Epidemiologist

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Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

About the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH):

The Indiana Department of Health’s mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and safety of all Hoosiers so that they can reach their optimal health regardless of where they live, learn, work, or play.

Role Overview:

This role serves as an epidemiologist within the Public Health Genetics Division at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH). The purpose of this position is to minimize morbidity and mortality associated with diseases and public health topics among Indiana residents by conducting a broad and complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities. Incumbent is responsible for maintaining current subject matter knowledge of the epidemiology of newborn screening conditions and other public health genetic topics.

Incumbent will provide epidemiologic consultation and technical assistance to local health departments, health care providers, the public, and other partners with respect to newborn screening conditions and other public health genetic topics. Incumbent is expected to conduct routine epidemiologic surveillance and data analysis for newborn screening conditions and other public health genetic topics.

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $67,314.00 but may be commensurate with education and work experience. Use our Compensation Calculator to view the total compensation package.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Maintain current subject matter knowledge of the epidemiology and biology of diseases and public health topics.
• Provide epidemiologic consultation and technical assistance to local health departments, health care providers, the general public, and other partners with respect to diseases and public health topics.
• Conduct routine epidemiologic surveillance for disease and public health topics.
• Lead or coordinate epidemiologic investigations of individual cases and/or outbreaks of diseases or public health topics.
• Design and conduct applied epidemiologic studies of diseases or public health topics.
• 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 to internal and external partners.
• Conduct educational presentations and/or trainings 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 a backup to other staff, as needed.
• If applicable for program area, serve as the epidemiologist on call after business hours for approximately two to three weeks per year.
• Recruit, select, onboard, and train employees to ensure role responsibilities and expectations are clearly understood while providing opportunities to continue professional development.
• Set expectations, measure progress, provide ongoing feedback, and evaluate the performance of employees. Ensure work adheres to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures.
• Essential functions of this position require travel on most workdays to inspect, audit, examine, survey, or investigate clients, customers, or other regulated entities and write reports at those sites or employee’s home. Employee reports to the agency’s office for occasional meetings or events. Number and timing of work hours may vary daily or weekly to accommodate operational needs and staffing concerns at the client’s or customer’s worksite, minimize expenditures for repeated visits to complete the work, and allocate resources…