Lead Epidemiologist

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 261442**Salary**:

- £66,291 - £75,411**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- LondonAbout the job

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**Vacancy details**:

- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working

Hours / sessions per week37.5 hours per weekContract typePermanent

**Position numbers**:
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**FTE**
- 60680402
1.00**Job overview**:
We are looking to recruit a Lead Epidemiologist post in the Hepatitis Section of Blood Safety, HIV, STIs and Hepatitis (BSHSH).

The postholder will be expected to provide strategic leadership on the strengthening of existing, and development of new, monitoring and surveillance programmes for hepatitis B and C and for other viral hepatitides, such as hepatitis D. The post holder will also provide strategic leadership to and oversight of a programme of data linkage between hepatitis surveillance and other large health and care datasets in line with the government’s priority to link data systems, and enhance analytic capability.

The postholder will be expected to lead on analysis and provide advice and guidance on specialist aspects of analyses, to interpret and prepare scientific reports and articles of the results and to undertake further research including in collaboration with the Health Protection Research Units and other partners.

The postholder will be expected to have a high level of intellectual rigour and to advise and make recommendations regarding the development of BBV/STI/HIV prevention and control and regarding BSHSH data collection and analyses. An academic affiliation/association will be encouraged.

**Job description**:
**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Surveillance**
- Develop, manage and maintain projects using BSHSH surveillance databases.
- Manage existing national surveillance systems and co-ordinate the development of new surveillance systems for hepatitis, HIV and/or STIs and to supervise and advise junior scientific and administrative staff in the maintenance and development of integrated or enhanced surveillance datasets.
- Conduct complex statistical analyses of data drawn from a variety of surveillance sources in response to ad hoc enquiries from Government agencies, international agencies (ECDC, WHO), public health practitioners, academics and members of the public.
- Advise scientific and administrative staff conducting routine analyses of surveillance datasets for standardised outputs and ad hoc enquiries.
- Supervise junior scientific colleagues and the administrative team in the production of surveillance reports and publications.
- Help coordinate the activities of scientists in partner institutes involved in collaborative surveillance programmes.
- Provide technical advice and assistance to public health practitioners on the design, maintenance, analysis and interpretation of surveillance databases.
- Write or contribute to the drafting of scientific papers for publication in peer reviewed journals and detailed reports for UKHSA or Government departments.

**Outbreak Investigation**
- Manage the technical and analytical aspects of outbreak investigations, under the supervision of the Senior/Consultant lead, by:

- designing outbreak databases;
- liaising with relevant specialists to collect epidemiological data;
- coordinating and advising incident teams;
- interviewing clinicians and patients to collect clinical and risk factor data during incidents
- overseeing data entry and ensuring quality control of databases;
- collating and interpreting epidemiological and microbiological data drawn from a variety of sources;
- conducting complex statistical analyses of datasets;
- providing statistical analyses for government agencies, health protection units and others;
- writing briefing notes and situation reports;
- presenting epidemiological data to Incident Management Teams;
- contributing to the production of outbreak reports and subsequent publications.

**Research**
- Contribute to the development of research proposals
- Coordinate the collection and collation of data from collaborators based in specialist laboratories and other institutions throughout the UK.
- Conduct statistical analyses of epidemiological and microbiological data for grant funded research projects and UKHSA programmes.
- Provide complex statistical analyses of surveillance/research datasets to academic units and other agencies involved in collaborative epidemiological and microbiological research studies under the guidance of the project leader.
- Contribute to the process of writing scientific papers for publication in peer reviewed journals and project reports to funding bodies.

**Publications and presentations**
- Supervise scientific and administrative staff in the productio

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