Epidemiologist

Job id: 63738

Department: TN DOH

Position: Epidemiologist

Location: 710 James Robertson Parkway 4th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower Nashville Tennessee 37243 (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months

Job description:

• The HealthcareAssociated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance Program within the Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness (CEDEP) division of the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is accepting applications for a fulltime Epidemiologist 1 position.
• This position is currently funded from year to year through CDC cooperative agreements (grants). Some instate and outofstate travel is required.

Job duties will include:

• Performing programmatic activities related to Clostridioides difficile surveillance under the Emerging Infections Program (EIP).
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with hospital clinical laboratory and longterm care facility personnel.
• Conducting monthly audits at area hospitals laboratories and longterm care facilities to ensure Emerging Infections Program pathogens are being reported to the Department of Health.
• Conducting annual surveys of laboratory and longterm care facilities to understand their Clostridioides difficile laboratory testing and treatment practices.
• Performing medical chart reviews for hospitals outpatient clinics and longterm care facilities.
• Coordinating the shipment of specimens from the State Public Health Lab to the CDC.
• Participating in data collection entry cleaning and analysis of Clostridioides difficile or other EIP surveillance data.
• Clean and analyze data generated for other HAI projects such as antimicrobial stewardship.
• Preparing and delivering presentations on project topics such as CDI to local state and national partners.
• Assisting in the preparation of grant applications progress reports scientific articles and presentations and other deliverables.