Epidemiologist

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OPEN TO CURRENT PIMA COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5411 - Epidemiologist

Salary Grade: 13

• Hiring Range: $60,507 - $72,612 Annually
• Pay Range: $60,507 - $84,718 Annually
• Range Explanation: Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

Employees in this position conduct a wide range of investigative and surveillance activities to analyze and describe disease patterns, including determinants, distribution, prevalence, incidence, local conditions, health equity, and other health outcomes that contribute to unusual increases in disease and their impacts. The role focuses on identifying and supporting solutions for disease prevention, control, and health policy.

This position collects and analyzes data related to outbreaks in community settings and individual cases involving sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable diseases, vector-borne diseases, and foodborne illnesses. The incumbent collaborates with internal and external partners to coordinate public health response efforts and implement effective mitigation strategies.

• Collects, analyzes, and interprets epidemiologic data to assess disease incidence, prevalence, trends, risk factors, and health disparities;
• Designs, implements, and evaluates disease surveillance systems, outbreak investigations, and epidemiologic studies (e.g., case-control, cohort);
• Monitors disease patterns to detect outbreaks, clusters, emerging threats, and potential epidemics, and identify sources and transmission pathways;
• Applies statistical methods and epidemiologic principles to analyze morbidity, mortality, natality, and environmental health data;
• Develops, organizes, and implements disease prevention and control interventions, including vaccination campaigns, advisories, and containment measures;
• Provides epidemiologic expertise to public health emergency preparedness and response activities, including disasters and unusual events;
• Analyzes geographic, environmental, social, occupational, and economic factors influencing disease and disability patterns, using GIS and data visualization tools;
• Communicates findings through reports, presentations, training, and consultations with clinicians, public health officials, policymakers, and the public;
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to support disease prevention, health promotion, and healthcare improvement strategies;
• Develops and maintains epidemiologic databases and supports laboratory specimen handling and data management in accordance with protocols and safety standards.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in epidemiology, biology, microbiology, public health, biostatistics, biochemistry, medical anthropology, nursing or a related scientific or social science field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND two years of experience in epidemiological investigative activities. (Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

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Two years with Pima County in a Communicable Disease Investigator II or related position as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the 'Education' and 'Work Experience' sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write 'see resume' on your application.

Preferred Qualifications:

(Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.).

• Minimum two (2) years experience in epidemiological investigative activities and data analysis as an epidemiologist or communicable disease investigator.
• Minimum…