Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist II - Public Health

State of Nebraska•Lincoln, NE

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist to join our Public Health Division. This position is critical for monitoring and improving the health outcomes of pregnant/postpartum women, infants and children in Nebraska. If you are an experienced public health professional interested in maternal and child health data initiatives, we invite you to join our team and help implement our vision: A Healthy and Safe Nebraska – Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day!

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 8 years of experience working in data analysis, statistics, & interpretation of data in a health subject area OR Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 6 years of related experience.
Knowledge of epidemiological principles and practices related to the surveillance, investigative techniques, proper prevention and control techniques.
Knowledge of data to be collected and analyzed, statistical tools, epidemiological study methodologies and protocols.
Ability to independently design, develop, implement, integrate, and conduct epidemiological systems, models, and studies.
Ability to conduct analytical studies of system capabilities.
Ability to influence participation of medical practitioners and other health players.
Ability to analyze complex health data.
Ability to prepare studies and reports.
Ability to explain and defend complex studies and recommendations.

Nice To Haves

Maternal and Child Health subject matter knowledge
intermediate knowledge and skills using a statistical software package such as SAS or Stata
working knowledge of PowerBI

Responsibilities

Help coordinate the Maternal Mortality Review Team, which includes managing, analyzing and reporting data; utilizing data, methods, and research in the development of recommendations to prevent deaths; and serving as a subject matter expert.
Serve as primary data analyst for Nebraska’s Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, a survey of new moms on their experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy.
Participate in other key Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology projects including monitoring indicators of the population's health, updating indicators annually and assess for emerging trends, and conducting additional analysis and research into findings.