Public Health Clinical Consultant

CDPH is currently hiring a Public Health Clinical Consultant (Research Scientist Staff) within our Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of HIV, STIs, and HCV, Office of STIs and HCV. In this role, you will serve as a statewide scientific and clinical authority by directing complex and sensitive research and clinical activities; developing and implementing statewide analytic and scientific protocols; supporting outbreak investigations and surveillance activities; and delivering high-impact scientific guidance to partners. You will also provide technical assistance to Local Health Jurisdictions (LHJs), healthcare systems, laboratories, and community partners, applying a strong health equity lens to address disproportionate disease burdens among underserved populations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides statewide, advanced-level scientific and clinical consultation and programmatic expertise using independent scientific judgement to support guidance for STI/HIV/HCV/mpox and other emerging infections, including prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, partner services, and linkage-to-care activities
• Advises and mentors LHJs, healthcare systems, laboratories, and community organizations on evidence-based scientific and clinical practices and analytic standards
• Interprets, synthesizes, and disseminates complex scientific and clinical research, surveillance findings, and technical guidance through presentations, reports, job aids, scientific briefs, health alerts, and other communication products
• Delivers tailored, high-level technical assistance to meet LHJ operational and scientific and clinical needs related to epidemiology, surveillance, prevention strategies, policy development, and health equity advancement
• Leads and coordinates with internal sections and LHJs to develop, maintain, and implement statewide clinical, nursing, and disease intervention protocols for case investigation, partner services, contact tracing, and cluster/outbreak detection and response
• Ensures STI/HIV/HCV/mpox and other emerging infection surveillance, research, and clinical activities are integrated into routine public health practice
• Provides specialized technical support to LHJs, laboratories, and clinics to operationalize workflows, enhance data quality, strengthen response readiness, and support multidisciplinary response teams, including epidemiologists, clinicians, disease intervention specialists, scientists, and other program staff
• Leads the development, revision, and implementation of evidence-based clinical guidelines, nursing and disease intervention protocols, and decision-support tools related to screening, diagnostic testing, treatment strategies, case management, partner services, prevention approaches, and public health action pathways
• Plans, develops, delivers, and evaluates scientific and clinical training for epidemiologists, disease intervention specialists, clinicians, laboratorians, and public health staff to strengthen workforce competency and improve service delivery
• Identifies, conducts, and supports scientific and clinical research and program strategies to advance health equity, reduce disparities, and strengthen culturally and linguistically appropriate services for populations disproportionately impacted by STIs, HIV, HCV, mpox, and other emerging infections

Telework Policy and Residency Requirement:

This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework permitted is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change, consistent with CDPH’s Telework Program. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.