Electronic Case Reporting Specialist

LOCALS TO IN, ON-SITE

Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Act as the lead for establishing and implementing electronic case reporting for infectious diseases within the HIV/STD/HEP Division

Conduct authoring for electronic case reporting within the Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) for all reportable conditions

Serve as the liaison to subject matter experts and the Office of Technology & Compliance regarding electronic case reporting

Create educational materials regarding electronic case reporting for both internal and external stakeholders

Assis the NBS/Surveillance team in implementing workflows and automation within the state surveillance system, NBS, to process electronic case reports

Maintain current subject matter knowledge of the epidemiology and biology of infectious diseases

Provide epidemiologic consultation and technical assistance to local health departments, health care providers, veterinarians, and the general public with respect to electronic case reporting

Conduct routine epidemiologic surveillance for infectious diseases

Lead or coordinate epidemiologic investigations of individual cases and/or outbreaks of infectious diseases

Design and conduct applied epidemiologic studies of infectious diseases

Manage and analyze data collected through routine surveillance, public health investigations, and applied epidemiologic studies

Job Requirements
Education:

A master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public health, biological sciences, or social sciences) and = 2 years' relevant public health experience, OR

A doctoral-level degree in epidemiology or other relevant field, OR

A graduate or professional degree in a health-related field (e.g., RN, MD/DO, DDS/DMD, DVM, PhD, RS) with specific epidemiology training (e.g., MPH degree, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service, or CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship), 

Skill in designing descriptive and analytical epidemiologic investigations, including hypothesis generation