Vital Records Epidemiologist

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

About the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) :

The Indiana Department of Health’s mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and safety of all Hoosiers so that they can reach their optimal health regardless of where they live, learn, work, or play.

Role Overview
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This position supports the Division of Vital Records by monitoring Birth, Death, Fetal Death, Terminated Pregnancy, and Marriage data, resolving record-level issues, and producing routine data products for internal and external stakeholders. The role supports statewide partners, including local health departments and other IDOH divisions, by providing accurate and timely data extracts and analytical guidance. This position requires strong communication and collaboration skills to ensure consistent understanding and use of vital records data across the agency.

Salary Statement
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The salary for this position traditionally starts at $67,314.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Maintain current subject matter knowledge of the epidemiology and biology of diseases and public health topics.
• Provide epidemiologic consultation and technical assistance to local health departments, health care providers, the general public, and other partners with respect to diseases and public health topics.
• Conduct routine epidemiologic surveillance for disease and public health topics.
• Lead or coordinate epidemiologic investigations of individual cases and/or outbreaks of diseases or public health topics.
• Design and conduct applied epidemiologic studies of diseases or public health topics.
• Manage and analyze data collected through routine surveillance, public health investigations, and applied epidemiologic studies.
• Prepare and disseminate written and oral reports and presentations that communicate necessary information to internal and external partners.
• Conduct educational presentations and/or trainings for a variety of audiences, including local health departments, health care providers, veterinarians, and the general public.
• Engage directly with members of the public at health fairs and other outreach events.
• Participate in writing grants and other funding proposals.
• Serve as a backup to other staff, as needed.
• If applicable for program area, serve as theepidemiologist on call after business hours for approximately two to three weeks per year.
• Recruit, select, onboard, and train employees to ensure role responsibilities and expectations are clearly understood while providing opportunities to continue professional development.
• Set expectations, measure progress, provide ongoing feedback, and evaluate the performance of employees. Ensure work adheres to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures.
• Essential functions of this position require travel on most workdays to inspect, audit, examine, survey, or investigate clients, customers, or other regulated entities and write reports at those sites or employee’s home. Employee reports to the agency’s office for occasional meetings or events. Number and timing of work hours may vary daily or weekly to accommodate operational needs and staffing concerns at the client’s or customer’s worksite, minimize expenditures for repeated visits to complete the work, and allocate resources to complete assigned work effectively.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours which may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

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