CIIS Training and Outreach Coordinator - HP III - Immunization Information System CIIS Program

Disease Control & Public Health Response - Immunization Information System (CIIS) Program

Resident requirement: You must be a resident of the State of Colorado to be eligible to apply.

Diversity Commitment: We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. We encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Be BOLD.... Make a REAL difference . . . and join us in serving our communities in advancing Colorado's health and protecting the places we live, work, learn, and play, to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.

Benefits & Perks: In addition to free parking, access to RTD bus lines, Cherry Creek bike path and flexible working arrangements, review additional benefits and perks. Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

The Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response (DCPHR) is the department’s lead surveillance, planning and response arm for public events including communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics, pandemics, bioterrorism, and other public health and mass casualty events and disasters. The division includes the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response;
State Public Health Laboratory;
Health Equity Branch, Communicable Disease Branch;
Immunization Branch;
Public Health Informatics, Reporting, Technology Branch;
Refugee Branch; and Operations Branch. The Division exists to ensure that the Department has the ability to effectively prepare for, monitor, detect, diagnose, investigate, and respond to all types of conditions, events and disasters that impact the public’s health.

The Colorado Immunization Branch (CIB) works to reduce vaccine-preventable disease by developing and implementing programs designed to positively influence the uptake of immunizations across the lifespan. CIB utilizes a variety of strategies to promote education, optimize vaccine resources, assure access to vaccines and maintain the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS), a confidential, population based, computerized information system that collects and consolidates immunization data for Coloradans of all ages from a variety of sources and provides tools for designing and sustaining effective immunization strategies at the provider and program levels.

CIB also operates the Federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, the Federal Section 317 program, and all immunization education and outreach activities.

The work unit is the CIIS Program. The purpose of CIIS is to collect and consolidate immunization information from public and private healthcare providers throughout Colorado to provide real-time information for clinical decision making at the ‘point of care’ about which immunization(s) an individual needs at the time of each healthcare visit. CIIS is used by healthcare providers and public health to identify and notify parents/guardians that their child has not received recommended immunizations.

CIIS data is used to calculate immunization coverage rates in the state and in sub-populations for public policy development and to target interventions to improve immunization coverage rates.

This position operates independently in performing full range of job duties within management’s program objectives and in accordance with general systems and guidelines. Position provides tailored training to other CIIS staff, offers training, education and technical assistance through analysis and collaborative problem-solving to healthcare providers including local public health agencies, private providers, community health centers, hospitals and retail immunization providers using the immunization registry.

This position develops and designs instructional materials for a training curriculum focused on teaching new and existing providers how to use CIIS. This position also performs general communication activities, immunization promotion and outreach to providers and professional organizations, public and private provider recruitment, enrollment and retention. Position develops the ‘User Impact Document’ and sends…