Republic of the Philippines Department of Health OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY March 11,2015 DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM No. 2015 ~ FOR : ALL.REGIONAL DIRECTORS SUBJECT : IDELINES ON SURVEILLANCE OFFICERS FOR THE REGION With reference to the above-mentioned subject, attached herewith are the guidelines for the hiring of disease surveillance and response officers of the DOH Regional Offices for the implementation of the Elimination of Diseases as Public Threat programs. Funds to be utilized for this support shall be in accordance to the issued sub-allotments to regional offices as indicated in the Department Order 2015-0026. Dissemination of the information to all concerned is requested. By Authority of the Secretary of Health: 7 eer VICENTE Y. BELIZARIO, MD, MTM&H Undersecretary of Health Office for Technical Services ‘Building 1, San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, 1003 Manila « Trunk Line 651-7800 Direct Line: 711-9501 axe 743-1829, 743-1786 « URL: htp:/sow.doh gow ph; email: osecadoh gov phGUIDELINES ON HIRING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE Al OFFICERS Qualification Standards Graduate of any 4-year academic course or its equivalent Computer literate and proficient with basic program applications (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word) With 2 years relevant experience in Public Health, Surveillance, epidemiology or biostatistics With 2 years relevant experiencein drafting Health Policies and Guidelines Job Description: ‘The staff will be hired and will work directly under the Regional Infectious Cluster in collaboration with the different Regional Coordinators with disease elimination initiatives such as Malaria, Filaria, Schistosomiasis, Leprosy and Rabies Responsible for the verification, confirmation and validation of entries in different surveillance forms Coordinates with different surveillance units in local, regional and national level in relation to the surveillance data Assists in preparation and dissemination of weekly/monthly/annual disease surveillance reports Accomplish and submits Surveillance Reports to DOH stakeholders Stores documents/forms in appropriate locations Assists in epidemic/outbreak investigation conducted by PESUs, RESUs or NEC Assists in conduet of workshops, trainings Collection of epidemiologic data ‘Data Management (Encoding, cleaning, merging, ete) Review of guidelines, case investigation forms, etc, Participates in workshops, seminars, training, scientific meetings and other surveillance-related activities Attends advocacy meetings, workshops, trainings within and outside NEC as may be required Provides updates to the concerned departments/oflices regarding the status of Disease Surveillance locally and worldwide Maintains operations by following policies and procedures ‘Maintains and protects operations by keeping information confidential. Reporting of project expenses on a monthly basis Does other related work as assigned by the unit head. Recommended Rate: Php 18,000 — Php 25,000.00/month x 13 months