Texas Department of State Health Services · 5 days ago
HCID Epidemiologist II
Austin, TX
Contract
Hybrid
Mid Level
$5,000/mo - $5,888.50/mo
3+ years expThe Texas Department of State Health Services is committed to public health and is seeking a skilled HCID Epidemiologist II. This role involves conducting advanced epidemiological investigations and providing consultation on infectious diseases, while also assisting in outbreak response and data analysis.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Participates in infectious disease outbreak investigations for HCID and other notifiable conditions (e.g., prion disease, respiratory, vaccine preventable, foodborne, multidrug-resistant organisms, and others) by coordinating data collection with local and regional health department partners, abstracting medical data from hospital and medical records, designing or modifying questionnaires or report forms, reviewing mortality data, interviewing exposed persons and/or cases, coordinating collection and transport of clinical specimens, performing data analysis using statistical programs, assisting with recommendations for control measures. Analyzes and interprets epidemiological data, including laboratory findings. Creates, maintains, and distributes databases using applications such as National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS), Excel, SAS, Tableau, R, and other programs
Assists with monitoring contract deliverables related to state-funded local health department epidemiologists. Participates in training and development of protocols and procedures related to surveillance, persons under monitoring, and cluster and outbreak investigations. Serves as surge capacity for any team within the Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Unit (EAIDU) or with any health service region during any large infectious disease response. Substitutes for any EAIDU epidemiology or surveillance staff member during vacancies or extended absences
Prepares reports and graphs of surveillance and investigation data using Power Point, Excel, SAS, R, Tableau, NEDSS, and other programs. Disseminates data reports to internal and external partners. May prepare and give oral presentations on surveillance data and epidemiological investigations for professional and lay audiences. Assists in the development of disease fact sheets, pamphlets, brochures and press bulletins. May assist in preparing articles for publication in journals. Provides telephonic and electronic technical consultations to public health professionals, health care providers, and the general public on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and their prevention and control. Prepares infectious disease data for posting to the Department's website. Reviews scientific literature as appropriate
Provides consultation to local and regional health department staff on utilization of NEDSS. Performs some data entry including surge capacity data entry for other EAIDU teams, health service regions or local health departments. Regularly updating statewide condition line lists. Monitors data quality. Helps coordinate and update guidance for persons under monitoring. Helps coordinates rule out and clinical consultations for HCID conditions with a wide variety of partners (including health departments, clinicians, and the CDC) as needed. Retrieves data from the Department’s laboratory information system (LabWare), NEDSS, Bionumerics, and relevant CDC sites. Serves as the on-call epidemiologist for EAIDU as assigned
Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligation for disaster response and/or recovery of Continuity of Operations (COOP) or State Medical Operations Center (SMOC) activation. Such participation may require an alternative shift pattern assignment and/or location
Qualification
Required
Graduation from an accredited 4-year college or university with major coursework in epidemiology, infectious diseases, biostatistics or related field and 3 years (or equivalent) of full-time work experience in epidemiology or public health
A Master of Public Health degree from a U.S. accredited college or university or a foreign degree determined to be equivalent by an acceptable education evaluator with a focus on epidemiology and/or analysis and assessment and 1 year (or equivalent) of full-time work experience in epidemiology or public health
A doctoral-level degree in epidemiology or public health
Other non-epidemiology graduate degree in a health-related field (e.g., RN, MD/DO, DDS/DMD, DVM, PhD, MS) with 1 year (or equivalent) of full-time epidemiological or public health experience
Knowledge of the principles and methods of epidemiology and related biostatistics
Knowledge of infectious diseases
Skill in the use of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and statistical software
Skill in the use of National Electronic Disease Surveillance System and Labware or similar electronic interfaces
Ability to plan, conduct, and report on epidemiological investigations
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
Ability to interpret laboratory results and apply them in outbreak investigations
Ability to build and manage databases
Ability to analyze data and apply findings in outbreak investigations
Ability to work well in high stress, high visibility situations
Ability to work well in new work surroundings or with new team members
Ability to manage projects
Ability to interpret and apply epidemiological findings
Benefits
Insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS)
Company
Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Department of State Health Services focuses on public health to promote and protect the health of Texans & their communities.
1001-5000 employees
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