Public Health Epidemiologist Manager - Louisiana Department of State Civil Service
New Orleans, LA
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Public Health Epidemiologist Manager
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Public Health Epidemiologist Manager
Salary
$5,462.00 - $9,833.00 Monthly
Location
New Orleans, LA
Job Type
Promotion
Job Number
OPH/CG/202214
Department
LDH-Office of Public Health
Opening Date
11/06/2024
Closing Date
11/11/2024 11:59 PM Central
+ Description
+ Benefits
+ Questions
Supplemental Information
The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.
LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases / Orleans Parish
Announcement Number: OPH/CG/202214
Cost Center: 3262107644
Position Number(s): 50682303
This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Promotional appointment.
This vacancy is open to permanent LDH Office of Public Health employees.
No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
A resume upload willNOTpopulate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Ciera Green
Ciera.Green@la.gov (ContactEmail@la.gov)
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master's degree in epidemiology plus four years of professional level experience in epidemiology.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
A master's degree in public health, which included twelve hours in epidemiology, biostatistics, tropical medicine, maternal and child health, occupational health, international health, community health, or any combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A master's degree in nursing, a social science, a biological science, or a behavioral science, which included twelve semester hours in epidemiology and/or biostatistics or a combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A doctorate degree in veterinary medicine, which included twelve semester hours in epidemiology and/or biostatistics or a combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A doctorate degree in epidemiology will substitute for two years of the required experience.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To design, plan, evaluate and oversee the conducting of epidemiological activities related to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data about health events in order to assess and help assure the health and safety of Louisiana citizens.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
Broad review a higher-level Public Health or Department of Health and Hospitals administrator.
Supervision Exercised:
Direct line over one or more Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisors and/or two or more Public Health Epidemiology Specialists.
Location of Work:
Department of Health and Hospitals.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisor and Public Health Epidemiology Specialist by administering one or more epidemiology programs and by the level of subordinates supervised.
Examples of Work
This Public Health Epidemiologist Manager is a high-level technical position. This position is assigned to the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section and is responsible for statewide Healthcare-associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, and Antibiotic Stewardship surveillance and epidemiologic response. This position supervises four subordinates (2 PH Epidemiologist Specialists and 2 PH Epidemiologists). This position will be supervised by the Program Manager 2.
25% Management of Complex Surveillance System for Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms.
+ Plans, organizes, and directs the statewide Healthcare-associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, which includes but is not limited to the prevention of the following:
+ Louisiana reportable conditions - Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacterspecies andEnterobacterales,Candida auris, Vancomycin Intermediate or ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, invasive Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus, and all outbreaks occurring in healthcare settings AND
+ National Healthcare Safety Network conditions - central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), surgical site infections (SSI), Methicillin resistantS. aureus(MRSA) blood stream infections, andC. difficile infection
+ Supervises all field operations of healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection epidemiologic surveillance and response.
+ Provides oversight of all healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection case investigations as well as all local, statewide, and multi-state outbreak investigations.
+ Serves as state expert in control and prevention activities for all healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections.
25% Evaluation of Epidemiologic Data
+ Evaluates epidemiologic data in order to guide the agency administration in the development of programs and policies to prevent the spread of disease, disability, and mortality.
+ Ensures data quality for healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections in Louisiana surveillance system and the National Healthcare Safety Network system.
+ Provides oversight to epidemiologist specialists, epidemiologists, public health epidemiologist technicians, and program monitors in the design of intervention studies, data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
+ Evaluates program effectiveness, and initiates and/or approves measures to achieve improvement.
20% Grant Management
+ Oversees the preparation of the Healthcare-associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Antibiotic Stewardship components of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant.
+ Provides assistance to the OPH Laboratory for the completion of the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network component of the ELC grant
+ Prepares program budget in coordination with IDEpi program managers and monitors expenditures.
+ Monitors grant activity execution and progress.
10% Supervisory responsibilities
+ Oversees epidemiology staff responsible for coordinating the day-to-day operations of the Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program.
+ Formally evaluates work of subordinates, providing technical guidance when needed.
+ Hires or approves the hiring of subordinate program staff.
+ Coordinates and supervises the development of implementation of the IDEpi curriculum related to healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections.
10% Direction of epidemiologic services in health emergencies
+ Plans and coordinates healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection epidemiological services in health emergencies such as natural disasters.
+ Oversees the implementation of disaster-related prevention and control activities as needed to insure and maintain community/public health or when requested to do so by the State Epidemiologist or State Health Officer.
10% Data Presentation
+ Presents healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection epidemiological data to legislators, communities, and other agencies.
+ Assists the State Epidemiologist in preparing epidemiologic data analysis for inclusion in legislative justification.
+ Attends and participates in public health related meetings of local government bodies, civic organizations, national organizations and other groups to serve as an epidemiological advisor/expert.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
+ New Year's Day
+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
+ Mardi Gras,
+ Good Friday,
+ Memorial Day,
+ Independence Day,
+ Labor Day,
+ Veteran's Day,
+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
01
Are you a current permanent LDH Office of Public Health employee?
+ Yes
+ No
02
Have you completed twelve graduate-level semester hours in epidemiology, biostatistics, tropical medicine, maternal and child health, occupational health, international health, community health, or any combination?
+ Yes
+ No
03
If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A. Example: Acct 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs - LSU
Required Question
Agency
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
Apply
Please verify your email addressVerify Email
Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4720380)
Apply
Public Health Epidemiologist Manager
Salary
$5,462.00 - $9,833.00 Monthly
Location
New Orleans, LA
Job Type
Promotion
Job Number
OPH/CG/202214
Department
LDH-Office of Public Health
Opening Date
11/06/2024
Closing Date
11/11/2024 11:59 PM Central
+ Description
+ Benefits
+ Questions
Supplemental Information
The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.
LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases / Orleans Parish
Announcement Number: OPH/CG/202214
Cost Center: 3262107644
Position Number(s): 50682303
This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Promotional appointment.
This vacancy is open to permanent LDH Office of Public Health employees.
No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
A resume upload willNOTpopulate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Ciera Green
Ciera.Green@la.gov (ContactEmail@la.gov)
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master's degree in epidemiology plus four years of professional level experience in epidemiology.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
A master's degree in public health, which included twelve hours in epidemiology, biostatistics, tropical medicine, maternal and child health, occupational health, international health, community health, or any combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A master's degree in nursing, a social science, a biological science, or a behavioral science, which included twelve semester hours in epidemiology and/or biostatistics or a combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A doctorate degree in veterinary medicine, which included twelve semester hours in epidemiology and/or biostatistics or a combination, will substitute for the master's degree in epidemiology only.
A doctorate degree in epidemiology will substitute for two years of the required experience.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To design, plan, evaluate and oversee the conducting of epidemiological activities related to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data about health events in order to assess and help assure the health and safety of Louisiana citizens.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
Broad review a higher-level Public Health or Department of Health and Hospitals administrator.
Supervision Exercised:
Direct line over one or more Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisors and/or two or more Public Health Epidemiology Specialists.
Location of Work:
Department of Health and Hospitals.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisor and Public Health Epidemiology Specialist by administering one or more epidemiology programs and by the level of subordinates supervised.
Examples of Work
This Public Health Epidemiologist Manager is a high-level technical position. This position is assigned to the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section and is responsible for statewide Healthcare-associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, and Antibiotic Stewardship surveillance and epidemiologic response. This position supervises four subordinates (2 PH Epidemiologist Specialists and 2 PH Epidemiologists). This position will be supervised by the Program Manager 2.
25% Management of Complex Surveillance System for Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms.
+ Plans, organizes, and directs the statewide Healthcare-associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, which includes but is not limited to the prevention of the following:
+ Louisiana reportable conditions - Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacterspecies andEnterobacterales,Candida auris, Vancomycin Intermediate or ResistantStaphylococcus aureus, invasive Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus, and all outbreaks occurring in healthcare settings AND
+ National Healthcare Safety Network conditions - central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), surgical site infections (SSI), Methicillin resistantS. aureus(MRSA) blood stream infections, andC. difficile infection
+ Supervises all field operations of healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection epidemiologic surveillance and response.
+ Provides oversight of all healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection case investigations as well as all local, statewide, and multi-state outbreak investigations.
+ Serves as state expert in control and prevention activities for all healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections.
25% Evaluation of Epidemiologic Data
+ Evaluates epidemiologic data in order to guide the agency administration in the development of programs and policies to prevent the spread of disease, disability, and mortality.
+ Ensures data quality for healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections in Louisiana surveillance system and the National Healthcare Safety Network system.
+ Provides oversight to epidemiologist specialists, epidemiologists, public health epidemiologist technicians, and program monitors in the design of intervention studies, data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
+ Evaluates program effectiveness, and initiates and/or approves measures to achieve improvement.
20% Grant Management
+ Oversees the preparation of the Healthcare-associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Antibiotic Stewardship components of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant.
+ Provides assistance to the OPH Laboratory for the completion of the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network component of the ELC grant
+ Prepares program budget in coordination with IDEpi program managers and monitors expenditures.
+ Monitors grant activity execution and progress.
10% Supervisory responsibilities
+ Oversees epidemiology staff responsible for coordinating the day-to-day operations of the Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program.
+ Formally evaluates work of subordinates, providing technical guidance when needed.
+ Hires or approves the hiring of subordinate program staff.
+ Coordinates and supervises the development of implementation of the IDEpi curriculum related to healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections.
10% Direction of epidemiologic services in health emergencies
+ Plans and coordinates healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection epidemiological services in health emergencies such as natural disasters.
+ Oversees the implementation of disaster-related prevention and control activities as needed to insure and maintain community/public health or when requested to do so by the State Epidemiologist or State Health Officer.
10% Data Presentation
+ Presents healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infection epidemiological data to legislators, communities, and other agencies.
+ Assists the State Epidemiologist in preparing epidemiologic data analysis for inclusion in legislative justification.
+ Attends and participates in public health related meetings of local government bodies, civic organizations, national organizations and other groups to serve as an epidemiological advisor/expert.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
+ New Year's Day
+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
+ Mardi Gras,
+ Good Friday,
+ Memorial Day,
+ Independence Day,
+ Labor Day,
+ Veteran's Day,
+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
01
Are you a current permanent LDH Office of Public Health employee?
+ Yes
+ No
02
Have you completed twelve graduate-level semester hours in epidemiology, biostatistics, tropical medicine, maternal and child health, occupational health, international health, community health, or any combination?
+ Yes
+ No
03
If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A. Example: Acct 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs - LSU
Required Question
Agency
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
Apply
Please verify your email addressVerify Email
Source : Louisiana Department of State Civil Service
