Epidemiologist - COVID response (5-month Project)

  • Clark County
  • Vancouver, WA
  • Jan 04, 2021
Full time Government

Job Description

Job Summary

The COVID-19 Epidemiologist position emphasizes a population-based approach to communicable disease control and prevention. Activities may focus on the individual, the community, or the systems level, depending on how the issue may best be addressed.  Organizational responsibilities include understanding and promoting the public health mission of the department; providing courteous, respectful, efficient customer service to all department clients; honoring diversity of all department employees and constituents; participating in department training; and striving for personal excellence in public health work.  This position reports directly to the COVID-19 Epi Section Supervisor. 

THIS IS A PROJECT POSITION WITH AN ESTIMATED END DATE OF MAY 31, 2021.  There is a possibility that (2) people may be hired for this Project.

Qualifications
Education and Experience:

Master’s degree from an accredited school of Public Health and coursework completion in biostatistics, epidemiology, research methodology, behavioral science, environmental science, and health services administration. Must have knowledge of and demonstrated competence in practice of epidemiology in a public health setting and a minimum of one year applied epidemiology or research in a public health environment; and principles of scientific inquiry and the statistical measures used in epidemiology.

Skills: 

  • Proficient in an acceptable statistical software package (i.e. SAS, R, Stata).
  • Apply understanding and knowledge of cultural differences and similarities when working with diverse population

 An online application is required.  For complete job announcement, application requirements, and to apply on-line, please visit our website at:

https://www.clark.wa.gov/human-resources/explore-careers-clark-county                                                                                             

Salary Grade: Local 335.40 ($30.86 - $40.33) per hour

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Local 335.40 ($30.86 - $40.33) per hour