BID Disease Investigation - Coordinator 1

Job Summary

Assists with surveillance activities to detect cases and identify trends for the Bureau of Infectious Disease (BID).

Supports Regional Epidemiologist on all epidemiologic activities conducted in assigned region.

Completes disease case reports in assigned regions.

Monitors parish health units and hospitals conducting surveillance activities via electronic reporting within assigned regions.

Analyzes and interprets infectious disease surveillance data for trends and clusters.

Conducts data entry in current surveillance systems, including REDCap, the statewide Infectious Disease Reporting Information System (IDRIS), and any other databases used.

Coordinates with physicians and health care providers to enhance disease surveillance.

Prepares and maintains confidential case records, collects, documents and verifies pertinent medical data from patients, physicians, and medical facilities.

Participates in conducting infectious disease outbreak investigation.

Conducts interviews of persons diagnosed or suspected of having a reportable infectious disease.

Serves as a resource to the general public and health care community by responding to routine requests for general disease information and provision of statistics.

Provides and disseminates health education to communities-at-risk regarding infectious disease prevention and transmission.

Other tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree, or Associates degree with 3 years professional experience, or 6 years professional experience in lieu of the degree.
• Excellent analytical skills, effective organizational and time management skills.
• Great attention to detail and follow up.
• Ability to manage projects, assignments, and competing priorities.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel.

• Advanced degree.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience in disease intervention and prevention activities.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience with data analysis, data abstractions, or case reports/review.
• Minimum 1 year professional experience with federal, state and OPH agency policies.
• Relevant industry certifications.

37-47k

This position will remain open until filled.

This position may require a criminal background check to be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

LSU New Orleans is the only R2 public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, and one of just four public colleges in Louisiana to hold that designation.

R2 status opens the doors to competitive federal research grants that flow preferentially to classified research universities.

It anchors the university’s power to recruit research-active faculty, to sustain doctor programs of national standing, and to signal to businesses and investors that New Orleans possesses the intellectual infrastructure a knowledge economy demands.

Located along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, LSU New Orleans’ research excellence and urban relevance provide an opportunity for the institution to become a leading public research partner in one of America’s most exciting and vibrant metropolitan areas.

New Orleans has always faced challenges that call for research driven solutions including coastal land loss, educational achievement gaps, affordability, public safety, and workforce shortages.

LSU New Orleans can strengthen its research activity as a tool for public problem solving as well as economic impact by leveraging the scale, reputation, infrastructure, and global reach of the LSU enterprise while remaining deeply connected to the city it serves.

With more than 5,500 students and the support of approximately 248 faculty serving the College of Liberal Arts & Human Development, The college of Sciences, The Robert

A. Savoie College of Engineering, the Henry Berstein College of Business Administration, and six distinct schools, the campus remains committed to honoring its founding vision and continuing to play a critical role in the region.

Opened in 1958 on the site of a former U.S. Naval Air Station as the region’s first fully integrated public university, LSU New Orleans was created after…