Health Officer

Responsibilities

• 35% Provides leadership to assure a high achieving public health department.
  • Assures that Level III local health department services are provided for Rock County residents and visitors.
  • Aligns the work of the department with national public health standards; public health evidence-based and best practices; and national, state and local data-informed priorities.
  • Provides leadership in moving the health department strategic plan forward including addressing the vision, mission, principles and goals.
  • Maintains strong and effective organizational relationship with Board of Health.
  • Assures utilization of the Principles of Ethical Practice in Public Health throughout department and incorporates ethical standards of practice into all interactions with individuals, organizations, and communities (8A1).
  • Assures the application of public health sciences in the administration and management of the organization (6C4).
  • Promotes the hiring of diverse and competent staff for current and future public health services and establishes teams for the purpose of achieving program and organizational goals (7C12).
  • Assures availability of high level professional development opportunities for the organization through a proactive workforce development plan (8C6).
  • Assures that policy and programs in the department and community consider health equity and broad social determinants of health.
  • Provides direct supervision to leadership team and other staff as needed.
• 20% Assures the effective and efficient management of public health programs and services.
  • Determines priorities for organizational budget and develops, monitors and manages annual budget including all revenue and expenses (7C5-7, 7C11).
  • Identifies and leverages a broad range of public health and health care funding mechanisms for supporting population health services.
  • Assures the use of financial analysis methods in making decisions about policies, programs and services, e.g., cost-benefit, return on investment (7C10).
  • Establishes and maintains performance management system for department including, development of priority measures, identification of standards, regular measurement and reporting, and quality improvement related to measures not meeting the standards (7C15).
  • Promotes utilization of QI strategies for continuous improvement of individual, program, and organizational performance and an organizational culture of quality improvement (2A10, 8C9).
  • Assures the evaluation of policies, programs and services to determine outcomes, customer satisfaction, return on investment and organizational performance (2C12, 7C14).
  • Assures the use of evidence and population data in developing, implementing, evaluating and improving policies, programs and services (6C7).
  • Incorporates diverse perspectives in developing, implementing and evaluating policies, programs and services that affect the health of a community (4C4).
• 15% Provides leadership in community collaboration to assess key health issues and assure community action.
  • Assures regular assessment and prioritization of community health strengths and issues including social determinants of health (1C13).
  • Assures development of collaborative community health improvement plan with focus on prevention, health equity and a vision of a healthy community (8C4).
  • Assures that the department seeks input from, and builds relationships with organizations and individuals in the community that focus on populations that are disparately impacted (3C3).
  • Builds and sustains relationships with key organizational leadership at the City, County, State and National levels.
  • Actively participates on the County Leadership teams.
  • Provides leadership in building regional capacity and establishes agreements for shared public health services (5C6).
  • Advocates for the use of health data and evidence in decision making by community partners (1C15).
• 10% Promotes policy development at organizational and community level to improve health.
  • Assures ongoing review and update of health department policy and procedure.
  • Provides leadership on local ordinance development, monitoring and revision related to public health issues.
  • Assures implementation of policies,…