Public Health Epidemiologist

Baton Rouge, LA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 3895 - 7011

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical preventive and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health

Join the Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology (SEET) and play a critical role in protecting community health across Louisiana. This Public Health Epidemiologist position focuses on analyzing and tracking environmental and public health data to identify areas impacted by toxic exposures hazardous substances or elevated disease rates. Youll work with statewide and national partners including CDC workgroups to develop consistent data measures conduct trend and statistical analyses and support investigations that drive prevention and intervention efforts. If you enjoy data-driven public health work with real-world impact this role offers a meaningful opportunity to turn information into action.

The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical skills attention to detail and a passion for protecting the public health of Louisiana citizens.

Minimum Qualifications

A masters degree in epidemiology public health biology nursing physical behavioral natural or veterinary sciences plus one year of experience in epidemiology; OR

A doctorate degree in epidemiology.

Job Specification

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

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Obtains and reviews environmental and health data and processed Nationally Consistent Data and Measures (NCDMs).
Maintains and updates SEETs EPHT databases and performs statistical analyses of EPHT data.
Consults on health effects attributed to air and drinking water quality and assists in the drafting and finalizing of annual EPHT summary reports.
Collects and tracks EPHT related cases received from all sources; including collecting and compiling related medical records and laboratory results;
Establishes a relationship with partners and identifying additional data sources
Compiles and analyzes health and environmental data; establishes and maintains electronic and manual files for stored data; prepares and evaluates existing databases containing populationmortality morbidity hospitalizationbirth defectchildhood lead reproductive health outcome poison control water air and geospatial data to report on factors which may affect the health of Louisiana citizens.
SupportsEPHTprojects by conducting literature reviewepidemiologic analysis to include descriptive statistics and more advanced analyses in consultation with statistician presents findings to partners and participates in project discussionsformulates repeatable analysessothat these methods can besharedand documented.
Documents all processing steps in metadata and for knowledge transfer for redundancy to ensure data requests can be fulfilled.
Extensive usage of Microsoft Office proficiency Database Management and writing/composing information.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases/ East Baton Rouge and Orleans Parish

Appointment Type:This position may be filled as aProbationary appointment

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How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Paul Tran

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge LA 70821

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About this Job The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical preventive and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.Learn more about Louisiana Department of HealthJoin the Section of Environmental Epidem...