Epidemiologist 2

STI; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health agency in Nashville seeks an Epidemiologist 2 to manage data for CDC's SET-NET grant while supervising staff and collaborating with partners. The role involves surveillance of health threats and data analytics. Candidates should have a doctoral degree in epidemiology or a master’s with relevant experience. Excellent analytical, communication, and time management skills are essential. This position offers a hybrid work model with contract employment that requires five in-office days per month.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in epidemiology or related fields.
• Master’s degree with 5 years of epidemiology experience.
• Experience in communicable disease surveillance.

Responsibilities

• Manage data for CDC's SET‑NET grant.
• Provide quality assurance for SET‑NET data.
• Supervise staff and collaborate with partners.
• Conduct surveillance on emerging health threats.
• Develop data visualizations for stakeholders.

Skills

Knowledge of viral hepatitis

Supervisory experience

SAS programming

Data visualization

Project leadership

Time management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics, or health informatics

Master’s degree with equivalent experience

Tools

Tableau

REDCap

NEDSS Base System

Job description

Duration: 12 Month+ Assignment
Employment Type: Contract (requires 5 in-office days per month)

Job Title: Epidemiologist 2
Location: Nashville, TN/Hybrid

Position Description

The Viral Hepatitis (VH) Program within the Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness (CEDEP) division of the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is hiring for an Epidemiologist 2 position. The role involves managing surveillance data for CDC's SET‑NET grant, supervising staff, and collaborating with partners.

Job Duties

• Serving as the data manager for CDC's Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET‑NET) grant.
• Providing quality assurance for SET‑NET data entered in a REDCap project.
• Transmitting SET‑NET data to CDC per protocol.
• Developing data visualizations for internal and external partners.
• Serving as the data liaison between TDH and CDC.
• Supervising a Medical Records Abstractor and a Data Entry Specialist.
• Requesting and maintaining access to electronic health records throughout Tennessee.
• Conducting surveillance on hepatitis C, syphilis, and other emerging health threats among pregnant people and their infants.
• Participating in grant‑related conference calls, meetings, and site visits.
• Conducting data analysis as needed for grant related meetings, trainings/technical assistance requests, and grant deliverables.
• Assisting with viral hepatitis surveillance data entry and/or medical record requests, as needed.
• Participating in grant development, writing, administration, and monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
• Participating in development of the annual Viral Hepatitis Epidemiological Profile.
• Assisting with the end‑of‑year data validation and closeout as requested.
• Responding to internal and external viral hepatitis inquiries as assigned.
• Developing detailed procedural guides for all assigned tasks.
• Additional tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics, or health informatics
OR
Substitution of Education for Experience: Master’s degree with experience equivalent to five years work experience in epidemiology.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of viral hepatitis, and maternal/child health
• Supervisory experience
• Experience writing statistical and analytical programming code in SAS
• Data visualization (e.g., Tableau)
• Experience leading projects with multiple partners and collaborators
• Time management skills and proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while completing projects within the allocated timeframes
• Superior analytical and problem‑solving skills, working both individually and as part of a team
• Ability to work collaboratively across programs and interact with all levels of departmental staff, the public, and other governmental and non‑governmental entities
• Communicable disease surveillance experience at a local or state public health department
• Experience with the CDC‑developed National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) Base System (NBS)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience developing, maintaining, entering, and extracting data from REDCap databases
• Experience collaborating with internal and external partners (e.g., CDC, community‑based organizations)