Position Title: Public Health Epidemiologist
Location: Hybrid
Position End Date: 12/31/2026
Salary: $86,519 (Plus Benefits)
About the CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $740 million. The CDC Foundation managed over 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year.
Overview:
This position serves as an HAI epidemiologist for the SHARPPS Program. The position requires considerable knowledge of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and proficiency in statistical analysis software.
The position coordinates with all NC hospitals to assure the best information is entered into NHSN and that the healthcare associated infection reports produced by the Communicable Disease Branch have been reviewed by those facilities. The position reconciles each hospital’s report monthly and produces quarterly and annual public reports of healthcare associated infection (HAI) rates. It is vital to CDB’s relationship with hospital infection prevention programs and with the public seeking information on HAIs in hospitals where they might be admitted as patients. HAI surveillance through NHSN is a critical grant activity of the ELC cooperative agreement that funds the entire SHARPPS Program.
Additionally, this position produces routine and ad hoc reports from multidrug resistant organism surveillance and other healthcare related data sources.
Qualifications:
· Master's degree in Epidemiology or closely related health field from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
· Considerable knowledge of surveillance methods for healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.
· Working knowledge of epidemiologic principles, investigations, surveillance, study design, descriptive statistics, statistical analysis and interpretation of statistical data and scientific literature.
· Considerable knowledge of biostatistics including the use of statistical software and statistical programming languages.
· Considerable knowledge of computers, database design, data management and data manipulation.
· Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Responsibilities:
· Collect and analyze surveillance data for healthcare associated and antimicrobial-resistant pathogens reported via the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NCEDSS).
· Conduct routine remote and on-site data quality evaluations with surveillance sites.
· Design data analyses based on scientific questions and existing data.
· Generate routine data reports for internal and external partners.
· Improve workflows and processes for data requests and routine analyses.
· Collaborate with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal, state, and local partners.
· Participate in public health responses to emerging infections, such as COVID-19.
· Interpret surveillance data and disseminate data on healthcare-associated infections to stakeholders to include producing quarterly and annual NC HAI Report.
· Participate in the multi-disciplinary statewide Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated and Resistant Pathogens Patient Safety (SHARPPS) Advisory Group.
· Provide input into the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as it relates to SHARPPS proposed activities, strategies, and metrics.
Special Notes:
This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, to best support the State of North Carolina in their public health programming.
This position is currently a hybrid position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.
About the CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the
CDC Foundation has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $740 million. The CDC Foundation managed over 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.
The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment. Relocation expenses are not included.
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