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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Program Officers administer a program or major component of a program by planning, coordinating and managing services and activities in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and established program performance standards and objectives.

This Program Officer 1 position is requested for the Immunization Program in the Bureau of Child, Family & Community Wellness in the Division of Public and Behavioral Health. This position serves as the vaccine storage and handling coordinator for southern Nevada. The Nevada State Immunization Program (NSIP) provides federally and state funded vaccine to private, public, rural, and Federally Qualified Health Clinics (FQHCs) throughout Nevada. This position works under the supervision of the Vaccine Manager and the Quality Assurance Manager and is responsible for ensuring clinics enrolled in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, Adult Vaccine program (317), and the Nevada Cocooning Program in the Las Vegas, Henderson, and Pahrump areas store these expensive vaccines in accordance with regulations set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the NSIP. This position is also responsible for installing Digital Temperature Recording Devices (called data loggers) in enrolled and new provider clinics. Additional responsibilities include training and retraining clinic staff on the use of data loggers and interpreting reports generated by the computer-based temperature monitoring system, as well as provide technical assistance to provider staff at any time requested. This position will also be responsible for approving vaccine storage units for newly enrolled providers, conducting unannounced storage and handling visits using currently approved procedures and templates issued by the CDC, and completing enrollment visits for practices enrolling in the VFC, 317, and/or Nevada Cocconing Programs.

Nevada's beautiful landscape and diverse activities are a few reasons to live and work in the Silver State! State employment benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance programs; participation in the public employees' retirement plan; 11 paid holidays; and accrual of 3 weeks of annual and 3 weeks of sick leave each year. At the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, our mission is to protect, promote and improve the physical and behavioral health of the people of Nevada. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: