Case Investigator
About The Position
The Division of Disease Control’s mission is to safeguard the health of New Yorkers through identification, surveillance, treatment, control, and prevention of infectious diseases. The Bureau of Communicable Disease (BCD) monitors and analyzes trends in disease data and provides consultation to the medical community and the public on the recognition, prevention, and control of communicable diseases. BCD is responsible for the surveillance, prevention, and control of over 70 infectious diseases including foodborne, enteric, waterborne, respiratory (including COVID-19), zoonotic, and vector-borne diseases. This position reports to the Disease Investigation Unit’s Team Lead and works with a team of Public Health Epidemiologists, City Research Scientists and Clerical Associates. The role involves investigating cases of reportable diseases and outbreaks of infectious or novel conditions, conducting patient/provider interviews, contact tracing, and health record abstractions. The position also includes providing patient and public education and triaging telephone inquiries.
Requirements
- A master’s degree in public health or epidemiology from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 12 graduate credits in epidemiology
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university plus two years of full-time paid experience as a health professional in a position which requires 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's Surveillance and Epidemiology Emergency Response Section's preparedness and response activities
Benefits
- Premium-free health insurance plan
- Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund
- Public sector defined benefit pension plan
- Tax-deferred savings program
- Robust Worksite Wellness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
