Electronic Case Reporting Specialist

ECR SpecialistThe ECR specialist serves as an employee in the HIV/STD/HEP Division. The purpose of this position is to minimize morbidity associated with infectious diseases among Indiana Hoosiers by conducting investigative epidemiological activities.The Electronic Case Reporting Specialist serves as an Indiana state employee in the HIV/STD/HEP Division at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH). The purpose of this position is to minimize morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases among Indiana residents by conducting a broad and complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities.Essential duties/responsibilities include:Act as the lead for establishing and implementing electronic case reporting for infectious diseases within the HIV/STD/HEP Division;Conduct authoring for electronic case reporting within the Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) for all reportable conditions;Serve as the liaison to subject matter experts and the Office of Technology & Compliance regarding electronic case reporting;Create educational materials regarding electronic case reporting for both internal and external stakeholders;Assist the NBS/Surveillance team in implementing workflows and automation within the state surveillance system, NBS, to process electronic case reports;Maintain current subject matter knowledge of the epidemiology and biology of infectious diseases;Provide epidemiologic consultation and technical assistance to local health departments, health care providers, veterinarians, and the general public with respect to electronic case reporting;Conduct routine epidemiologic surveillance for infectious diseases;Lead or coordinate epidemiologic investigations of individual cases and/or outbreaks of infectious diseases;Design and conduct applied epidemiologic studies of infectious diseases;Manage and analyze data collected through routine surveillance, public health investigations, and applied epidemiologic studies;Prepare and disseminate written and oral reports and presentations that communicate necessary information to internal and external partners;Conduct educational presentations and/or trainings regarding electronic case reporting for a variety of audiences, including local health departments, health care providers, veterinarians, and the general public;Engage directly with members of the public at health fairs and other outreach events;Participate in writing grants and other funding proposals;Serve as an agency spokesperson at the invitation and direction of the ISDH Office of Public Affairs;Evaluate the impact of legislation or policy proposals at the invitation and direction of the ISDH Director of Legislative Affairs;Serve as the IDOH epidemiologist on call after business hours for approximately two to three weeks per year;Perform related duties as assigned.Job requirements include:A master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public health, biological sciences, or social sciences) and = 2 years' relevant public health experience, ORA doctoral-level degree in epidemiology or other relevant field, ORA graduate or professional degree in a health-related field (e.g., RN, MD/DO, DDS/DMD, DVM, PhD, RS) with specific epidemiology training (e.g., MPH degree, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service, or CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship), ORA bachelor's degree in a relevant field and = 4 years of relevant public health experience.Skills:A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and = 4 years of relevant public health experience.

- Required - 4 - YearsKnowledge of the epidemiology and biology of infectious diseases. - Required - 1 - YearsSkill in preparing written and oral reports and presentations that communicate necessary information to internal and external stakeholders. - Required - 1 - YearsAbility to routinely re-organize schedule to prioritize emergent public health threats, often with little to no advance warning.

- RequiredPrior working experience in epidemiology and biology of infectious diseases. - RequiredPrior working experience conducting public health investigations of individual cases and/or outbreak of infectious disease. - RequiredPrior working experience managing large datasets, performing complex data analyses, and identifying key findings; - RequiredExp.

preparing written & oral reports, presentations, & educational materials that communicate necessary information to internal and external partners. - RequiredSkill in statistical, analytical, and/or geospatial software (e.g., EpiInfo, SAS, ArcGIS, SQL, SPSS, R, Python, Stata, etc.); - RequiredPrior project management experience - Highly desiredAgency Interview Type: Webcam only Work Arrangement: Onsite