STI Surveillance Coordinator - Epidemiologist 3 (DOH6801) - Washington State Department of Health
Description:
This is a full-time, permanent Epidemiologist 3 position located within the Division of Disease Control and Health Statistics, in the Office of Infectious Disease’s Assessment Unit.
As the STI Surveillance Coordinator, you will contribute to the organization by assuring that the fundamental activity of public health assessment is conducted in a timely and accurate way. You will contribute specifically to the mission of the Infectious Disease Assessment Unit by coordinating sexually transmitted infections (STI) surveillance, data quality assurance, epidemiological analyses, and data dissemination.
This position also acts as the programmatic expert in informatics for STIs, ensuring that data system needs to support core and enhanced STI surveillance activities are understood and communicated. You will be responsible for ensuring that STI-related epidemiologic investigations are timely and accurate, provide information useful to prevention planning efforts, and are conducted within federal and state guidelines. Additionally, this position is responsible for conducting advanced analysis and communication of STI surveillance data to policy makers, program planners, and other internal/external partners.
The position will be home-based at the beginning of the appointment; however, as the agency continues to bring their staff back into buildings post-COVID, the incumbent of this position may be required to work from various Department of Health (DOH) office locations as needed, including campuses in Shoreline and Tumwater, Washington.
About the Office of Infectious Disease’s Assessment Unit
The Office of Infectious Disease (OID) Assessment Unit (AU) is responsible for statewide surveillance and investigation of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs; primarily chlamydia, gonnorhea, and syphlis), and hepatitis C (HCV), and data and data system support for the HIV, STD, HCV, and Drug User Health (DUH) programs. These data are used to develop strategies and programs to address health disparities and health inequities in communities disproportionately impacted by infectious disease.