Containment Epidemiologist - HP III - HAI​/AR Program

Department Information

You must be a resident of the State of Colorado to be eligible to apply.

This is a term‑limited position and funding cannot be guaranteed beyond July 31, 2027.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

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The Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response (DCPHR) is the department’s lead surveillance, planning and response arm for public events including communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics, pandemics, bioterrorism, and other public health and mass casualty events and disasters. The division includes the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response;
State Public Health Laboratory;
Health Equity Branch, Communicable Disease Branch;
Immunization Branch;
Public Health Informatics, Reporting, Technology Branch;
Refugee Branch; and Operations Branch.

The Division exists to ensure that the Department has the ability to effectively prepare for, monitor, detect, diagnose, investigate, and nimbly respond to all types of conditions, events and disasters that impact the public’s health.

The objectives of the Communicable Disease Branch are to monitor, investigate, and control epidemic and communicable diseases affecting the public health in Colorado, as required under Colorado statute, including enteric diseases, invasive bacterial diseases, respiratory disease, vaccine‑preventable disease, zoonotic diseases, foodborne and waterborne disease, and healthcare‑associated infections (HAIs). The Healthcare‑Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Program exists to prevent healthcare‑associated infections and prevent the spread of emerging antimicrobial resistance threats in all healthcare settings in Colorado through surveillance, containment and response, infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship.

Position is an epidemiologist that investigates and responds to cases and outbreaks of multidrug‑resistant organisms (MDROs) identified in healthcare settings. Position uses the Containment Protocol to guide efforts and provides recommendations to healthcare facilities.

• Investigates single cases of antimicrobial‑resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities.
• Identification of a case from surveillance or facility reports and conducts screening of patients for antimicrobial‑resistant bacteria.
• Coordinates collection and processing of specimens sent to the Colorado Public Health Laboratory and CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network Lab surveillance for MDROs to identify additional cases and prevent ongoing transmission.
• Initiate initial response measures and conduct healthcare investigations.
• Assurance of infection control recommendations and assessments with infection prevention team to contain the MDRO.
• Summarizing data from containment efforts to inform our public health approach.
• Identifies clusters and outbreaks of antimicrobial‑resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities through surveillance and containment screening events.
• Interview healthcare facility staff and/or patients, medical record review, and data summary through line lists, epidemic curves, annotated maps, and descriptive statistics.
• Leads investigations with support from the outbreak lead and senior staff.
• Coordinates communication with affected facilities, referrals for infection prevention and response assessments.
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