Epidemiologist: Public Health Surveillance & Outbreak Response

Tasmanian Government; City of Burnie; Hybrid; AUD 117,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development allowance

Fitness passport

Job summary

Join the Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit as an Epidemiologist within the Tasmanian Department of Health. You will contribute to collection, analysis, and interpretation of surveillance data, participate in outbreak investigations, and prepare epidemiological reports for key stakeholders.

Working in a multidisciplinary team in South Tasmania, you will engage with notifiable disease guidelines and public health acts while advancing surveillance systems and risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification/program of study with an epidemiological research component, usually at the postgraduate level.
• Eligible for membership with the Australian Epidemiological Association.
• Experience in communicable disease surveillance and reporting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist statewide collection, analysis and interpretation of surveillance data and participate in investigations of disease outbreaks and control activities.
• Assist in the preparation of regular and high-level epidemiological reports for stakeholders and management, and in the maintenance of surveillance systems.

Skills

Epidemiology

Data analysis

Investigations

Professional judgement

Education

Postgraduate epidemiology component

Tools

Stata

Job description

Join the Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit as an Epidemiologist within the Tasmanian Department of Health. You will contribute to collection, analysis, and interpretation of surveillance data, participate in outbreak investigations, and prepare epidemiological reports for key stakeholders.

Working in a multidisciplinary team in South Tasmania, you will engage with notifiable disease guidelines and public health acts while advancing surveillance systems and risk assessments.