Epidemiologist Senior

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Staunton (VA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Virginia Department of Health is seeking a Senior Epidemiologist to perform moderately complex investigative and analytical epidemiologic work across a district or statewide program area, including interpreting policies and leading projects.

Responsibilities include coordinating programs, training staff, monitoring data quality, providing surveillance design and analysis, and advising external partners on disease control.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a broad and moderately complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities.
• Coordinate a specific epidemiology program and interpret program policies.
• Provide training, monitor and review data collection for accuracy and consistency.
• Serve as a program consultant and may lead scientific teams.
• Coordinate activities and make disease control recommendations to external partners.
• Work under limited supervision and determine scope of program planning and research.
• Disseminate data after review.
• Serves in a managerial/supervisory capacity and conducts performance management.
• Establishes and reviews work assignments and priorities, and resolves related issues, in conjunction with program management and Human Resource staff.
• Ensures relevant training and workplace safety for staff and conducts appropriate performance monitoring and appraisals.
• Uses existing surveillance systems appropriately, with attention to accuracy and detail.
• Provides training and evaluation for the use of surveillance systems by others.
• Designs and manages surveillance systems for events of public health significance.
• Oversees the design and implementation of instruments for the collection of surveillance info and other public health data and implements new or revises existing surveillance systems.
• Reports key findings and performs evaluations of surveillance systems.
• Plans, conducts, and directs epidemiologic studies as requested to include outbreak investigations and analytic studies to address public health problems and to plan programs.
• Validates identification of public health problems pertinent to the population.
• Assesses events of public health significance pertinent to affected or target populations and integrates, adapts and evaluates data through a diversity or health equity lens.

Job description

Title: Epidemiologist Senior

State Role Title: Scientist II

Hiring Range: $88,457.25 - $89,522.00

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location:Cent Shen-August/Staunton -TW

Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/central-shenandoah/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The senior-level epidemiologist is responsible for carrying out a broad and moderately complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities in an assigned district or within a statewide program area. Positions in this role coordinate a specific epidemiology program within an area to include interpreting program policies and procedures, providing training, monitoring and reviewing data collection/analysis for accuracy and consistency, and serving as a program consultant. Positions in this role may lead scientific teams and be responsible for performing a full range of coordinating and supportive duties and responsibilities, including coordinating activities and making disease control recommendations to external partners. Performs work under the limited supervision of a lead epidemiologist, program manager, district health director, nurse manager, or similar position and perform assignments independently, making determinations about scope and direction of program planning, research and investigation, based on agreed upon direction and institutional review board approval, as needed. Typically, the work completed is reviewed to evaluate overall results prior to data dissemination.

A. Performance Management (for employees who supervise others)

• Serves in a managerial/supervisory capacity and conducts performance management activities for staff
• Establishes and reviews work assignments and priorities, and resolves related issues, in conjunction with program management and Human Resource staff
• Ensures relevant training and workplace safety for staff and conducts appropriate performance monitoring and appraisals

B. Epi Assessment, Surveillance, and Data Related Activities

• Uses existing surveillance systems appropriately, with attention to accuracy and detail.
• Provides training and evaluation for the use of surveillance systems by others.
• Designs and manages surveillance systems for events of public health significance.
• Oversees the design and implementation of instruments for the collection of surveillance info and other public health data and implements new or revises existing surveillance systems.
• Reports key findings and performs evaluations of surveillance systems.
• Plans, conducts, and directs epidemiologic studies as requested to include outbreak investigations and analytic studies to address public health problems and to plan programs.
• Validates identification of public health problems pertinent to the population.
• Assesses events of public health significance pertinent to affected or target populations and integrates, adapts and evaluates data through a diversity or health equity lens.