Epidemiologist – Healthcare Associated Infections

This position will assist the Bureau of Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology by providing data analysis, collection, and surveillance reports for the Healthcare Associated Infections Program. The position will identify data elements, data collection tools, appropriate data analysis methods, and visualizations for the program and program partners. This position will lead the Healthcare Associated Infections Program by designing and maintaining surveillance reports of data requested received by the program. The position will ensure appropriate analysis methods are identified and the reports are written to specific needs of the consumer. Additional duties include designing and implementing public health epidemiology studies for the Healthcare Associated Infections Program. Inquiries and questions received by the program will need the position to determine the appropriate study type, describe the needed data fields, collections tools, provide collection support, and clean the data for appropriate data analysis.

This position will also provide general epidemiological support for CADE. Specific activities include infectious disease consultations with the Division of Public health, healthcare teams, and general public. There is a need for this position to participate in educational activities and provide 24/7 on-call coverage for infectious diseases to impacted communities.

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