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Job Description
Job Description
Job Title : Epidemiologist 2
Location : Nashville, TN / Hybrid
Duration : 12 Month Assignment
Position Description :
The Viral Hepatitis (VH) Program within the Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness (CEDEP) division of the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is currently hiring for an Epidemiologist 2 position. This is a contract position that currently requires 5 in-office days per month.
Job duties will include :
- Serving as the data manager for CDC's Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET) grant.
- Providing quality assurance for SET-NET data entered a REDCap specific project.
- Transmitting SET-NET data to CDC per protocol.
- Developing data visualizations for internal and external partners.
- Serving as the data liaison between TDH and CDC.
- Supervising a Medical Records Abstractor as well as a Data Entry Specialist.
- Requesting and maintaining access to electronic health records throughout Tennessee.
- Conducting surveillance on hepatitis C, syphilis, and other emerging health threats on pregnant people and their infants.
- Participating in grant-related conference calls, meetings, and site visits.
- Conducting data analysis as needed for grant related meetings, trainings / technical assistance requests, and grant deliverables.
- Assisting with viral hepatitis surveillance data entry and / or medical record requests, as needed.
- Participating in grant development, writing, administration, and monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
- Participating in development of the annual Viral Hepatitis Epidemiological Profile.
- Assisting with the end of the year data validation and closeout as requested.
- Responding to internal and external viral hepatitis inquiries as assigned.
- Developing detailed procedural guides for all assigned tasks.
- Additional tasks as assigned.
Epidemiologist 2 Minimum Qualifications :
Education and Experience : Graduation from an accredited college or university with a doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics, or health informatics
Substitution of Education for Experience : Master's degree with experience equivalent to five year's work experience in epidemiology.
Desired Qualifications :
