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All Openingshttps : / / www.jobshorn.com / company / sohanit -inc / jobsJob Title Sr. Epidemiologist Data & Surveillance Lead LocationNashville, Tennessee (Hybrid)Duration 12 MonthsExperience7 years Job typeC2C,W2,1099 Interview typeSkype or PhoneRate DOE / If your experience and skills match call us immediately for submissionJob 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 into 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.

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 :

Knowledge of viral hepatitis, and maternal / child health

Supervisory experience

Experience writing statistical and analytical programming code in SAS

Data visualization (e.g., Tableau)

Experience leading projects with multiple partners and collaborators

Time management skills and proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while completing projects within the allocated timeframes

Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, working both individually and as part of a team

Ability to work collaboratively across programs and interact with all levels of departmental staff, the public, and other governmental and non-governmental entities

Communicable disease surveillance experience at a local or state public health department

Experience with the CDC-developed National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) Base System (NBS)

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience developing, maintaining, entering, and extracting data from REDCap databases

Experience collaborating with internal and external partners (e.g., CDC, community-based organizations)

Organization Description :

The position is located in the Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness program in Nashville, Tennessee. TDH staff in the Viral Hepatitis Program work to increase access to diagnosis and treatment to reduce viral hepatitis infection, morbidity, and mortality rates in Tennessee. This includes addressing viral hepatitis-related health disparities.

TDH activities in support of this effort include :

1) conducting disease surveillance and outbreak planning, early detection, and rapid response;

2) improving access to prevention, testing, and treatment; and

3) building partnerships and establishing policies to address the viral hepatitis epidemic in Tennessee.

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