Intern (Legionnaires’ Disease) Hybrid

SUMMARY

Under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) cooperative agreement Heluna Health and the Infectious Diseases Branch (IDB) of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are recruiting for an Intern to be part of the Legionnaires Disease team.

The Intern will work with staff in the California Department of Public Health Infectious Diseases Branch (IDB) to improve the quality and completeness of outbreak investigation data. The Interns primary responsibility would be to support the Senior Legionella Epidemiologist and other CDPH staff in collecting cleaning and analyzing legionellosis outbreak data. Additional responsibilities will include preparing narrative and visual summaries of analysis results and building electronic questionnaires for outbreak investigation interviews.

This positions major responsibilities will be writing code to clean analyze and summarize data; backfilling historic data into disease and outbreak surveillance databases; building electronic forms/surveys for outbreak investigation interviews; writing reports and creating visualizations to summarize analysis results; and communicating data and analysis results to internal partners.

The salary for this position is $23.00 per hour.

This part-time temporary position is grant funded through 07/31/2025.

A resume and professional references must be submitted with the application.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manage clean and analyze data of existing surveillance and outbreak datasets
• Assist with the establishment of new protocols and data collection tools
• Assist with the generation of data visualizations and written and oral reports
• Establish and maintain reliable efficient and effective methods for communicating with team members partners and patients via telephone and email
• Participate in conference calls with partners at CDPH CDC California LHDs laboratories and other state and local health departments
• Perform other duties as directed by the DIS Chief
• Collaborate effectively in a team environment

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assist with other infectious disease-related projects as time and interest allows.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of legionellosis case investigations surveillance data and outbreak reporting requirements
• Demonstrated ability to perform data entry cleaning quality assessment and analysis with attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing regarding public health or related issues
• Knowledge and application of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements and protection of health information
• Prior experience conducting telephone-based patient interviews preferred
• Completes assignments in a timely and efficient manner
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and work independently
• Demonstrate reliability and integrity
• Fluency in spoken English; fluency in Spanish or other languages preferred

Education/Experience

• Bachelors degree in public health or related field required
• Experience with epidemiology and data analysis required

• Proficiency with coding in R/RStudio required

• Proficiency developing interview/survey questionnaires in REDCap required

• Experience working with protected health information and maintaining patient confidentiality required
• Familiarity with CDCs National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) required
• Prior knowledge and experience in use of CalREDIE required

• Experience presenting on public health or related issues orally and in writing required
• Experience with Microsoft products including Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint and Access; strong knowledge of Word and Excel required

• Experience with clinical terminology and interpreting laboratory testing results preferred

Other Skills Knowledge and Abilities

• Basic knowledge and experience with creating data visualizations preferred
• Experience conducting interviews with or working with patients or research participants preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Stand: Frequently
• Walk: Frequently
• Sit: Frequently
• Handling / Fingering: Frequently
• Reach Outward: Occasionally
• Reach Above Shoulder: Occasionally
• Climb Crawl Kneel Bend: Occasionally
• Lift / Carry: Occasionally - Up to 30 lbs
• Push/Pull: Occasionally - Up to 30 lbs
• See (Vision): Constantly
• Taste/ Smell: Not Applicable

KEY

• Not Applicable Not required for essential functions
• Occasionally (0 - 2 hrs/day)
• Frequently (2 - 5 hrs/day)
• Constantly (5 hrs/day)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

General Office Setting Indoors Temperature Controlled

This is a hybrid position in Richmond CA. The work schedule will be determined by the supervisor.

EEOC STATEMENT

It is the policy of Heluna Health to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age (40 and over) national origin or ancestry race color religion sex gender sexual orientation pregnancy or perceived pregnancy reproductive health decision making physical or mental disability medical condition (including cancer or a record or history of cancer) AIDS or HIV genetic information or characteristics veteran status or military service.

Required Experience:

Intern