Public Health Epidemiologist

San Bernardino County • Full-time • San Bernardino, California, United States • $74.67k - $102.73k / year • 5d ago

The Job

The Department of Public Health is recruiting for Public Health Epidemiologist who will review and monitor epidemiological case histories, synthesize health statistics and demographic data, to identify health and disease trends. The incumbent will be assigned to analyze large datasets, design instruments for gathering and analyzing disease or demographic data and conduct medical record chart reviews. In addition, may work with disease investigators, nurses, and other clinical staff. The Incumbent will be involved in the analysis and dissemination of programmatic surveillance data. Surveillance data collection plays a key role in evaluating the impact of programmatic prevention and care activities through the analysis of trends in diagnoses, mortality, and in the care continuum of health and disease.

Activities supported by an Epidemiologist in this position may include:

Surveillance and research activities pertaining to diseases prevalence and incidence.
Design and conduct epidemiologic survey to support outbreak investigation and identify where an outbreak is occurring.
Determine how a disease is spreading by person, place, and time using descriptive epidemiology.
Serve as a resource and technical consultant on active or potential disease patterns and causation.
Design and conduct epidemiologic surveys and field studies.
Use survey results to assess risks of possible epidemics or communicable disease hazards.
Interpret and report findings on epidemiologic studies and assessment that can have public health implications.
Synthesize maternal, child, and adolescent health indicators.
Respond to data requests on health-related statistics from internal and external groups.
Identify disease data sources, gather, cleanup, and manipulate data for analysis.
Data visualization for reports, mapping, and data dashboard.
Performance assessment and evaluation research for clinical treatment and service provision programs.
Gap analysis to identify opportunities to expand and improve care services.
Financial analysis to project cost of care estimates for grant applications.
Support duties associated with needs assessment and application for capacity development grants related to identified areas.
Medical record review and chart abstraction.
Other epidemiological support for other programs as required.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill full time regular status and extra -help vacancies throughout the Department of Public Health as they occur. Please ensure to indicate the type of appointment you are willing to accept on your application.

For more detailed information, refer to the Public Health Epidemiologist job description.

Excellent Benefit Package!

Traditional Option

Both Options Include

Modified Benefits Option (MBO)

Up to 160 hours accruable Paid Vacation time
14 Paid Holidays + 1 Paid Floating Holiday
16 hours Perfect Attendance Leave or annual gym membership reimbursement up to $299
Higher Medical Premium Subsidy

Medical/Dental – dependent coverage with premium subsidies
Vison - no cost to employee and dependent coverage
Generous Retirement - (sbcera.org)
457(b) Deferred Compensation auto-enrolled upon hire
Retirement Medical Trust Fund (RMT) with County contribution*
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Tuition Reimbursement and Membership Dues
Employee Discounts, Commuter Services and Wellness Programs

MBO provides a $1.75 hourly rate of pay increase, which will be considered as part of the base hourly rate when calculating:

Overtime
Retirement Benefit Amount
County contribution to the Retirement Medical Trust (RMT)*
Sick leave cash-outs pursuant to RMT Article and
Leave cash-outs

Paid Time Off (PTO) in lieu of separate use-specific leave accruals:

Flexibility in use
Greater cash out value

Except for those who are enrolled in the Blue Shield PPO Bronze Plan and FSA, and who receive the County match for FSA.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Travel: Travel throughout the County may be required and employees will be required to make provisions for such transportation.

Pre-Employment Process: Prior to appointment, applicants must pass a background investigation which includes verification of employment history and education, fingerprinting, physical exam, and drug screening.

Visa Sponsorship: Please note San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Minimum Requirements

Applicants must qualify for one of the following options:

Option A:A Master's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, or Biostatistics.

Option B: A Bachelor's degree in Epidemiology, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology, Biostatistics, Nursing, or Public Health.

- AND -

Experience: Six (6) months of full-time equivalent experience performing collection, analysis, and reporting of health, epidemiological, demographic, or disease data; OR investigating communicable diseases.

Qualifying degrees or coursework must be completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education. Degrees or coursework completed outside the U.S. must be accompanied with an evaluation report from a reputable credential evaluation service showing equivalency to degrees or coursework completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education. (Must be attached if applicable.)

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess a Master's Degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, or a related field. Additionally, the ideal candidate will possess one (1) or more years of experience working with collection, analysis, and reporting of communicable disease data. Experience that includes performance assessment/evaluation for communicable disease programs , grant application development and, working knowledge of various database management applications software is highly desirable.

Selection Process

There will be a competitive evaluation of qualifications based on a review of the application and supplemental questionnaire. It is to your advantage to be explicit in your responses on the application and supplemental questionnaire.

Application Procedure: Please complete and submit the online employment application and supplemental questionnaire for consideration before the posted deadline. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaires.

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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)and Americans with DisabilitiesAct (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for allemployees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation:
If you have a disability and need accommodations during the testing process, please submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF)within one week of the recruitmentfiling deadline.

Veterans' Preference:
Eligible veterans, their spouses, or widows/widowers who are not current County employees mayreceive additional Veterans' Preference points. For details and instructions on how to request thesepoints, please refer to the Veterans' Preference Information (Download PDF) .

For more important details, review the Applicant Information and County Employment Process.