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11/28/2023

Epidemiologist I or II

Tuscarawas County Health Department

Epidemiologist I or II (Full-Time; 35-hours per week)

​Position Introduction
Under general supervision, the public health epidemiologist is responsible for participating in public health investigations and surveillance, by gathering data, analyzing, and presenting findings to health department staff, administration, Board of Health, and the community. Responsible for carrying out a range of investigations and epidemiological activities related to the surveillance, detection, and prevention of morbidities, mortalities, and other community concerns.
 
Minimum Qualifications

• Public Health Epidemiologist I:
• Newly graduated Master’s degree with less than two years’ local public health experience but from a Master’s program with a focus on epidemiology and/or analysis and assessment of health-related data; or
• Bachelor’s or other non-epidemiology professional degree or certification (e.g., RN, MD/DO, DDS/DMD, DVM, PhD, RS) without formal academic epidemiology training and with at least 2 years’ experience performing epidemiology work.
• Acceptable bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, environmental health, nursing, public health, or related science or mathematical field.
• Completion of CDC Principals of Epidemiology within 90 days of hire.
• Completion of at least 1 undergraduate course in epidemiology or biostatistics
• Preferred qualifications include:
• Completion of at least 1 graduate-level epidemiology course
• Completion of at least 1 graduate-level biostatistics course
• Experience with SAS, SPSS, R, or other statistical software
• Training in Incident Command System (ICS)
• Public Health Epidemiologist II:
• Master’s degree with a focus in epidemiology with 2 or more years’ work experience in epidemiology in a public health agency; or
• Doctoral-level degree in epidemiology or a related discipline (e.g., public health, biostatistics); or
• Other non-epidemiology professional degree or certification (e.g., RN, MD/DO, DDS/DMD, DVM, PhD, RS) with specific epidemiology training (e.g., MPH degree, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service program) with 2 or more years’ experience performing epidemiology work; or
• Other combination of background and experience, which must include at least 4 years’ experience performing epidemiology work.
• Preferred qualifications include:
• Experience with grant writing and implementation
• Experience with SAS, SPSS, R, or other statistical software
• Previous experience with GIS mapping, Tableau, Power BI and/or other data visualization tools
• Training in Incident Command System (ICS)
• Strong communication skills, including written and public speaking.
• Ability to collect and organize data for entry into program database(s).
• Ability to describe program overview to others with accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, procedures,  policies  into  all aspects of the work.
• Ability to hold a flexible schedule; hours will include evening and weekends.
• Must have a valid State of Ohio driver’s license and remain insurable in accordance with the agency’s insurance policy.
• Must sign and abide by the agency’s nicotine free hiring policy.

Professional Attitude
The following are examples only and are not intended to be all inclusive.

• Willingness to expand one’s knowledge base and inspire others to do the same
• Willingness to participate in workforce development and promote the same among staff
• Willingness to participate in and/or lead agency-wide initiatives, including but not limited to the pursuit of national accreditation and participation in times of public health emergencies
• Willingness to assist clients independent of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and/or socioeconomic status

Essential Duties

1. Acts as the child fatality review coordinator for the Department.
2. Acts as the overdose fatality review coordinator for the Department.
3. Acts as the suicide fatality review coordinator for the Department.
4. Participation in surveillance activities for significant trends and early detection of infectious diseases within the community.
5. Coordinator and/or assist with reported disease outbreaks or clusters.
6. Educate groups and institutions on outbreak response procedures.
7. Collect and analyze infectious disease data reports.
8. . Collect and analyze non-infectious disease data reports.
9. Evaluating programs.
10. Conducts literature reviews for program planning, for preparation of publications, and for evaluation. Designs and prepares reports from analyses of surveillance data, literature reviews, and other information.
11. Makes oral presentations to diverse audiences.
12. Complete the annual County-wide communicable disease report.
13. Assist with data collection for the Department’s annual report.
14. Conduct basic and/or advanced statistical analysis.
15. Participates in writing grants or other funding proposals.
16. Create innovative data visualizations and infographics.
17. Attend State and regional epidemiology meetings and trainings.
18. Prepares and maintains appropriate records and completes reports by required deadlines.
19. Attends staff meetings and serves on temporary committees, as requested and is required to be punctual at such meetings.
20. Maintains and increases knowledge and skills through attendance at meetings, conferences, training seminars and in-service training.
21. Maintain effective communication with Director and co-workers.
22. Performs additional duties and assignments, as requested.
23. Regular, punctual attendance.  

This is on on-site position please email resume to director@tchdnow.org

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