Epidemiologist

Singapore General Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Singapore is seeking an Epidemiologist to conduct daily surveillance of emerging infectious diseases. The role involves contact tracing, outbreak investigation, and providing statistical expertise. Candidates should have a Master or PhD in Public Health or Epidemiology and familiarity with statistical software. This position offers the opportunity to significantly impact public health through research and analysis.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in Public Health or Epidemiology is required.
• Expertise in statistical software necessary.
• Good publication records in journals are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily disease surveillance.
• Perform contact tracing for infectious diseases.
• Investigate disease outbreaks and provide recommendations.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Epidemiological expertise

Disease investigation

Education

Master or PhD in Public Health or Epidemiology

Tools

SAS

STATA

SPSS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Epidemiology team conducts emerging and re-emerging infectious disease surveillance and communicable disease outbreak management in SGH. The Epidemiologist is responsible for:

Responsibilities

• Daily emerging and re-emerging infectious disease surveillance;
• Conducting contact tracing to mitigate and/or control infectious diseases including vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) detected in SGH and Outram campus;
• Conducting disease outbreak investigation and making recommendations on diseases containment;
• Provision of epidemiological and statistical expertise for the planning, design, analysis, and reporting of statistical information;
• Epidemiological study for identifying incidence, prevalence, causes or risk factors of human morbidity or mortality;
• Providing support for statistical analysis on audit and research programs

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in Public Health or Epidemiology
• Expertise in the use of one or more statistical software packages (e.g. SAS, STATA, or SPSS) and Microsoft Office
• Candidates with good publication records in journals will be an added advantage