Epidemiologist - Healthcare Associated Infections

Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and meet all selective requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list.

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Department of Human Services (DHS) merged on July 1, 2022, to form one agency, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We are seeking an Epidemiologist - Healthcare Associated Infections.

This position will assist the Bureau of Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology by providing data analysis, collection, and surveillance reports for the Healthcare Associated Infections Program. The position will identify data elements, data collection tools, appropriate data analysis methods, and visualizations for the program and program partners. This position will lead the Healthcare Associated Infections Program by designing and maintaining surveillance reports of data requested received by the program. The position will ensure appropriate analysis methods are identified and the reports are written to specific needs of the consumer. Additional duties include designing and implementing public health epidemiology studies for the Healthcare Associated Infections Program. Inquiries and questions received by the program will need the position to determine the appropriate study type, describe the needed data fields, collections tools, provide collection support, and clean the data for appropriate data analysis.

This position will also provide general epidemiological support for CADE. Specific activities include infectious disease consultations with the Division of Public health, healthcare teams, and general public. There is a need for this position to participate in educational activities and provide 24/7 on-call coverage for infectious diseases to impacted communities.

Benefits: We have a great total compensation package, including:

• Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Sick Leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Leave
• Retirement Investors Club (RIC) (Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan)
• Life Insurance

For additional information on benefits, please visit the Iowa Department of Administrative Services website at https://das.iowa.gov/human-resources/employee-and-retiree-benefits.

Director's Statement: HHS values those with “lived experience” and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the DHS system to apply. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired – Relay Iowa 1-800-735-2942 TDD).

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Selectives

185 Epidemiology

6 months’ experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both in epidemiology, which involves:

• The surveillance for respiratory diseases, vector-born diseases, enteric diseases, antimicrobial-resistant agents, or other infectious or non-infectious diseases
• The development of protocols and procedures for data collection and analysis, ongoing analysis of data using a variety of databases and statistical analysis programs
• The development and dissemination of written reports, graphs, tables, etc

AND

535 Public Health

6 months’ experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both related to improving, maintaining, and protecting the general condition of health within society, either on a personal, institutional, organizational, or community basis. Experience may be gained from direct provision of health care or from other ancillary programs and support mechanisms such as government public health departments.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

• Three years of experience in applied epidemiology in an infectious, noninfectious, or chronic diseases; environmental poisonings or conditions; injury prevention; or a substance misuse related epidemiology program.
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a non-public health graduate degree with at least two courses related to the principles and practice of epidemiology; and
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a graduate degree in public health with at least two courses related to the principles and practice of epidemiology.
• All of the following (a and b):

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