PH Epidemiologist Tech 2 - PH Epidemiologist

About the role

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana. Join the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section to impact public health by investigating infectious disease outbreaks, analyzing epidemiological trends, and leading public health responses focused on arboviral diseases and bioterrorism preparedness.

Responsibilities

• Affords coordination of investigations of all human vectorborne disease cases, including endemic and imported infections, to implement appropriate intervention and follow-up control measures.
• Coordinates investigations of reportable parasitic vectorborne diseases, such as completing relevant case report forms and acting as a liaison with CDC for coordinating additional testing.
• Engages in activities related to enhanced disease surveillance for locally acquired and introduced diseases through syndromic surveillance follow-up and enhanced laboratory testing.
• Maintains arbovirus and bioterrorism disease databases of all suspect and confirmed cases from various disease reporters, ensuring data quality and completeness.
• Completes and reports on grant and cooperative agreement activities and deliverables.
• Provides guidance and technical assistance to regional staff (regional epidemiologists and disease intervention specialists) on bioterrorism and arboviral diseases.
• Participates in outbreak investigations and special studies in the assigned region.
• Collaborates with physicians and health care providers to enhance disease surveillance activities in areas of case identification, disease reporting, and ensures complete and accurate case reporting information.
• Collaborates and facilitates with OPH laboratory staff on determining appropriate laboratory testing to be performed on individuals diagnosed with or suspected of having arboviral or bioterrorism diseases.
• Coordinates the collection and shipment of specimens.
• Assists in coordinating and directing physician intervention, community education, and other health-related activities.

Requirements

• Four years of experience in epidemiology, healthcare analytics and reporting, health equity, nursing or public health; OR
• A bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences or nursing plus one year of experience in epidemiology; OR
• A master's degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences or nursing.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications include four years of experience in epidemiology, healthcare analytics and reporting, health equity, nursing or public health; OR a bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences or nursing plus one year of experience in epidemiology; OR a master's degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences or nursing.

Benefits

Details on benefits are available at https://info.groupbenefits.org/.

Pay

Details on pay are available at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Pay-Rates/.

Schedule

Details on schedule are available at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Schedules/.

Contact Information

For more information, contact Paul Tran at Paul.Tran3@la.gov.

How to Apply

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Equal Opportunity Employer

The Louisiana Department of Health is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees.

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