State Of Louisiana New Orleans , LA 70130
Posted 2 days ago
Supplemental Information
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Bureau of Health Informatics/ Orleans Parish
Announcement Number: OPH/SP/168553
Cost Center: 3262107320
Position Number(s): 177367
This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job appointment, Probationary or Promotional appointment.
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For further information about this vacancy contact:
Shambrielle Pooler
Shambrielle.Pooler@la.gov
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
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Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master's degree in epidemiology plus one year of professional level experience in epidemiology.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
A master's degree in public health, which included twelve hours in epidemiology, biostatistics, tropical medicine, maternal and child health, occupational health, international health, community health, or any combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A master's degree in nursing, a social science, a biological science, or a behavioral science, which included twelve semester hours in epidemiology and/or biostatistics or a combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A doctorate degree in veterinary medicine, which included twelve semester hours in epidemiology and/or biostatistics or a combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A doctorate degree in epidemiology will substitute for all of the required experience.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
Provides leadership in conducting epidemiological activities related to collecting, analyzing and interpreting data about health events in order to assess and help assure the health and safety of Louisiana citizens.
Level of Work:
Advanced.
Supervision Received:
Broad from a Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisor or other higher-level Department of Health and Hospitals personnel.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
Department of Health and Hospitals.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from a Public Health Epidemiologist Technician 2 by independently conducting epidemiological activities and independence in using technical tools of epidemiology, such as; study design and statistics.
Differs from a Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisor by the absence of the following: responsibility for direct supervision of epidemiology staff, prioritizing appropriate public health intervention programs and handling policy development issues.
Examples of Work
Develops and designs databases.
Interprets, analyzes, and evaluates data using statistical computer programs.
Participates in the formulation of policies and programs based on the data collected and analyzed to prevent the spread of disease, injury, disability, etc.
Provides technical assistance to other professionals in government, academia, health care, the community, and the private sector in multi-disciplinary projects and on community health planning teams.
Serves as a resource to the general public and to the news media at the local, state, or national level by responding to requests for information.
May serve as a technical advisor in the design and execution of interdisciplinary projects.
Coordinates, organizes, and plans community meetings relating to epidemiological activities.
Assists in the preparation of grant proposals to present to various funding agencies for public health activities.
Assists in the development and measurement of health indicators.
Participates in the planning and coordinating of epidemiological services in health emergencies (e.g. chemical spills, industrial explosions, hurricanes, natural disasters, disease and injury outbreaks, etc.) as needed to insure and maintain community public health or when requested to do so by the Governor.
State Of Louisiana