Healthcare Staffing Professionals (HSP) is hiring multiple Epidemiologist positions to work with the LA County Acute Communicable Disease Control Epidemiology and Data Unit. Selected candidates will be hired by HSP and placed within the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. All positions will support COVID-19 response efforts. Please see specific job descriptions for each team below along with relevant application links.

COVID-19 Surveillance Team

• High level SAS coding
• Data analysis
• Producing/writing daily and weekly data reports
• Producing Quality Analysis and line list for adjudication, death verification
• Close collaboration with other teams
• Working knowledge of R is useful, but not required

Data Integration Team

The Epidemiologist will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and performing QA on data linkage projects. This includes writing code to match between DPH surveillance data and external data sources, running existing matching processes to update surveillance data, validating data linkage outputs, overseeing data import processes, and maintaining data linkage documentation. Analyses will be performed in SAS, R, and/or Python.

Morning Data Team

• SAS and R coding to process and manage large COVID-19 case and lab datasets
• Produce COVID-19 daily and weekly reports for DPH leadership using SAS and R
• Generate data visualizations using R, Excel and PowerPoint
• Fill data requests

Outbreak QA Team

• Works on the ACDC Outbreak Data Team; the bulk of time is spent on outbreak data quality assurance, which includes identifying and fixing discrepancies in COVID-19 outbreak data and troubleshooting data concerns for Outbreak Management Branch public health investigators
• Plays a lead role in programming, developing and implementing programs in SAS or R, identifying opportunities to better identify outbreak quality assurance opportunities and automate processes
• Works with ACDC Data Integration Team to import batched data into case and outbreak database
• Analyzes complex data for different projects to publish and inform decision-making processes
• Uses SAS or R to pull and present data for internal and external data requests (e.g. DPH press briefings, media requests)
• Collaborates with other ACDC outbreak teams to ensure consistent data standards across outbreak settings; this includes scheduling and attending ad hoc meetings and working on documentation for outbreak investigator reference guides

Vaccine Integration Team

The Epidemiologist will work on a collaborative team responsible for the linkage of surveillance & vaccination data, as well as fulfilling the related reporting needs. This includes writing code to match between available data sources, validating data linkage outputs, and maintaining data linkage documentation. Analyses will be performed in SAS, R, and/or Python. This individual will also be responsible for contributing to the development of analysis plans to answer questions related to the surveillance-vaccination integrated data, running regular reports, and responding to ad hoc data requests. Desired qualifications include experience with communicating data to a wide range of audiences and developing tables/charts/data visualizations to aid in communication efforts.

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Additional Details Applicable Across Teams

Timeline: The position will start immediately upon acceptance and employment clearance and is initially funded through 2/22/2022 with potential renewal.

Pay Rate: $53.71/hr working 40 hours a week

Benefits: Paid Holidays, Paid Sick Time, PTO

Healthcare: Employer Fully Funded Healthcare (Anthem Blue Cross), Dental and Vision, Life Insurance from Initial Start Date.

Shifts: 100% telework. 40-hour work week, possibly working a flex schedule on the weekends, opportunities for OT.