Case Investigator
About The Position
The Case Investigator works in the Division of Disease Control’s Bureau of Communicable Disease, which monitors disease trends and supports the recognition, prevention, and control of communicable diseases. 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 position involves patient and provider interviews, contact tracing, health record abstractions, and patient and public education. The role also supports disease prevention initiatives and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Surveillance and Epidemiology Emergency Response Section preparedness and response activities. The listed salary band is $70,000 to $80,000, with compensation stated as USD 64,464 to USD 74,134. Only permanent employees in the title who are reachable on the Public Health Epidemiologist civil service list are eligible to apply.
Requirements
- Eligibility is limited to permanent employees in the title who are reachable on the Public Health Epidemiologist civil service list.
- Either a master’s degree from an accredited college or university 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 from an accredited college or university plus two years of full-time paid experience as a health professional in a position requiring data collection and reading and interpreting 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 this can save 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 with health resources and opportunities.
- Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
- Potentially greater job security compared with private sector employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
