Hospital Preparedness Program Coordinator; Public Service Administrator, Opt. N

PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR

Salary:
Anticipated Starting Salary $8,281/month;
Full Range $8,281-$12,223/month

Location:

Sangamon County, Illinois.

Work Hours:

Monday-Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated individual to organize, plan, and implement the statewide Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). Plans for the effective utilization of the program resources and organizes the goals and objectives of the program.

• Flexible and hybrid work schedules are available in many program areas (when available and dependent upon position)
• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre‑tax programs
  -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 paid sick days annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per calendar year (pro‑rated dependent on start date)
• 13-14 paid holidays per year
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources

These are just a few of the many perks available to all State employees. For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www
2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

• Organizes, plans, administers, and implements the statewide Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP).
• Proactively advises supervisor of status of the statewide Hospital Preparedness Program, work products and timelines related to the Hospital Preparedness Program grant application(s) and subsequent contracts/memorandums of understanding/deliverables to hospitals and other entities.
• Develops procedures for, and reviews field staff compliance site visit and progress report reviews related to hospital preparedness grant activities.
• Travels to provide training and technical assistance to hospitals through training and individual consultation on hospital preparedness.
• Receives education and training and participates in emergency response activities such as staffing the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC);
  Incident Management Team (IMT);
  State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC);
  Joint Operations Center (JOC);
  Receive, Stage and Store Center (RSS), Regional Distribution Center (RDC), or the Unified Area Command (UAC).
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college.
• Prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in nursing.
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in Illinois.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Public Health, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• Four (4) years of professional work experience in evaluating, developing, revising public health emergency preparedness and response plans and in project management.
• Four (4) years of professional nursing experience related to disaster preparedness or emergency response communication and coordination.
• Four (4) years of experience in technical writing, program management, stakeholder collaboration, plan drafting and development, workshop and meeting facilitation, project plan development, resource identification, training material and exercise assessment, evaluation assessment.
• Four (4) years of experience assessing and implementing hospital and regional health care coalitions and other similar programs, analyzing grantee data, and all hazards readiness policy and procedures.
• Four (4) years of experience working with MS Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and other related applications.

• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties.
• Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
• Certain provisions of the…