Epidemiology Investigator 3 - 20015098

What You'll Do: As Perinatal Hepatitis B Coordinator, your role involves lifesaving interventions to protect infants born to hepatitis B positive mothers in Ohio. Medication, combined with local health jurisdiction case management, greatly reduces the likelihood that these children become hepatitis B positive. Without postexposure immunoprophylaxis, approximately 40% of infants born to HBV-infected mothers in the United States will develop chronic HBV infection... and about one-fourth of this group will eventually die from chronic liver disease. This program saves lives and is essential to fulfilling the mission of our agency. PRIMARY DUTIES AT A GLANCE: * Initiates, designs, and conducts epidemiologic investigations * Coordinates database management and quality control * Serves as lead worker (i.e., provides work direction and training) over lower-level epidemiology investigators and support staff * Evaluates confidential case reports for accuracy and completeness against CDC and Ohio case definitions; contacts jurisdictions for missing information. * Monitors and assesses incidence, prevalence and changing distribution of infants enrolled in perinatal hepatitis B prevention program * Provides technical advice on multiple topics to other employees and outside agencies (i.e., perinatal hepatitis B surveillance methods, case finding, data collection, timely interventions, active follow-up, testing guidelines) * Assists in program evaluation, including conducting site visits to assess vaccine storage of enrolled Perinatal Hepatitis B Universal Birth Dose birthing facilities. * Tabulates and analyzes epidemiologic data; uses statistical software packages (e.g., Epi Info, SAS, STATA) * Plans, writes, and produces reports, including data posted on ODH website and/or graphical presentation UNUSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Requires travel; may be away from home and normal work site up to 30 days during emergencies; may be exposed to contagious and communicable diseases and toxic or hazardous chemicals. Normal working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. This is an hourly position, with a pay range of 33 on the OCSEA Pay Range Schedule. Completion of graduate core program in public health or preventive medicine; 3 courses or 9 mos. exp. in use of statistical computer software packages; 6 mos. exp. as epidemiology investigator with local or federal health agency; must be able to provide own transportation OR 6 mos. exp. as Epidemiology Investigator 2, 65762; must be able to provide own transportation. OR Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above. Applications of those who meet the minimum qualifications will be further evaluated against the following criteria: * Graduate or advanced degree in public health or preventive medicine * Courses in epidemiology. * Experience working with statewide epidemiologic databases. * Experience with case finding and active follow-up (e.g., case management) for an infectious disease or health condition * Experience in statistical software (e.g., SAS, STATA or SPSS) * Experience interpreting and conducting a statistical analysis of health-related data * Experience working outbreak investigations * Experience as a lead worker All eligible applications shall be reviewed considering the following criteria: qualifications, experience, education and active disciplinary record. Job Skills: Public Health Technical Skills: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Statistics/Mathematics Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Reasoning, Interpreting Data Educational Transcript Requirements Official educational transcripts are required for all post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript prior to receiving a formal offer of employment. Failure to provide transcripts within five (5) working days of being requested will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration. Please note that a transcript is considered "official" only if it is an original copy from the educational institution and includes an institutional watermark, ink stamp or embossed stamp. Transcripts printed from the institution's website will not be accepted. ODH reserves the right to assess the academic credibility of an educational entity's award of a putative degree.

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