Case Investigator
About The Position
The Case Investigator works in the Bureau of Communicable Disease within the Division of Disease Control at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Reporting to the Disease Investigation Unit’s Team Lead and working with Public Health Epidemiologists, City Research Scientists, and Clerical Associates, the investigator handles cases of reportable diseases, including Legionnaires’ disease and cyclosporiasis, as well as outbreaks of infectious or novel conditions. The role includes conducting interviews, contact tracing, health-record abstractions, and providing patient and public education. Only permanent employees in the title who are reachable on the Public Health Epidemiologist civil service list are eligible to apply. The position is associated with the Public Health Epidemiologist title (51181).
Requirements
- Eligibility is limited to permanent employees in the title who are reachable on the Public Health Epidemiologist civil service list.
- Meet one of the stated Public Health Epidemiologist qualification pathways: a master’s degree in epidemiology, public health with a concentration in epidemiology, or a health-related field with at least 6 graduate credits in epidemiology and 6 additional graduate credits in epidemiology or biostatistics; or a bachelor’s degree plus two years of full-time paid experience as a health professional in a role requiring data collection and the reading and interpretation of medical charts and medical information in support of surveillance and epidemiologic investigations.
Responsibilities
- Conduct communicable disease case investigations.
- Perform medical chart reviews and abstractions.
- Conduct patient and provider telephone interviews.
- Triage incoming telephone inquiries.
- Provide patient and public education.
- Identify and follow up with contacts of people with communicable diseases.
- Provide public health recommendations to patients and contacts.
- Conduct outbreak investigations.
- Perform data collection and analysis.
- Evaluate risk factors or high-risk transmission settings.
- Assist with communicable disease prevention initiatives.
- Participate in the DOHMH Surveillance and Epidemiology Emergency Response Section’s preparedness and response activities.
Benefits
- Premium-free health insurance plan; the posting states it saves employees over $10,000 annually, based on a 2024 assessment.
- Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position’s associated union or benefit fund.
- Public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
- Tax-deferred savings program.
- Worksite Wellness Program.
- Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
- Job security compared with private-sector employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
