CISA Physician

Job Objective

This work will support the U.S. COVID-19, Monkeypox vaccination program’s vaccine safety programs, as well as any other vaccine used during a public health response conducted by CDC.

The Clinical Immunization Safety Assessments (CISA) Project is a national network of vaccine safety experts from CDC’s Immunization Safety Office (ISO) and seven medical research centers. CISA conducts clinical research, assesses complex adverse events following vaccination, and provides consultations to United States healthcare providers and public health partners.

For the CISA Physician position, personnel will provide clinician/medical officer support for the CISA Project. This position requires access to Personally Identifying Information (PII) and personnel will be required to obtain a CDC Public Trust Level-5 background clearance.

Responsibilities

• Receive and respond to requests of assistance for COVID-19, Monkeypox, and other public health vaccine safety responses or inquiries from healthcare providers and health departments. Requests may come in the form of phone calls or emails from the CDC Emergency Operations Center or other CDC public facing inquiry response services.
• Monitor, triage, and assist with responding to emails and clinical inquiries that CISA receives daily. Using clinical expertise, the vendor shall triage calls and inquiries to determine the need for escalation to CISA’s nationwide network of vaccine experts and others such as allergists.
• Attend daily morning and afternoon CISA team conference calls in addition to a daily conference call with CISA’s national network of vaccine experts. Attend CISA meetings that urgently occur to assist inquirers. In addition, attend CISA consultation conference calls with inquirers.
• Contribute to the investigation of adverse events including allergic reactions after COVID-19 and Monkeypox vaccines as well as other vaccines used during a public health response, in collaboration with state health departments and other partners.
• Request medical records from health care providers/systems located in the United States on behalf of CISA.
• Review, abstract, and summarize medical records pertinent to vaccine safety consults or evaluations. Track inquiries in a CDC database. Perform data entry from these reviews. Data entry will be via CDC electronic database, consisting mostly of check boxes and free text fields. Receive training by CDC CISA staff on how to input data into the database.
• Work with CDC CISA staff to resolve any questions or concerns related to CISA inquiries, medical record reviews, or data entry into the electronic database.
• Sign a CDC VAERS Rules of Behavior (ROB) form.
• Working with CDC staff, the contract employee will gain access to the VAERS VPN.
• Search VAERS database for vaccine safety information.
• Conduct literature reviews informing vaccine safety issues, including literature reviews about COVID-19, Monkeypox, and other vaccines used during a public health response and clinical conditions.
• Provide vaccine safety technical assistance to the response efforts and contribute to COVID-19 vaccine safety educational activities.
• Maintain subject matter expertise pertinent to CDC response activities.
• Contribute to the development of daily, weekly, and long-term team priorities and progress report updates.
• Assist with research needs of the CISA team, including writing and editing scientific products (manuscripts, abstracts, scientific posters).
• Assist with the preparation of and/or give presentations on complex vaccine safety issues concerning individual patients/groups of patients and the results of scientific research.
• Educate other team members on scientific and technical aspects of team activities and function.
• Support the operational needs for the clinical service and contribute to clinical consultation tracking database activities for ISO.

Education & Certification

• Valid US Medical License
• Completion of an ACGME Medical Residency program

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid US Medical License (unrestricted).
• Completed an ACGME Medical Residency program.
• Have medical knowledge in the areas of Adult and/or Pediatric Medicine.
• Have the ability to actively reach out and contact providers and partners on the phone.
• Have the flexibility to work across multiple disciplines of medicine and public health.
• Experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g., MS Word and Excel).
• Preferred Board Certification, including but not limited to Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, and Pediatrics; knowledge and experience with patient care or public health and/or vaccines; comfort in working in 100% virtual environment; and experience with RedCap and Microsoft Teams
• Ability to obtain a CDC Public Trust Level-5 background clearance.

About Loyal Source

Loyal Source is an Orlando-based workforce solutions provider dedicated to delivering elite services worldwide, with a focus in government healthcare, technical and support services, engineering, and travel healthcare. Loyal Source provides exceptional custom solutions to both private enterprise and government agencies. Loyal Source is a military friendly employer and proud partner of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership program.

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