Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

This position will have a hybrid workplace options available but will still be required to report to the listed address at the discretion of the supervisor and based on business need.

Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.

This is a Term-Limited position with the term ending 8/29/2030.

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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.

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness.

The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

Employee wellness programs and facilities
Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
Medical and dental health plans
Paid life insurance
Short- and long-term disability coverage
11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
Tuition assistance for college level courses including Master’s degree programs
Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and a variety of employee resource groups

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to:

https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Note: (This posting may be extended and used to fill multiple openings.)

Description of Job

The Work Unit:
The Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch (HPCDP), in the Prevention Services Division (Division), plans, designs, implements, and evaluates public health interventions related to chronic disease and related risk factors, with a goal of improving health-related quality of life for all Coloradans. Special emphasis is placed on evidence-based practices, analyzing and making data and evidence-informed decisions, capacity-building, partnerships, and integration between program efforts for efficiency and effectiveness. The HPCDP Branch includes Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and other Related Dementias, Comprehensive and Colorectal Cancer Control, Healthy Eating and Active Living, Tobacco Education, Prevention and Control, the Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Grants Program, and Healthy Communities. Many chronic diseases share the same systemic causes, including the lack of built environments to support physical activity, access to nutritious foods, and social connectedness, as well as poverty and economic instability. As we seek to address these crucial issues, we commit to being responsive to the reality that structural racism intensifies each of them. The HPCDP Branch recognizes that racism is a public health crisis and is committed to improving racial and other forms of equity through all of its programs.

The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) and Cancer Unit strives to create an environment that encourages Coloradans to eat healthy and be physically active in their everyday lives and where the healthy choice is the easy choice. We also strive to increase cancer prevention and control across the continuum of care, including primary prevention, screening and early detection, and cancer survivorship.

What You Will Be Doing:

The Cancer Systems Specialist, within the Healthy Eating Active Living and Cancer Unit, coordinates the implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) work plans for the Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) and the Clinic Quality Improvement (CQI) strategy of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The focus of these grant programs is to support health systems that serve those who are disproportionately impacted by health inequities to improve access to and completion of colorectal, breast and cervical cancer screening. This position determines and adapts intervention design processes within established program objectives and grant requirements, and develops and implements guidance for monitoring contracts while collaborating on program evaluation.

This position analyzes clinic-level data, policies, workflows, clinic transformation, electronic health record systems, and implementation of evidence-based strategies to increase cancer-screening services in health systems, including clinic-clinic connections from primary care to colonoscopy providers. Communicates with all levels of health systems staff and technical assistance partners to develop, implement, and track CQI activities to anticipate impact. Develops partnerships and creates linkages between public health and state and local-level systems, and the Colorado Cancer Coalition to promote policy, health system infrastructure, and services that effectively address barriers to obtaining screening services for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer.

Develops subject matter expertise about related risk factors and preventive approaches for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Provides specific expertise in colorectal, breast, and cervical evidence-based interventions, related surveillance data, and current literature on promising practices and trends in the field through supporting implementation of policy and systems change to decrease risk factors and increase screenings.

Frequently interacts with staff in other programs, units, branches and divisions, namely the Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Health Eating Active Living programs, the Health Services and Connections Branch and the Center for Health and Environmental Data (CHED). Utilizes data and evaluation to guide activities by working closely with the Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Evaluation Program to analyze progress, identify implementation challenges, and adjust work processes to ensure progress towards cancer program goals.

Incorporates principles of health and racial equity into the routine program administration, contract monitoring, and communication strategies among internal and external partners.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Residency Requirement:

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Class Code & Classification Description:

C7C3XX

Health Professional III

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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:
Six (6) years of professional experience in public health or health-related organization. This experience must include project management, working with population-based initiatives, health systems (e.g., clinics, hospitals, health plans), and providing technical assistance.

OR

Education and Experience:

A combination of related education, graduation from an accredited college or university in public health, nursing, health education/promotion, health policy, public administration, social work or a field of study closely related to the work assignment and professional experience in public health or health-related organization. This experience must include project management, working with population-based initiatives, health systems (e.g., clinics, hospitals, health plans), and providing technical assistance equal to Six (6) years.

This experience must be substantiated within the Work Experience section of your application. "See Resume" will not be accepted. A copy of your unofficial (or official) transcript is required by the application deadline. You must attach this transcript to your application electronically.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

In addition to the minimum requirements, the successful candidate in this position will have the following experience:

Demonstrated ability to gather relevant information, identify and analyze problems and use sound reasoning to arrive at conclusions.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once.
Demonstrated ability to find and use data to inform implementation strategies
Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work across teams
Demonstrated ability to write clearly and concisely
Experience implementing evidence-based interventions for quality improvement in a healthcare setting
Experience as a user of electronic health records
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously.
Demonstrated ability providing training or technical assistance to groups and individuals.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Pursuant to CDPHE policy, a background check is required for all positions at CDPHE.
TRAVEL: 10% of time, local travel is approximately two times/month; out of state travel is approximately two times/year. Conduct site visits and trainings around the state of Colorado. Participate in required training and professional development both in and out of the state.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. Appeals to the State Personnel Board or the State Personnel Director must be received or postmarked within the filing period: Appeals shall be filed with the Board no later than ten (10) days after receipt of the written notice of the action, or if no notice was received, no later than (10) days after the employee knew or should have known of the disputed action. Filings can be by mail, hand-delivery, fax or email. Send the completed form with all supporting attachments to the State Personnel Board and provide a copy to the Department (the “Respondent”) identified by you (the “Complainant”) in PART 1 - General Information and Disputed Employment Action.

State Personnel Board

1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, Colorado 80203

Fax Number: 303-866-5038

Email filings: dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or 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 under Rules.

Supplemental Information

A complete application packet must include:

A completed State of Colorado application.
Fully answered supplemental questions per guidance.
If using education to qualify for this position a copy of your transcripts (unofficial acceptable) must be provided with application.
If using work experience to qualify for this position, please provide an adequate description in the work experience section of the application. Do not write "see resume".
If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.

The Selection Process:

All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis 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 materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.

A top group, up to six 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, 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 at cdphe.humanresources@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.

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