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NHSN Unit Manager - HP V - HAI/AR Program, Communicable Disease Branch

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NHSN Unit Manager - HP V - HAI/AR Program, Communicable Disease Branch

Salary

$78,684.00 - $98,355.00 Annually

Location

Denver, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

FAA01402-11/20/25

Department

Department of Public Health & Environment

Division

Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response

Opening Date

11/20/2025

Closing Date

12/4/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

8100 East Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO 80230

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

Rosalie Esparza at [email protected]

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

Disease Control & Public Health Response - HAI/AR Program, Communicable Disease Branch

You must be a resident of the State of Colorado to be eligible to apply

This is a term-limited position and funding cannot be guaranteed beyond July 31, 2027.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, 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.

In addition to free parking, access to RTD bus lines, Cherry Creek bike path and flexible working arrangements, click the link below to review additional benefits and perks!!!!Careers (https://cdphe.colorado.gov/careers)

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to:Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) (https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/cdpheintranet/culture-strategy-equity-and-innovation/human-resources/current-employees/pslf-public-service-loan-forgiveness)

Description of Job

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 nimbly respond to all types of conditions, events and disasters that impact the public’s health.

The Unit: To monitor, investigate, and control epidemic and communicable diseases affecting public health in Colorado, as required under Colorado statute, including enteric diseases, invasive bacterial diseases, respiratory diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, zoonotic diseases, foodborne and waterborne diseases, tuberculosis, and healthcare-associated infections.

The Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Program has a mission to prevent health care-associated infections and control the spread of emerging antimicrobial-resistance threats in all health care settings in Colorado through surveillance, containment and response, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship.

About the Position: This position oversees collection, analysis, and presentation of HAI data collected by the HAI/AR Program through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The position supervises a unit that includes epidemiologists and other staff that coordinate health care facility reporting of HAIs to NHSN, analyze NHSN data, and provide oversight for data management, analysis, and presentation. The position oversees and assures that health care facilities are reporting HAIs as required by statute and provide technical assistance for the use of NHSN. The position oversees and assures the quality and validation of NHSN data. The position coordinates the HAI Advisory Committee that advises CDPHE on the HAI reportable conditions list and the annual delivery of the HAI Annual Report to Colorado legislature, health care providers, and the public. The NSHN Data unit also supports the HAI/AR Program to analyze and present data collected via platforms other than NHSN.

What you will be doing:

+ Plan prioritize, and assign workload, and analyze and monitor workflow and progress to ensure the quality and quantity of work meets standards, deadlines for deliverables, and program goals and objectives.

+ Establish work schedules, review and approve work time and absences using the automated system.

+ Identify training and developmental needs, and provide training to develop skills.

+ Provide feedback and coaching; write, review, and sign performance plans; evaluate and sign performance evaluations.

+ Resolve employee performance problems and issues, disputes, and informal (Step 1) grievances; issue corrective actions and initiate discipline as needed.

+ Write and review position descriptions, recommend promotions or demotions, changes in pay, and sign personnel action forms.

+ Initiate the hiring process, provide subject matter expertise to OHR during the comparative analysis process, interview applicants, and hire employees after consultation with the second-level appointing authority.

+ Organize and maintain NHSN user rights for Communicable Disease Branch staff.

+ Update and post HAI reporting requirements and deadlines.

+ Oversee assessment of which health care facilities are required to report to NHSN.

+ Assist health care facilities to meet NHSN reporting requirements as part of licensure.

+ Assist health care facilities to enroll in NHSN and confer rights to view reportable conditions to CDPHE.

+ Ensure that data use agreements with NHSN are updated.

+ Communicate with CDC for NHSN technical support.

+ Communicate through NHSN about Colorado reporting requirements and deadlines.

+ Offer technical assistance opportunities to health care facilities for NHSN reporting and use.

+ Complete relevant activities, milestones, and performance measures required by cooperative agreements.

+ Provide expertise and mentorship for data management and analysis to unit staff.

+ Standardize the quality and format of public web postings of HAI/AR surveillance data.

+ Mentor unit staff on epidemiology concepts related to causality, association, bias, confounding, mediation, statistical testing, and interpretation of findings.

+ Coordinate and respond to data requests from the HAI/AR Program, other Communicable Disease Programs, and external partners.

+ Coordinate the analysis of NHSN data.

+ Provide analytic support to the HAI/AR Program for analysis of data from other surveillance platforms.

+ Monitor and support quality assurance for NHSN reporting.

+ Oversee validation of NHSN reporting.

+ Guide the HAI Surveillance Data Analyst on data management, analysis, and presentation for the HAI Annual Report.

+ Oversee drafting of the written HAI Annual Report.

+ Oversee and facilitate HAI Advisory Committee meetings, including schedules, agendas, materials, minutes, recordings, conference rooms, and conference calls.

+ Oversee HAI Advisory Committee membership and recruitment.

+ Revise and update bylaws, and responds to inquiries about and reports out HAI Advisory Committee activities as needed.

+ Maintain HAI Advisory Committee meeting materials according to retention schedule.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.

Experience Only:

Eight (8) years of health professional experience in a program affecting public health or applied epidemiology involving public health surveillance, data management, and data presentation.

Education and Experience:

A combination of related education in public health, public health administration, or health administration or closely-related and/or health professional experience in the oversight of a program affecting public health or applied epidemiology, infection control practice and disease measures, communicable disease or closely related field equal to Eight (8) years.

*This experience must be substantiated within the Work Experience section of your application. "See Resume" will not be accepted. In addition, part-time work will be prorated.

NOTE: Click on the link here toHOW TO APPLY (https://careers.colorado.gov/how-to-apply) and submit a complete application. That documents your work history giving details of your qualifications, including how your experience aligns with the minimum and preferred qualifications for this position when listing your work history.

* YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS TO YOUR APPLICATION IF YOU ARE USING EDUCATION TO MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS*

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Must be willing to:

+ A pre-employment background check

+ Travel for meetings, conference, disease response or medical record reviews and some out of state and overnight stays.

+ Be expected to work and/or remain at their worksite in delayed start, early release, or closure situations.

+ Be available in the event of an emergency, (e.g., bio-terrorist attack, chemical attack, disease outbreak or all hazards) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.

+ Be available in the event of the activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience managing a public health program.

+ Experience managing or working with data analysts.

+ Training in epidemiology or data analysis.

+ Training or experience with communicable diseases.

+ Experience with healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance.

+ Experience with public health surveillance database management.

+ Experience with data analysis and display.

+ Experience writing public health reports.

+ Experience facilitating committee meetings.

Appeal Rights:

An applicant who has been removed from an employment list or removed from consideration during the selection process may request a review by the State Personnel Director.

As an applicant directly affected by the results of the selection or comparative analysis process, you may file a written appeal with the State Personnel Director.

Review of the completed, signed and submitted appeal will be timely on the basis of written material submitted by you, using the official appeal form signed by you or your representative. This form must be completed and delivered to the State Personnel Board by email at [email protected] within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the Department’s action.

For further information on the Board Rules, you can refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov/board-rules .

Supplemental Information

A complete application packet must include:

+ A complete application that documents your work history giving details of your qualifications, including how your experience aligns with the minimum and preferred qualifications when listing your work history.

+ A copy of your transcripts if you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications. (unofficial copy acceptable)

+ If you are a veteran, attach a copy of your DD214 to your application

The Selection Process:

+ Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.

+ A top group, up to six (6) candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.

E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify (http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify) , including your rights and responsibilities.

ADAAA Accommodations :

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Dan McKenna, at [email protected] or call 303-692-2060, option 5.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~

CDPHE IS A TOBACCO FREE CAMPUS

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits

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As a condition of employment, you are required to submit to pre-employment screening if offered the position. Are you willing to meet this requirement?

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This position requires educational transcripts be submitted if you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, a copy of your unofficial (or official) transcript.

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If you are a veteran, did you attach a copy of your DD214 to your application?

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Describe an experience where you had an opportunity to manage a program or serve as a team leader. How did you facilitate the success of the team?

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How do you handle the challenges with data analysis of large amounts of data?

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Describe an experience where you communicated data to stakeholders. What are 2-3 best practices for effective data communication?

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