HCID Epidemiologist II Job Austin area,Texas USA,Healthcare

Overview

Date:
Jan 20, 2026

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Title:

HCID Epidemiologist II
Job Title: Epidemiologist II
Agency: Dept of State Health Services
Department: Emrgng & Acute Infcts Disease
Posting Number: 12245
Closing Date: 02/03/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Life, Physical, and Social Science
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-21
Salary Range: $5,000.00 - $5,888.50
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Shift: Day
Additional Shift: Days (First)
Telework: Eligible for Telework
Travel: Up to 20%
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt
Job Location City: AUSTIN
Job Location Address: 1100 W 49TH ST (DHT)

Position Summary

With direction from the HCID (High Consequence Infectious Disease) Epidemiologist IV, performs advanced (senior-level) investigative and consultative epidemiological work in the Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Unit related to outbreak response. Collects and analyzes, interprets, and distributes epidemiological data on infectious diseases in Texas. May supervise the work of others in data collection. Provides telephonic and electronic technical consultation to public health professionals, healthcare providers, and the general public on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and assists these partners in infectious disease outbreak investigations.

Prepares public health information, training materials, and investigative tools for infectious disease surveillance and investigation. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgement.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs)

Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

EJF 1. Epidemiologic investigations and studies: Participates in infectious disease outbreak investigations for HCID and other notifiable conditions (e.g., prion disease, respiratory, vaccine preventable, foodborne, multidrug-resistant organisms, and others) by coordinating data collection with local and regional health department partners, abstracting medical data from hospital and medical records, designing or modifying questionnaires or report forms, reviewing mortality data, interviewing exposed persons and/or cases, coordinating collection and transport of clinical specimens, performing data analysis using statistical programs, assisting with recommendations for control measures.

Analyzes and interprets epidemiological data, including laboratory findings. Creates, maintains, and distributes databases using applications such as NEDSS, Excel, SAS, Tableau, R, and other programs. (35%)

EJF 2. Leadership and surge capacity: Assists with monitoring contract deliverables related to state-funded local health department epidemiologists. Participates in training and development of protocols and procedures related to surveillance, persons under monitoring, and cluster and outbreak investigations. Serves as surge capacity for any team within the EAIDU or with any health service region during any large infectious disease response. Substitutes for any EAIDU epidemiology or surveillance staff member during vacancies or extended absences.

(20%)

EJF 3. Communication: Prepares reports and graphs of surveillance and investigation data using Power Point, Excel, SAS, R, Tableau, NEDSS, and other programs. Disseminates data reports to internal and external partners. May prepare and give oral presentations on surveillance data and epidemiological investigations for professional and lay audiences. Assists in the development of disease fact sheets, pamphlets, brochures and press bulletins.

May assist in preparing articles for publication in journals. Provides telephonic and electronic technical consultations to public health professionals, health care providers, and the general public on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and their prevention and control. Prepares infectious disease data for posting to the Department's website. Reviews scientific literature as appropriate. (20%)

EJF 4. Surveillance activities: Provides consultation to local and regional health department staff on utilization of NEDSS. Performs some data entry including surge capacity data entry for other EAIDU teams, health service regions or local health departments. Regularly…


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