Infectious Disease Surveillance Coordinator I

University of New Orleans; Town of Vermont (WI); On-site; USD 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU New Orleans is seeking an Epidemiology Assistant to support surveillance activities, assist regional epidemiologists, and complete disease case reports across assigned regions. The role involves data entry in REDCap and IDRIS, coordinating with health care providers, and maintaining confidential records.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s or Associates degree with experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, or Associates degree with 3 years professional experience, or 6 years professional experience in lieu of the degree.
• Excellent analytical skills, effective organizational and time management skills.
• Great attention to detail and follow up.
• Ability to manage projects, assignments, and competing priorities.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assists with surveillance activities to detect cases and identify trends for the Bureau of Infectious Disease (BID).
• Supports Regional Epidemiologist on all epidemiologic activities conducted in assigned region.
• Completes disease case reports in assigned regions.
• Monitors parish health units and hospitals conducting surveillance activities via electronic reporting within assigned regions.
• Analyzes and interprets infectious disease surveillance data for trends and clusters.
• Conducts data entry in current surveillance systems, including REDCap, the statewide Infectious Disease Reporting Information System (IDRIS), and any other databases used.
• Coordinates with physicians and health care providers to enhance disease surveillance.
• Prepares and maintains confidential case records, collects, documents and verifies pertinent medical data from patients, physicians, and medical facilities.
• Participates in conducting infectious disease outbreak investigation.
• Conducts interviews of persons diagnosed or suspected of having a reportable infectious disease.
• Serves as a resource to the general public and health care community by responding to routine requests for general disease information and provision of statistics.
• Provides and disseminates health education to communities-at-risk regarding infectious disease prevention and transmission.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organization & time management

Attention to detail

Project management

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Associates degree + 3 years experience or 6 years experience in lieu of degree

Advanced degree (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

LSU New Orleans is seeking an Epidemiology Assistant to support surveillance activities, assist regional epidemiologists, and complete disease case reports across assigned regions. The role involves data entry in REDCap and IDRIS, coordinating with health care providers, and maintaining confidential records.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s or Associates degree with experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in MS Office.