Epidemiologist II

Introduction

Make a Difference with DHSS

Our mission at the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is to improve the quality of life of Delaware citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations. We prioritize personal and family independence by assisting individuals and families in a variety of life areas.

We offer numerous career opportunities and are dedicated to attracting and retaining highly talented individuals who are ready to make a difference in their community today. DHSS is a great place to kick-start your profession.

For more information, please visit https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/ today!

This position primarily involves working with program data, epidemiologic databases, and surveillance systems to identify and respond to public health problems associated with maternal and child health. Strong epidemiological and statistical analysis skills are required (i.e., at least an intermediate level of proficiency with SAS), and strong experience in program evaluation, data visualization (e.g., Power BI), and mapping tools (e.g., ArcGIS) is preferred.

This role also involves taking part in the Office of Epidemiology on-call rotation and serving as a State Health Operations Center responder.

• Conducts epidemiologic investigations, descriptive studies or analytic studies.
• Identifies public health problems pertinent to the population and determines feasibility and approach for the study.
• Collects, analyzes and interprets data using statistical techniques to identify outbreaks, determine changes in trends and probable causes of epidemiologic problems; uses existing epidemiologic databases to analyze and interpret public health issues.
• Maintains surveillance systems used to monitor disease trends.
• Makes recommendations for continuation or changes to operations, programs, services, policies or procedures based on findings to promote and protect public health.
• May participate on internal and external committees and work groups related to areas of expertise.

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

• Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Life, Physical, Health Science or related field.

• Six months experience in using epidemiological methods to identify, study and control the incidence and distribution of communicable, chronic or environmental diseases or other public health problems.
• Six months experience in designing, conducting, and analyzing epidemiologic studies such as developing and testing a hypothesis by selecting cases and controls, determining information needed, data sources, sampling and collection methods.
• Six months experience in designing and using surveillance systems to monitor public health problems.
• Six months experience in inferential statistics such as correlation, t-tests, f-tests or analysis of variance.
• Six months experience in preparing statistical summaries and scientific reports.
• Six months experience in providing epidemiologic direction, guidance and assistance to state and federal agencies or public and private organizations to control public health problems affecting a population.
• Six months experience in managing budgets, grants or contracts.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our Job Seeker Resources .

DHSS does not provide employment-based sponsorship.

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