Public Health Field Investigator

Major Duties

• Serves as the field, public health subject matter expert for the assigned area, including Ports of Entry and Border Patrol Stations.
• Serves as a liaison between field operators, contracted medical personnel, local/state health departments and OCMO regarding communicable disease matters.
• Provides communicable disease education, training, and technical assistance to CBP personnel, contractors, and other field stakeholders.
• Provides timely written and verbal updates to OCMO leadership regarding field findings, emerging concerns, recommended actions, and public health coordination efforts.
• Counsels public health field assessments, including site visits, to identify risks related to communicable disease transmission.
• Supports communicable disease surveillance, exercises, after-action reviews, emerging infectious disease responses, and other public health activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with multidisciplinary partners such as public health authorities, healthcare personnel, operational leadership, or emergency response stakeholders.
• Ability to develop written reports, recommendations, training materials, and field summaries.
• Ability to work independently in field environments while maintaining routine communication with headquarters leadership.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of infection prevention and control principles in healthcare, congregate, detention, correctional, emergency response, or operational environments.
• Knowledge of communicable disease prevention and control, including tuberculosis, respiratory illness, gastrointestinal illness, bloodborne pathogens, vaccine-preventable disease, and emerging infectious diseases.
• Ability to translate public health guidance into recommendations for operational personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to build effective relationships with CBP personnel, contractors, and public health partners.
• Flexibility to respond to changing schedules, field conditions, public health incidents, and operational needs.