Epidemiologist

Epidemiologist

Job Description

Hybrid - working 5 days at home, may go into the office maybe 1 or 2 times a month.

Description:
Job Summary
This position serves as an intermediate-level professional epidemiologist responsible for carrying out a complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities related to surveillance, detection, and prevention of diseases and injuries.
Works independently, or as an experienced team or project member, providing epidemiologic expertise for specific programs or more complex individual epidemiologic analyses, under the direction of higher-level staff.

Qualifications:
Minimum Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, or a science-related field with up to two years of relevant data analysis experience or a Master’s in Public Health or a science-related field. (Preference given to degrees from an accredited University and/or School of Public Health.)
Proficient knowledge of epidemiological principles and statistical analysis methods.
Proficient knowledge of concepts, principles, methods, and techniques of administering public health programs.
Proficient knowledge of advanced communication skills; oral and written.
Proficient knowledge of database management, data analysis, and program evaluation.
Skill in understanding research methods, procedures and techniques used in identifying and evaluating the health of populations, their characteristics, contemporary medical methods and practices, proper principles and procedures when conducting health or determinants surveillance and epidemiologic investigations.
Ability to use critical thinking to determine whether a public health problem exists, articulate need for further investigation or other public health action on statutes, rules, policy and potential health impact.
Basic understanding of systems and procedures necessary for surveillance and investigation of infectious and chronic diseases.
Ability to analyze and interpret data from surveillance and investigations and recommend evidence-based interventions and control measures in response to findings.
Ability to support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination.

Responsibilities:
Collecting, analyzing, and creating reports of healthcare-associated infections and outbreak data.
Conducting routine epidemiologic functions comprising surveillance, data collection, data analysis using epidemiologic methods, and assistance with epidemiologic investigations.
Conducting epidemiologic investigations used in preventing and controlling specific communicable and chronic diseases, injuries, and other health conditions and applies findings to direct public health programs and recommend interventions and/or control measures.
Performs statistical analyses of data sets using analytic tools.
Presents quality data sets and reports findings by using data visualizations programs and/or visual tools i.e. graphs, charts, and maps.
Maintain confidentiality of sensitive data sets and reports.
Use of database and track systems to manage data collection, data entry, and analysis of surveillance programs.
Monitors and evaluates data collection procedures to ensure that quality control measures are sustained.
Assisting with preparing reports from analyses of surveillance data, literature reviews, and other information using behavioral science, demographic and epidemiologic analytic techniques, and program evaluation.
Providing scientific and clinical guidance and technical assistance to various public, private, and nonprofit health and health-related state and local agencies and organizations.
Participating in internal and external committees and workgroups related to areas of expertise.
Serving as a scientific consultant for a public health program or project.
Employee will be expected to make independent decisions and judgements based on their educational and professional experience and training, this position

Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, or a science-related field with up to two years of relevant data analysis experience

Notes:
Hybrid - working 5 days at home, may go into the office maybe 1 or 2 times a month.

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status