Emerging Infections Student Worker-Student Worker Para Prof Sr

About the role

The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) and Respiratory Disease Surveillance seeks multiple Student Workers to support surveillance activities for invasive bacterial infections and viral respiratory diseases (e.g., H5 influenza). Additionally, the position will assist with the Long COVID surveillance project, conducting structured interviews with Minnesota residents who have laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infections.

Responsibilities

• Data collection through medical record review
• Data entry
• Data management
• Conduct structured interviews with Minnesota residents who have laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infections
• Assess long-COVID symptoms and characterize illness severity and duration

Requirements

To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure your resume/application and cover letter clearly describe your experience in the areas listed below and indicate the beginning and ending month and year for each job held, the college where you are currently enrolled, your intended major, and anticipated graduation date.

• Completion of two years of post-secondary education in one of the following areas: epidemiology, public health, environmental health, or a related field.
• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary or graduate program or plan to enroll within three months.
• Ability to make a 1-2 year commitment.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective interpersonal relations with co-workers, supervisors, and health care professionals.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time and adapt to change.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Completion of two years of post-secondary education in one of the following areas: epidemiology, public health, environmental health, or a related field.
• Student Worker Eligibility: To be eligible for appointment as a Student Worker Paraprofessional Senior you must be enrolled in a post-secondary or graduate program or plan to enroll within three months. Students may be "off" for the summer or for one semester/quarter and remain employed as a student worker, but such absences cannot exceed one semester/quarter in a year.
• Preferred Qualifications: Currently accepted or enrolled in a degree-seeking graduate program (MPH or MS) in epidemiology, public health, environmental health, or related public health field with career goals in applied infectious disease epidemiology.

Skills

None specified in the job posting.

Benefits

Not specified in the job posting.

Pay

$20.20 - $24.02 / hourly

Schedule

Day Shift; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm