Epidemiology and Information Systems Specialist

6 days ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

The Epidemiology and Information Scientist will support senior epidemiologist colleagues in the provision of a range of activities including contributing to outbreak management and response and epidemiological investigation through designing questionnaires and outbreak databases, contributing to the production of outbreak reports and preparing descriptive epidemiology. Exceedances will also be investigated.

The interface with local, regional and national colleagues, as well as with external stakeholders, will be an important feature of this role.
- Outbreak support and epidemiological investigation
- Surveillance and data analysis
- Research
- Management and Leadership
- Strategic Thinking and Partnership Working
- Quality and governance

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.

Outbreak support and epidemiological investigation
1. Where appropriate, undertake specific steps of an epidemiological study under direction including to design and develop questionnaires e.g. using Select Survey, design and administer outbreak databases, prepare descriptive epidemiology, contribute to the production of outbreak reports, investigate exceedances and interview cases and controls.
2. Undertake complex analytical tasks and use common statistical, database and mapping software and tools to support analysis such as producing tables, graphs, maps etc. and developing advanced queries.
3. Advise on data availability and capture during outbreaks and create and administer outbreak databases.

Surveillance and data analysis
1. Maintain and improve databases for surveillance of infectious diseases, test functionality of new surveillance systems, validate the quality of surveillance data including use of automated routines and through audit and produce and update Standard Operating Procedures.
3. Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
4. Contribute to surveillance activities through assuring data quality, undertaking complex data analyses and seeking to improve and enhance databases and systems.
5. Produce routine surveillance reports that include basic descriptive analyses and interpretation.
6. Undertake more complex analytical tasks using common software packages to support analysis such as advanced querying, data validation and pivot tables.
7. Support the development and operational testing of, and implement, new surveillance systems and provide ongoing support and training as required.
8. Maintain and improve existing surveillance databases, validating the quality of surveillance data including the development and use of automated routines and through audit.

Research
1. Contribute to scientific papers and projects on public health surveillance, outbreaks and infectious disease control.
2. Support research through their contribution to scientific papers and projects as well as through designing study databases and sharing findings at conferences and meetings.
4. Develop and maintain study databases including advising on data linkage, storage and design

Management and Leadership
1. To act as role model adhering to team professional standards.
2. Support the development of policies and protocols for use within the team/department.
3. Contribute to specified quality improvement and governance initiatives as agreed.
4. Support/lead projects and support defined areas of work as agreed with line manager.
5. Contribute to the supervision and training of junior staff allocated to the team.
6. Learn and maintain up-to-date scientific knowledge regarding epidemiology, surveillance and relevant public health interventions and contribute to training colleagues and others as requested.
7. Contribute to teaching/training programmes and activities (including to the development of teaching material and courses) on surveillance, epidemiology information science, data management, information governance and quality and support ongoing training activities within the team and Service.

Strategic Thinking and Partnership Working
1. Build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and partners, actively engage in meetings with internal and external colleagues, identify potential problems and seek to resolve and undertake a lead role for a specific topic or function area, on behalf of the service as a whole.
2. Present internally or to local partners and present work at scientific meetings and conferences.

Quality and governance
1. Ensure that data transfer, extraction and storage of data are appropriate and identify data quality issues through audit and ensure analysis and outputs are clearly presented in an appropriate context.

Software skills
2. Undertake more comp

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