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Job Summary

This is a professional position in the Infectious Disease Program of the Public Health Department, responsible for carrying out a broad and complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities related to the investigation, surveillance, and prevention of notifiable conditions and other communicable diseases. The Epidemiologist works independently, as an experienced team member or project member and with community partners in providing epidemiologic expertise for specific programs or more complex individual epidemiologic analyses. The work includes: • Conducting communicable disease investigations and case or contact follow-up as appropriate. • Developing and designing methods of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data for both routine surveillance and special short-term purposes. • Routinely analyzes and interprets both qualitative and quantitative data and writes reports and presents data for a variety of audiences. • Coordinating epidemiological investigations and proposing and/or initiating public health recommendations based on findings. • Participate in the 24/7 Communicable Disease on-call rotation. Must be physically located within 45 minutes from CCPH when serving as the 24/7 on-call CD unit staff. This position is represented by Local 335 -- LIUNA (Health Care Division, Laborers International Union of North America). This position has the option of a hybrid remote work schedule, however, the candidate selected will need to reside in either Washington or Oregon. No exceptions. Duties are performed mostly remotely with occasional work in the office or field, as required.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Master's degree from a CEPH accredited school of Public Health and coursework completion in biostatistics, epidemiology, research methodology, behavioral science, environmental science, and health education and promotion.
• A minimum of two years' experience in the practice of epidemiology in a public health setting conducting epidemiologic investigations and/or research.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated competence in data analysis software packets and data management tools (i.e. SAS, SPSS, etc) and writing clear and professional reports.  

• Knowledge of and experience with the principles of scientific inquiry and the statistical measures and study designs used in epidemiology.

   

Knowledge of:

• Key components of cultural competency; awareness of differences, attitude to examine believes and values, knowledge of differences; and skills to work effectively and appropriately across cultures;
• Federal, state, and local infectious disease reporting requirements;
• Epidemiologic study design including prevalence surveys, case control and cohort studies, and population sampling techniques;
• General principles of toxicology, microbiology, genetics, and biology;
• Advanced statistical measurement (linear, multiple, and logistic regression; factor analysis and discriminant function analysis; confidence intervals);
• Principles and practices of quality assurance and quality improvement;
• Methods and procedures of public policy development; and

• Qualitative and quantitative data for use in strategic planning and decision-making.

   

Ability to:

Maintain confidentiality and adhere to the highest of ethical and moral standards in the conduction of a scientific inquiry process;

Effectively and respectfully work with persons from diverse backgrounds including age, religion, national or ethnic origin, socioeconomic status, physical characteristics, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, health status, genetic predisposition, politic