Epidemiologist -OCME-Office Chief Medical Examiner-Kanawha

Overview

Nature of Work. 1 Vacancy. Kanawha County. This position will assimilate pertinent information and statistical data to result in quarterly and annual reporting to stakeholders, Bureau for Public Health Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Cabinet Secretary, WV Health Officer, State Legislature and Governor’s Office. Reporting will be accomplished through the comprehensive review of all autopsy files and information received from multidisciplinary fatality review teams with regard to child fatalities and domestic violence fatalities;

attending local, state and national training conferences on child and domestic violence fatality and mortality; attending all fatality review meetings; collaborating with the Program Manager and Data Abstractor to create effective database programs and spreadsheets to capture and report incidences, circumstances, logistical information and recommendations for decreasing the number of child fatalities and domestic violence fatalities in West Virginia. The position will encounter matters and duties related to violent death, decomposition, and adverse psychological effects.

Other duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Training: Master s degree in epidemiology, public health, biology, physical, behavioral, natural, or veterinary sciences from an accredited college or university.

OR
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with state licensure and three years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in conducting epidemiology.

Substitution: Bachelor s degree in biology, physical, behavioral, or natural sciences from an accredited college or university,
AND two years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in conducting epidemiology, including disease investigation, risk assessment or environmental epidemiology may substitute for the required training.

Other Information

"A Master s degree with a major in Mathematics OR a Bachelor s degree in mathematics and two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in conducting epidemiology, including disease investigation, risk assessment, or environmental epidemiology or conducting collection and assessment of qualitative and quantitative data for research in epidemiology and prevention services may substitute for the required training."

State employment offers a variety of benefits.