EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Closing Date: May 02, 2025 @ 4:00 P.M.(MST)

Salary Range: $91,225.00 - $116,768.00/annum

**APPLICANT MUST HAVE A VALID, UNRESTRICTED INSURABLE DRIVERS LICENSE**

**RESUMES AND REFERENCES ARE REQUIRED**

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assumes responsibility for determining the most appropriate way to study an identified health question, this includes identifying the population study, develop questionnaire/analytical design, organize resources needed, and writes project proposal.
• Conducts study including training interviewers and clerical staff in project-specific tasks as necessary.
• Coordinates all data collection and entry activities across Community programs, ensuring minimum data integrity standards and completion of tasks in a timely manner. Identifies data entry barriers, working with program staff to research and address issues.
• Collaborates with Community Program staff to implement data entry plans, scheduling and monitoring completion of tasks; recommend strategies for optimizing and integrating data across multiple platforms.
• Develops and implements empirically sound data analysis plans in keeping with evaluation and research questions; and provide support to the Chief of Healthy Living & Outreach in efforts to develop new data collection instruments and pilot testing.
• Routinely researches and provides surveillance accounts of emerging research findings in the areas related to of Public Health.
• Analyzes health-related trends; assesses individual-and community-level risk factors in the population; interprets and reports findings that have public health implications and develops policy recommendations.
• Performs routine and complex statistical analysis, ensuring statistical integrity and efficiency using Statistical software.
• Manages an outcome database create user profiles, programs interface; query system to produce reports; perform data cleaning and quality control; and maintains data dictionary statistics.
• Generates routine and ad hoc reports, charts and other department presentation materials.
• Analyzes reports of data duplicates or other errors to provide ongoing appropriate communication with Chief of Healthy Living and Outreach, Public Health and program staff.
• Updates evaluation data dashboards for all Community programs; respond to staff requests for data; and conduct routine e-literature search in support of efforts to conduct surveys and focus groups, and gather other forms of qualitative data, including participant recruitment, volunteer training and scheduling.
• Supports all other evaluation projects, including support in writing evaluation plans and research proposals and researching grant opportunities.
• Prepares public health education materials and presents information to groups including public health professionals, broadcast and print media, and the general public.
• Abstracts, reviews, and develops epidemiological reports at the request of clinic leadership, including inpatient and outpatient workload data.
• Provides surveillance, analysis, and reports Infectious Disease exposures within the inpatient and outpatient units of FDIHB, Inc
• Performs assigned tasks during outbreak and other rapid response epidemiologic investigation; works with local, state, and federal health agencies to investigate health incidents.
• Participates in a variety of meetings, committees, study groups and task forces in the community and acts as a resource as needed.
• Collaborates with Medical Directors and participates in advisory board meetings as needed.
• Oversees plans and implements the public health preparedness staff, program and activities.
• Attends and conducts trainings on emerging health issues and concerns.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MANDATORY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Experience: Three (3) years of direct work experience.

Education: Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or closely related field.

Please email current valid insurable driver’s license, high school diploma and college degree or transcripts to Loren.Begay@fdihb.org

NAVAJO/INDIAN PREFERENCE

FDIHB and its facilities are located within the Navajo Nation and, in accordance with Navajo Nation law, has implemented a Navajo/Indian Preference in Employment Policy. Pursuant to this Policy, applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for this position and who are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation will be given primary preference in hiring and employment for this position and members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes will be given secondary preference. Other candidates will be considered only after all candidates entitled to primary or secondary preference have been fully considered.

Salary : $91,225 - $116,768