Process Improvement Specialist - Extra-Help*

San Bernardino County; San Bernardino (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

San Bernardino County’s Department of Public Health seeks a Process Improvement Specialist – Extra-Help to evaluate and improve emergency response processes using HSEEP and related tools, supporting public health preparedness.

You will lead exercise evaluations, coordinate with staff, support MPOD site planning, regulatory reporting, and mass vaccination clinic readiness, with a temporary assignment up to twelve months.

Qualifications

• Option 1: Two (2) years of full-time equivalent experience performing analytical and administrative duties, including research, data analysis, program planning and evaluation, report writing and presentation, interpreting laws, regulations, or policies, and developing findings and recommendations based on investigations, studies, or assessments.
• Option 2: Two (2) years of full-time equivalent experience in a healthcare environment performing program administration, training, quality management and/or performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Initiate evaluation of processes utilizing HSEEP and related tools to improve public health emergency readiness.
• Develop exercise evaluation guides to conduct evaluations, observations, and recommendations.
• Coordinate with staff to revise plans according to exercise findings and establish Targeted Evaluation Plans (TEP).
• Plan mass vaccination clinic events and evaluate improvement opportunities.
• Ensure timely reporting to meet regulatory, state, and federal requirements and support quality management activities.

Job description

The Department of Public Health (DPH) is recruiting for a Process Improvement Specialist – Extra-Help who will initiate evaluation of processes utilizing but not limited to Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), and the Process Improvement Readiness Assessment Tool. The Process Improvement Specialist will evaluate, recommend, and modify emergency response plans for public health emergencies through exercises and improvement projects that support Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure through best practices.

Process Improvement Specialist will assess organizational readiness, review Medical Point of Dispensing (MPOD) site plans, communications, accountability, action planning, and the improvement process. This position will develop exercise evaluation guides to conduct evaluations, observations, and recommendations. During improvement planning, they will coordinate with key staff to revise plans according to exercise/clinic findings. A Targeted Evaluation Plan (TEP) will be created for operations and improvements to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant requirements.

The Process Improvement Specialist will also ensure completion of time sensitive reporting to meet regulatory, State, and Federal requirements both internally and to external agencies. The Process Improvement Specialist is expected to plan mass vaccination clinic events and evaluate on event improvement opportunities. This position will also provide support for other Quality Management areas within scope.

This position is extra-help, and incumbent does not attain status as regular County employee. Although this position is of limited duration and temporary in nature, assignments may be up to twelve (12) months.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Pre-employment Process

Applicants must pass a background investigation, which includes fingerprinting, credit check, and/or medical exam, prior to appointment.

Travel

Travel throughout the County may be required and employees will be required to make provisions for such transportation.

Employment Status

Extra help positions are in the Unclassified Service, which serve at the discretion of the appointing authority and do not attain regular status. These positions participate in the County's Part-time Seasonal Temporary (PST) Deferred Compensation Plan and do not earn any other benefits.

Sponsorship

San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Options

• Option 1: Two (2) years of full-time equivalent experience performing analytical and administrative duties, including research, data analysis, program planning and evaluation, report writing and presentation, interpreting laws, regulations, or policies, and developing findings and recommendations based on investigations, studies, or assessments.
• Option 2: Two (2) years of full-time equivalent experience in a healthcare environment performing program administration, training, quality management and/or performance improvement.

The ideal candidate will possess great leadership skills; direct experience with emergency planning and response; experience with coordinating medical point of dispensing sites, mobile clinics and evaluation; advanced Microsoft and computer skills; experience facilitating training; success with the implementation of programs and/or processes in a healthcare or public health setting.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with DisabilitiesAct (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for allemployees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation

If you have a disability and need accommodations during the testing process, please submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF) within one week of the recruitmentfiling deadline.

Veterans’ Preference

Eligible veterans and their spouses or widows/widowers who are not current County employees may receive additional Veterans' Preference points. For details and instructions on how to request these points, please refer to the Veterans' Preference Policy.