Epidemiologist- Remote

Precision HealthCare Public Health Division is looking for Epidemiologists to join our rapidly growing team! We are currently hiring a 100% Remote Epidemiologist for full time   employment opportunities. Recent grads welcomed to apply!

TITLE: Epidemiologist – Sepsis Initiative

LOCATION: 100% Remote

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

This individual will perform epidemiologic, data investigatory and analytical duties, and program evaluation for the New York State Sepsis Initiative and related programs.

DUTIES:

1. Participate in the development, documentation, implementation, collection, processing and analysis of Sepsis Initiative databases;
2. Serve as a data liaison between program staff and collaborators, to ensure appropriate consistent interpretation of data;
3. Perform analyses as directed to characterize populations of interest and derive insights;
4. Develop managerial, business intelligence, and analytical reports. Participate in the development of periodic reports, and business proposals as needed;
5. Participate in data-driven continuous quality improvement activities designed to improve the delivery of program operations and services;
6. Assist in the review, update, and revision of program manuals, policies and procedures, and operations guidance to reflect changes in practice;
7. Provide in-service training on legal mandates, case definition and reporting requirements, and the use of program data;
8. Assist in the review of medical records to verify cases;
9. Provide training and technical assistance to hospitals and providers in other settings related to case reporting requirements and procedures;
10. Other activities as may be deemed necessary in response to changing needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Strong analytical skills, with the ability to gather and analyze information from various sources.
2. Exceptional writing skills, with the ability to clearly and thoroughly present quantitative and qualitative review findings to interested parties with varying technical backgrounds.
3. Excellent communication skills; in particular, able to provide technical assistance to internal and external parties.
4. Strong computer skills with the ability to learn new programs.
5. The ability to working independently, as well as in a team environment.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Qualifying education and employment experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of nine (9) semester hours of mathematics or statistics; and a minimum of two (2) years of research, evaluation, or epidemiologic experience; OR
  • Master’s degree in public health or a related field and a minimum of one (1) year of research, evaluation or epidemiologic experience (internship can count toward experience)
• Experience working with relational databases, SQL Programming, SAS, SPSS, R, Python, or other statistical software.
• Experience working with inpatient data, preferred but not necessary.