Epidemiology Supervisor

Oklahoma City-County Health Department • Oklahoma City, OK

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

This evolving position is located in the Operations Division with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD). The employee provides supervision to Epidemiology staff and performs the job duties and responsibilities of this position in an independent manner under the direction of the Division Director. This position functions at the program management level (Tier 2) as defined by the Council on Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals with a primary focus on the following Domains: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Communication Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills. Primary availability will be associated with coordination and employee supervision with grant implementation and fulfillment of deliverables. At the direction of OCCHD Chief Executive Officer and Chief Health Officer or designee, the incumbent will be assigned a variety of specific job duties and responsibilities as a member of the OCCHD Emergency Preparedness and Response Program Team (i.e., Bioterrorism Response Program). Also, as a member of the OCCHD Emergency Preparedness and Response Team, the incumbent is required to complete all necessary responder training and may be designated as a member of the first-responder team. In accordance with our designation of a PHAB Accredited health department and explicit commitment to a culture of continuous quality improvement, employees will receive Quality Improvement (QI) training deemed necessary by their supervisor.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Public Health or related field with emphasis (i.e., completion of at least 25 graduate hours in Epidemiology) in Biostatistics and/or Epidemiology
• Four years of professional experience in using epidemiological techniques (including ArcGIS)
• One year of professional experience in using Biostatistical techniques
• Valid Oklahoma driver license required
• Must have an operating vehicle available for use when field duties are required
• Will be compliant on recommended immunizations required by the CDC as a healthcare worker and as defined within the scope of Emergency Response within 30 days of hire. Exceptions accepted with documented medical or religious accommodation. OCCHD will provide vaccinations at no charge to employees.

Nice To Haves

• Past supervisory experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Gathering, assembling, analyzing and interpreting statistical data.
• Conducting investigations.
• Facilitates development and maintenance of comprehensive databases for morbidity, mortality, health status and demographic indicators for Oklahoma County.
• Serves as member of a liaison team with the users and providers of health data in the community.
• Coordinating the work of interdisciplinary teams in the intervention and control of communicable disease epidemics and the collection and analyses of data to describe these events.
• Monitors and evaluates employee performance, attendance and leave utilization.
• Providing public health education through reports, speeches and presentations.
• Driving to off-site locations to perform job duties as needed.
• Conduct surveillance and evaluate trends of communicable and chronic disease, and clusters of injuries.
• Assist with designing intervention programs for the control of communicable diseases within the community.
• Facilitate development of the jurisdiction's Community Health Needs Assessment.
• Support grant development through the identification and collection of data and associated mapping.
• Administer work assignments.
• Supervise employees by direct observation and review of job product.
• Monitor employee attendance.
• Complete evaluations of staff.
• Provide input to Director concerning developing modifications to programs, plans, procedures, etc.
• Encourage the development of worksite policies that enhance the Epidemiology employees.
• Completes required training in support of duties and responsibilities of this position.
• May be required to work occasional evenings and weekends due to job responsibilities.

Benefits

• 15 days per year of annual leave
• 15 days per year of sick leave
• 15 paid holidays annually
• A comprehensive health insurance package – medical, dental, vision, life insurance, dependent life insurance, and flexible medical spending account
• A generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Retirement plans: Defined Contribution Plan and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager