Public Health Veterinarian

Salary : $133,681.60 - $169,436.80 Annually

Location : Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA

Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week

Job Number: 2024SD22083

Department: DPH - Public Health

Division: Prevention

Opening Date: 07/01/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

FLSA: Exempt

Bargaining Unit: Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines

Full- or Part-Time: Full Time

SummaryFirst consideration will be given to applicants who apply before July 31, 2024.

Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is seeking to fill one Career Service Public Health Veterinarian (PHV) position as a Zoonotic Disease Team Manager in the Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section (CD-Imms).

The PHV Zoonotic Disease Team Manager will provide clinical and technical expertise, leadership, and strategic direction for: veterinary public health; communicable disease epidemiology related to zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases; and environmental health issues related to conditions that impact animals and people. The PHV will lead the zoonoses program and oversee team activities related to pandemic preparedness, prevention, surveillance, investigation, and control strategies applying a One Health approach. The PHV will model a culture of a healthy organization by supporting employee engagement and professional growth opportunities, anti-racist and trauma informed policies and practices, and practices that strengthen cross-collaboration.

This position reports to the Investigations Branch Manager and will work closely with Environmental Health (EH) staff and members of CD-Imms, including managers, program leads, veterinarians, public health nurses, disease investigators, and epidemiologists.

Reasonable and necessary moving expenses up to a maximum of $15,000 may be available if the successful candidate is relocating from outside of Washington.

In accordance with the King County Equity and Social Justice Ordinance and the King County Strategic Plan, the position supports and advances Public Health values for fair and culturally competent service delivery, innovative, effective and efficient application of resources, building a culture of performance and expanding opportunities to seek input, listen and respond to community members.

Commitment to Equityand Social Justice:
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

We have a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all - in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

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Job Duties

Job Function #1: Provide clinical, technical, and strategic direction and oversight for zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, and environmental exposures to address pandemic preparedness, prevention, surveillance, investigation, and control activities in collaboration with team, Section leadership, and EH colleagues.

• Example duties include:
  • Develop, lead, and manage prevention, investigation, control, and communication strategies and activities that impact both humans and animals.
  • Collaborate with Environmental Health partners to lead the investigation of outbreaks and biosecurity issues within animal shelters or pet businesses and rodent infestations. Perform field inspections when needed.
  • Inform or lead One Health activities that enhance multidisciplinary collaborations to improve health outcomes for people, animals, and the environment.

• Example duties include:
  • Collaborate with partners and the community to advance equity by developing systems, policies, and practices that prioritize communities, identify health disparities and address them.
  • Coordinate with key agency and academic partners to monitor zoonotic disease incidence and trends and other issues of public health importance.
  • Represent Public Health through a variety of formats and serve as spokesperson with media and other stakeholders on veterinary public health issues.

• Example duties include:
  • Serve as the technical expert or principal investigator for grant applications related to zoonotic diseases and One Health issues.
  • Participate in the WA State One Health Collaborative and the Community of Practice.
  • Support evaluation of key metrics and business processes, provide feedback, and implement changes as indicated.

• Example duties include:
  • Supervise assigned staff, including hiring, onboarding, training, mentoring, and evaluating staff with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and levels of experience.
  • Once trained, provide back-up coverage to other team managers, veterinarians, and leads as needed across notifiable conditions managed by CD-Imms.
  • Participate in afterhours (evening, night, weekend, and holiday) on-call work rotations, including shared back-up monitoring/response of all high priority afterhours work with other team managers and urgent public health veterinary issues.

• Doctorate in veterinary medicine from an accredited university
• A valid Washington State license to practice veterinary medicine or the ability to obtain licensure within 1 year of employment start date. The license must be current and unrestricted; a conditional, provisional, probationary or restricted license will not be accepted.
• At least 2 years of progressively responsible supervisory, management, mentorship, and leadership experience.
• At least 2 years of experience with strate.