Public Health Epidemiologist Ii - Salinas, United States - County of Monterey, CA

County of Monterey, CA

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Salinas, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Public Health Epidemiologist II

$6,291 - $8,588 per Month

Final Filing Date:
Open Until Filled

Priority Screen Date: 05/06/2024

Exam # 24/50N11/04CY

Summary of Position

The County of Monterey Health Department's
Administration Bureau has two fulltime vacancies available for the position of
Public Health Epidemiologist II in the
Planning, Evaluation and Policy (PEP) Unit. One of these positions will also help support the Health Department's
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Bureau.

The PEP Unit provides intra-Bureau and Departmental coordination to improve social equity, engage the community and improve quality with a focus on prevention and health equity.

The PEP Unit facilitates access to care strategies, coordinates a county-wide Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, promotes health equity efforts, and manages the Department's accreditation.

The
Public Health Epidemiologist II works within the PEP Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit to analyze data with a focus on health equity, chronic disease, and social determinants of health.

This includes assignments of a single, large, and complex project or multiple smaller projects, developing study protocol and methodologies, conducting advanced data analyses, responding to complex data requests and preparing community reports and technical reports that involve interpretation of findings and policy recommendations.

This includes conducting reviews and developing recommendations on a variety of proposals, evidence-based strategies or policies related to community health, land use, social determinants of health and health equity.

Additional projects this position supports are conducting cost & risk mitigation analysis and evaluation analyses for various public health programs.

The position works collaboratively with clients, community stakeholders, other Health Department programs, emergency medical service providers, hospital representatives and members of the public to monitor population health outcomes, provide recommendations for improvement, evaluate program practices and contribute to creating a healthier Monterey County.

The Eligible List established by this recruitment process may be used to fill current and future vacancies on a regular fulltime, parttime, or temporary basis [Countywide]._

Examples of Duties:

Designs, plans, conducts and evaluates epidemiologic studies and surveillance systems.
Reviews the results of the departmental surveillance of public health data, to determine prevalence(s) attack rates, trends and findings.
Establishes contacts and maintains working relationships appropriate specialists in the community such as hospital infection control nurses, physicians, clinic nurses, veterinarians and representatives of other agencies in order to facilitate the reporting of public health data.
Prepares and compiles statistical analysis of public health program planning, reports and technical meetings.
Provides technical assistance and recommendations on epidemiologic public health data and analysis from a wide range of professionals, policy makers, other agencies, and community groups.
Conducts specialized analyses for public health program planning, reports and technical meetings.
Leads in ongoing data collection and management of database and surveillance systems.
Coordinates one or more larger scale epidemiological projects.
Provides technical oversight of data management and clerical staff as related to epidemiological projects.
Directs the compilation of health statistics and production of health status reports.

Examples of Other Functions

Presents epidemiologic analyses of data and findings to a wide range of professionals, policy makers, community planning groups, conferences, and research meetings.
Identifies and recommends appropriate technologies for data reporting and analysis.
Develops and revises procedures for timely and accurate reporting of public health data as required by relevant state and federals laws.
Participate in the maintenance, development and management of epidemiology database.

To view the complete job description, please visit the Monterey County website: Public Health Epidemiologist II (Download PDF reader)

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

Will have a proven track record demonstrating the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Thorough Knowledge of:

Epidemiologic public health data trends and patterns to determine origin, spread and control of hazards the community.
Statistical theory and techniques of epidemiological, demographic, biostatistical and community health research.
Review and evaluation of disease outbreak interventions.
Working Knowledge of:
Automated systems for collecting, compiling, and analyzing data applicable to current epidemiological standards and practices
Skills and Ability to:
Identify potential communicable or acute health conditions and take appropriate action.
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