external community needs.

Essential Duties:

• Plans, organizes, and directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of the personal health division and its program areas.
• Collaborates in the development and implementation of the health department’s goals and objectives, including the Strategic Plan and Community Health Improvement Plan.
• Collaborates in the development of quality improvement, performance management, and evaluation activities
• Directs the formulation and development of personal health program policies and procedures.
• Directs, monitors, and evaluates personal health personnel.
• Participates in the selection and hiring of personal health staff and directs the orientation and on-going training.
• Serves as an administrative liaison representing the health department to various groups, including local, state, and federal agencies.
• Collects, analyzes, and evaluates data to assure that the delivery of personal health services utilize evidence-based or best practices.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local minimum program requirements.
• Responsible for the development and management of division/ program budgets.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary or in response to emergencies, workload, or staffing shortages. Works flexible hours as needed.
• Participates in Agency’s Emergency Preparedness Incident Command System (ICS) as assigned.
• Maintains up-to-date vaccines including flu (influenza,) in accordance with CDC guidelines: Recommended Vaccines for Healthcare Workers, in which you allow CMDHD to access your current immunization status based on Michigan Improvement Care Registry (MCIR).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required in Nursing with licensure. Master’s Degree in Nursing or other Health related field preferred plus 3 year’s public health administrative/leadership experience.
• Completion of National Incident Management System/Incident Command System online and face-to-face training courses based on current Public Health Emergency Preparedness requirements.

Core Competencies:

Professional Public Health Core Competencies required:

Domain 1: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills

• 1.1. Describe factors that affect the health of a community.
• 1.2. Accesses existing quantitative and qualitative data.
• 1.3. Collects quantitative and qualitative data.
• 1.4. Analyzes quantitative and qualitative data.
• 1.5. Manages quantitative and qualitative data
• 1.6. Uses quantitative and qualitative data
• 1.7. Applies public health informatics in using data, information, and knowledge
• 1.8. Assesses community health status

Domain 2: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills

• 2.1. Develops policies, programs, and services
• 2.2. Implements policies, program, and services.
• 2.3. Evaluates policies, programs, services, and organizational performance
• 2.4. Improves policies, programs, services, and organizational performance.
• 2.5. Influences policies, programs, and services external to the organization.
• 2.6. Engages in organizational strategic planning.

Domain 3: Communication Skills

• 3.1. Determines communication strategies.
• 3.2. Communicates with internal and external audiences.
• 3.3. Responds to information, misinformation, and disinformation.
• 3.4. Facilitates communication among individuals, groups, and organizations.

Domain 4: Health Equity Skills

• 4.1. Applies principles of ethics, diversity, equity, and justice.
• 4.2. Engages in continuous self-reflection about one’s biases.
• 4.3. Recognizes the diversity of individuals and populations.
• 4.4. Reduces systemic and structural barriers that perpetuate health inequities.
• 4.5. Implements organizational policies, programs, and services to achieve health equity and social and environmental justice.
• 4.6. Contributes to achieving and sustaining a diverse and competent public health workforce.
• 4.7. Advocates for health equity and social and environmental justice.

Domain 5: Community Partnership Skills

• 5.1. Describes conditions, systems, and policies affecting community health and resilience.
• 5.2. Establishes relationships to improve community health and resilience.
• 5.3. Maintains relationships that improve community health and resilience.
• 5.4. Collaborates with community members and organizations.
• 5.5. Shares power and ownership with community members and others.

Domain 6: Public Health Sciences Skills

• 6.1. Describes systems, policies, and events impacting public health.
• 6.2. Applies public health sciences in delivering the 10 Essential Public Health Services.
• 6.3. Uses evidence in developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving policies, program, and services.
• 6.4. Contributes to the evidence base for improving health.

Domain 7: Management and Finance Skills

• 7.1. Describes factors that affect the health of an organization.
• 7.4. Engages in professional development
• 7.7. Implements organizational policies, programs, and services to achieve diversity, equity, and justice.
• 7.9. Engages in contingency planning.
• 7.10. Applies critical thinking in decision making.
• 7.11. Engages individuals and teams to achieve program and organizational goals.
• 7.12. Facilitates collaboration among individuals, groups, and organizations.
• 7.13. Engages in performance management.

Domain 8: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

• 8.1. Creates opportunities to achieve cross-sector alignment.
• 8.2. Implements a vision for a healthy community.
• 8.3. Addresses facilitators and barriers impacting delivery of the 10 Essential Public Health Services.
• 8.4. Creates opportunities for creativity and innovation.
• 8.5. Responds to emerging needs.
• 8.6. Manages organizational change.
• 8.8. Advocates for public health.

Demonstrates Core Values: integrity, positive attitude, communications, customer service, responsibility, and accountability.

Environment & Effort:

• General working conditions
• Exposure to hazards, adverse conditions
• Exposure Control – Category A. At higher risk for occupational percutaneous or mucosal exposure to blood or body fluids. Per OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens standard requirements, CMDHD protects the employee by an established exposure control plan which includes but is not limited to use of universal precautions, engineering controls, work practice controls, personal protective equipment, and worker training.
• Mental effort and strain from continual review and analysis of data and information, multi-tasking, and pressure of ensuring high degree of accuracy under tight deadlines or time constraints.