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Lead Epidemiologist
4 months ago
Job summary
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. �
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
The Emerging Infections and Zoonoses team is recruiting two new Lead Epidemiologist post. This is an exciting opportunity be at the forefront of national, and international, incident and policy work in this high-profile field. This is a challenging and rewarding specialist epidemiologist role with a balanced portfolio of proactive core epidemiology functions, and reactive outbreak and incident response.�
The Emerging Infections and Zoonoses team sits within the TB, Acute Respiratory, Zoonoses, Emerging infection, and Travel health division (TARZET), whose mission is to protect the public from respiratory, imported, emerging, and novel infections through world-leading public health microbiology and virology, outbreak response, surveillance, research and interventions. We are a multidisciplinary team delivering surveillance, epidemiology, public health and clinical advice, microbiology and virology, incident and outbreak response, and advice to government. We work closely with NHS England and NHS Trusts, with international agencies and colleagues, and in a fully integrated way with multiple academic partners, with associated research opportunities.
Job description
The senior epidemiologist role will provide expert epidemiological leadership in emerging, zoonotic, international and high consequence infections within the Emerging Infections and Zoonoses team. They will support collaboration within UKHSA and across Government and with other key partners, including academic and international collaborators. They will also play a key role in ensuring delivery of UKHSA commitments to the prevention of, and response to, emerging infections. The post holder will take a leading role in infectious disease epidemiological and public health scientific analyses and writing reports on specific projects, regular and ad hoc commissions and publications. The postholder will contribute to the teaching activities of EIZ and TARZET at local, national and international level.The post-holder will be expected to work closely and develop further collaborations with colleagues in other parts of UKHSA, particularly with colleagues across the TARZET division, as well as cross-government and academic collaborators both in the United Kingdom and abroad. The post-holder will be expected to coordinate applied research in a multidisciplinary environment.Line management is an essential component of this role and the post holder may be expected to directly line manage a small team of epidemiologists/scientists.Please read all the information on this page carefully - The main duties and responsibilities for the role are displayed below.�
The main duties and responsibilities are:
Surveillance and Prevention Monitoring
Develop and utilise information and intelligence systems to underpin public health action across disciplines and organisations, and lead collation and interpretation of relevant data to develop the most appropriate analyses from a range of sources.Have responsibility for the synergistic development of information systems in partnership with epidemiologists in TARZET and the Data and Analytics Service;Undertake, and facilitate teams responsible for, the specialist and complex analyses of quantitative and/or qualitative datasets which will require selection of the best option from a range of possible solutions.Analyse and evaluate quantitative and qualitative data and research evidence from a range of sources to make recommendations and inform decision making which may have long term impacts.Receive, interpret, provide and advise on highly complex epidemiological, microbiological and statistical information about the health of populations of the UK and international populations.Outbreak Support and Epidemiological Investigations
Lead and manage multidisciplinary Incident Management teams and contribute to a range of national and international outbreak responses. This may include the technical and analytical aspects of epidemiological outbreak investigations including advising on study design, writing protocols for analytical studies, overseeing questionnaire design and study database development, training interviewers, preparing outbreak reports and supervising and supporting investigations into exceedances and assigning and managing team resources during outbreaks.Lead the collection and statistical analysis of epidemiological data, coordinate the incorporation of qualitative information to inform risk assessments and production of reports and publications. Liaison with internal UKHSA stakeholders, including the Data, Analytics and Surveillance group, on appropriate data architecture and analytics development.�Expert advice and Evaluation
Provide expert public health advice and leadership in emerging infections to support and inform an evidence-based approach within ethical frameworks, across sectors including local authorities, voluntary organisations, etc, in potentially contentious and hostile environments where barriers to acceptance may exist.Influence external agencies in their public health policy decisions by working with complex professional, managerial and population groups and other organisations in the statutory, non-statutory and private sectors.Communicate effectively and diplomatically with a wide audience including the media and the public in sometimes highly challenging circumstances relating to emerging infections.Act in an expert advisory capacity on public health knowledge, standards and practice, to national and international advisory committees and similar expert panels. Deputising for the senior colleagues as and when necessary both at external forums and within the UKHSA. Chair or be a member of these groups as required.Write and/or contribute to national policy setting reports on the health of the population in relation to emerging infections.Leadership and Management
Be a member of the��Emerging Infections and Zoonoses senior management team, with involvement in business planning and development of surveillance, research and training strategies. Support senior managers within TARZET to ensure day-to-day operational delivery of the service, its responsibilities and resources are fully equipped and fit for purpose. Deputize where appropriate, using leadership approaches and skills.Be responsible for the development and implementation of multi-agency long-term public health programmes as required, based on identification of areas of potential health improvement, the diversity of national and local needs and the reduction of inequalities; providing emerging infections and expert international epidemiology and public health advice on and leadership to support and inform an evidence-based approach to compare, analyse and interpret highly complex options for running projects identified as key public health priorities, and communicate this information across organisations.Compare, analyse and interpret highly complex options for running projects identified as key public health priorities, and communicate this information across organisations and the local community.Oversee a team of staff including their day to day management.This is not an exhaustive list please see the Job description document for full list of duties.
Person specification
Essential criteria
�Education and Experience
First degree in science subject or related fieldHigher degree (MSc or equivalent) in related disciplinePhD in epidemiology/public health/health promotion or equivalent from experienceTraining in research methods, infectious disease epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and/or public healthKnowledge and Experience
Proven experience of data management and analysis of large and complex datasets and reporting, with advanced knowledge of computers and database software packagesSignificant experience of scientific report writing and scientific publication including presentation of papers at conference etc.Extensive practical experience of facilitating change, managing staff and budgetsWorking at a senior level in coordination of multi-centre projects, developing and managing projects, managing research programmes and/or sectionsExtensive knowledge and experience of communicable disease epidemiology, surveillance and/ or preventionSkills and capability
Understand information governance, including data protection and the need to maintain required levels of confidentialityLiaise with a wide range of external collaborators including health service, academic and international professionalsLead and facilitate effective team working; plan strategically and work to a consistently high standard and to deadlinesCommunicate ideas and methods clearly and succinctly, both orally and in writingEquality and Diversity
An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.�Desirable criteria
Advanced knowledge and experience of epidemiological and statistical research methods ( post-doctoral level)Benefits
Alongside your salary of �69,275, UK Health Security Agency contributes �18,704 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA with an average employer contribution of 27%