This position serves as the Community Testing Supervisor overseeing the agency’s community testing strategy for COVID-19. This position is a part of the leadership team of the Testing Branch within the Public Health Outbreak Coordination, Informatics, & Surveillance (PHOCIS) Office within the Disease Control and Health Statistics (DCHS) Division. Our mission is to work within the governmental public health system and with other public health and health care partners to implement public health programs, take public health actions, develop public health policy, and conduct assessment activities to improve the health of the people of Washington.
This Management Analyst 4 Supervisory position will support priority capacity in COVID-19 response by overseeing the agency’s community testing strategy, providing supervision to community testing team members and overseeing associated supports. This includes developing relationships with local health jurisdictions, sister state agencies, and testing vendors, among others. The intended outcome is to make testing readily available and accessible through identifying testing gaps and promoting access for vulnerable and high-risk groups, including the under- and uninsured. This position oversees up to four direct reports.
The overarching goal of the agency’s COVID testing response is to: assure continued equitable access to tests (whether antigen or molecular) for Washingtonians through a variety of channels in partnership with local public health, healthcare, Tribes, and community-based organizations. This position also supports the WA ForWArd goal of maintaining capacity to support distribution of over 50,000 tests per day through 2022. Integral to this work, this position works internally and externally to strengthen community testing access. This position supports coordination with funders, contracts, vendors and partners (including other state agencies and local health jurisdictions).
This project position is currently funded through July 31, 2024 and will be extended if additional funding is received.
This is a home-based (remote) position, and the incumbent may be located anywhere within the State of Washington. Travel of approximately 2-4 days monthly to DOH offices in Tumwater, WA, or elsewhere is anticipated.
The vision of the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is equity and optimal health for all. Our mission is to work with others to protect and improve the health of all people in Washington state.