FoodNet Coordinator (Epidemiologist 3)
- Oregon Health Authority
- 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR
- May 08, 2020
Job Description
REQ-38255
Close date: 5/21/2020
Salary: $5454 - $7982 monthly
Location: Portland, OR
This is a full-time, permanent classified position and is represented by a union.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section, FoodNet (Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance) in Portland, OR is recruiting for a FoodNet Coordinator to direct the Foodborne Illness Project (FoodNet) and FoodCORE within the Emerging Infections Program. FoodNet is an active laboratory and population-based surveillance system to monitor the incidence of foodborne diseases of local and national public health importance.
What will you do?
As the FoodNet Coordinator, you will design, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with workers in Emerging Infections Programs in other states, surveillance and case-control studies in foodborne diseases. You will ensure quality data collection to analyze and report results; play a leadership role in the investigation of outbreaks, developing systems and protocols to ensure quality investigations; and serve as a resource for state and local public health investigators. Outbreak activities will focus largely on foodborne diseases but will also include non-foodborne outbreaks that occur in healthcare settings (e.g. multidrug-resistant organisms). The person filling this position will participate in epidemiologic work within the Acute and Communicable Diseases Program, such as providing on-call support for local health departments and physicians, analyzing surveillance data, preparing and editing articles for publication in the Current Disease Summary, responding to inquiries from the press, and investigating outbreaks of acute illness.
What are we looking for?
Requested Skills
- Minimum requirements: a master's degree in public health or a related field and four years of epidemiological or public health experience of which one year must have been in a clinical epidemiological capacity.
- Masters of public health degree or equivalent preferred
- Epidemiologic experience, preferably in communicable diseases
- Clinical background desirable
- Public health informatics background desirable.
- MD or DVM desired with additional public health degree and training or PhD in epidemiology and statistics degree or equivalent
- Epidemiologic experience, preferably in communicable diseases.
- Proficiency with Excel, Access, Epi-Info, SPSS, SAS and FileMaker Pro desirable.
- Experience promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
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Contact Information
Cyndi Phipps-Roman
503-945-6377
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To Apply
Please visit the following link to view the announcement and apply:
Employees please apply through your Workday account.
Contact Information
Cyndi Phipps-Roman
503-945-6377
Salary
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a state agency dedicated to helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care. We are absolutely committed to ongoing innovation in the delivery of services, and to recruiting, developing and retaining dedicated employees.
OHA includes most of the state's health care programs, including Public Health, Health Policy and Analytics, Health Systems Division, and Oregon State Hospital. Incorporating the state's health care programs within one agency gives the state greater purchasing and marketing power to begin tackling the issues of cost, quality, and access to care.