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aq Attachment 4 Job Duties Public Health Preparedness Coordinator Orange County Health Department 1. Revise and update all Public Health Bioten'orism and Emergency Preparedness and Response plans through coordination with multiple community partners (e.g. EMS, UNC Health Care, Red Cross, Law Enforcement etc.) Examples of plans needing revision or development: • Infectious Agent Preparedness Plan o Smallpox Preparedness Plan o SARS Response Plan o Influenza Pandemic Response Plan o Some foodborne and waterborne outbreaks (like shigella) • Chemical Public Health Response Plan • Radiological Public Health Response Plan • Strategic National Stockpile Public Health Management Plan o Mass Vaccination/Prophylaxsis Plan • Non-infectious Agent Preparedness Plan o West Nile Virus Plan o Anthrax Response Plan o Some foodborne and waterborne pathogens (like crpytosporidium) • General Communicable Disease Response Plan o TB, Hepatitis, HN, STI, 2. Revise and update all public health emergency preparedness and response policies and procedures such as staff policies in working in infectious and non-infectious environments; required staffing levels for vaccination sites and qualification of staff for each duty. 3. Organize and coordinate County Biaterrorism/Emergency Preparedness meetings and various subcommittees (information management, exercise design and evaluation) 4. Co-chair County Exercise Design Subcommittee in collaboration with Emergency Management Specialist: organize meetings, assist with selection of agenda items, and participate in exercise design, planning, implementation, and evaluation. 5. Establish Memorandums of Agreement with UNC Health Professional Schools and other community partners to make those resources available when needed. 6. Supervise the development, review, and revisions of Medical Reserve Corps plan of action consistent with risks and vulnerabilities of the community. Recruit, train and supervise Volunteer Coordinator for the Medical Reserve Corps Cooperative Agreement. 8. Provide nursing supervision of nurse volunteers at emergency sites as needed. 9. Provide training to volunteer nurses in emergency procedures and policies such as • vaccination training for specified agents; • appropriate personal protective clothing requirements and procedures for dressing and undressing; • N-95 mask fit training and use; mass triage and care principles, etc.