Electronic Case Reporting Specialist epidemiology and biology

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Act as the lead for establishing and implementing electronic case reporting for infectious diseases within the HIV/STD/HEP Division;
• Conduct authoring for electronic case reporting within the Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) for all reportable conditions;
• Serve as the liaison tsubject matter experts and the Office of Technology & Compliance regarding electronic case reporting;
• Create educational materials regarding electronic case reporting for both internal and external stakeholders;
• Assis the NBS/Surveillance team in implementing workflows and automation within the state surveillance system NBS tprocess electronic case reports;
• Maintain current subject matter knowledge of the epidemiology and biology of infectious diseases;
• Provide epidemiologic consultation and technical assistance tlocal health departments health care providers veterinarians and the general public with respect telectronic case reporting;
• Conduct routine epidemiologic surveillance for infectious diseases;
• Lead or coordinate epidemiologic investigations of individual cases and/or outbreaks of infectious diseases;
• Design and conduct applied epidemiologic studies of infectious diseases;
• Manage and analyze data collected through routine surveillance public health investigations and applied epidemiologic studies;
• Prepare and disseminate written and oral reports and presentations that communicate necessary information tinternal and external partners;
• Conduct educational presentations and/or trainings regarding electronic case reporting for a variety of audiences including local health departments health care providers veterinarians and the general public;
• Engage directly with members of the public at health fairs and other outreach events;
• Participate in writing grants and other funding proposals;
• Serve as an agency spokesperson at the invitation and direction of the ISDH Office of Public Affairs;
• Evaluate the impact of legislation or policy proposals at the invitation and direction of the ISDH Director of Legislative Affairs;
• Serve as the IDOH epidemiologist on call after business hours for approximately twtthree weeks per year;
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Education:

• A masters degree in a relevant field (e.g. public health biological sciences or social sciences) and 2 years relevant public health experience OR
• A doctorallevel degree in epidemiology or other relevant field OR
• A graduate or professional degree in a healthrelated field (e.g. RN MD/DO DDS/DMD DVM PhD RS) with specific epidemiology training (e.g. MPH degree CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service or CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship) OR
• A bachelors degree in a relevant field and 4 years of relevant public health experience.
• Knowledge skills and abilities:
• Knowledge of the epidemiology and biology of infectious diseases;
• Knowledge of state laws and regulations as well as federal public health guidance documents pertaining to infectious diseases;
• Skill in identification of public health problems pertinent to Indiana residents;
• Skill in conducting epidemiologic surveillance activities including selection and use of appropriate field methods as well as use and evaluation of public health surveillance systems;
• Skill in eliciting relevant information from patients in structured or unstructured telephone interviews;
• Skill in conducting public health investigations of individual cases and/or outbreaks of infectious diseases;
• Skill in designing descriptive and analytical epidemiologic investigations including hypothesis generation;
• Skill in managing large datasets performing complex data analyses and identifying key findings;
• Skill in recommending evidencebased interventions and control measures in response to epidemiologic findings;
• Skill in preparing written and oral reports presentations and educational materials that communicate necessary information to internal and external partners;
• Skill in applying principles of informatics including data collection processing and analysis in support of epidemiologic practice
• Demonstrated skill in statistical analytical and/or geospatial software (e.g. EpiInfo SAS ArcGIS SQL SPSS R Python Stata etc.);
• Ability to identify appropriate laboratory resources and use them appropriately;
• Ability to provide prompt courteous and helpful customer service;
• Ability to collaborate with others inside and outside the agency to identify public health problems and form recommendations;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing using principles of risk communication where appropriate;
• Ability to prioritize tasks efficiently to meet internal and external deadlines;
• Ability to appropriately document work activities and maintain organized records