Health Program Supervisor (40 Hour)

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• Meet Minimum Qualifications: In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee of the agency listed above for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language, and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• Educational Credits: List your earned credits and degrees from accredited institutions accurately on your application. To receive educational credits towards qualification, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the contact listed below.
• Resume Policy: Per Public Act 21-69, resumes are not accepted during the initial application process. As the recruitment process progresses, candidates may be required to submit additional documentation to support their qualification(s) for this position. This documentation may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the request and discretion of the hiring agency.
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• Considerable knowledge of
  • purposes, plans, objectives and programs of public health agencies including changing pattern of preventive medicine and environmental health; 
  • relationships between risk factors and incidence of health problems; 
  • changing aspects of social-medical philosophies; 
  • state and community organizations and programs involved in field of public health; 
• Knowledge of research and design methodologies; 
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills; 
• Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret data; 
• Supervisory ability.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the advanced working level in health care program administration, a health systems agency or other health care organization in at least one of the following areas:

• grant writing or monitoring;
• formal program planning, development, management or evaluation;
• program consultation.

NOTE:

• For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Health Program Associate.
• A health care organization is defined as a large multi-dimensional agency with responsibility for developing health programs.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in health education, hospital administration, public administration or public health may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
• For state employees one (1) year as a Health Program Associate may substitute for the General and Special Experience.

• Experience interpreting statutes and regulations pertaining to the prescribing, dispensing and monitoring of prescription medications.
• Experience developing education and training materials for internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience writing grant applications, monitoring contract compliance, and writing program reports.
• Experience supervising and mentoring professional staff.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe products and prescription monitoring software.