Epidemiologist, Primary Care
3 weeks ago
**Epidemiologist, Primary Care**
Child Health BC
Vancouver, BC
Reporting to the Provincial Director, Primary Care and Preventive Health or designate, the Epidemiologist provides expertise in the areas of health services research, biostatistics, and epidemiology as it relates to departmental initiatives and goals and the promotion of health services. The Epidemiologist works in close partnership with key stakeholders, including but not limited to Provincial Leads, Data Analysts, Ministry of Health Services and researchers. This role ensures the quality and integrity of data and performs regular data analysis and generates reports. The Epidemiologist also assists in applied research activities and complex statistical analysis to assess risk and identify gaps. This role is responsible for knowledge translation and dissemination of information and provides advice and guidance to staff and stakeholders on research studies and data interpretation.
**What you’ll do**
- Develop and maintain surveillance initiatives, including performing functions such as getting an accurate reporting case definition, defining additional information required beyond that for routine reporting, and making sure the information gets to critical stakeholders.
- Ensure timely and effective communication of reports by continuous improvement of surveillance systems, holding a constant focus on turn-around times from various sources, and alerting all stakeholders and those who need the information to respond appropriately to threats. Prepare background material and media releases and respond as delegated to media inquiries and interview requests.
- Critically analyze communicable disease and environmental hazard data utilizing comprehensive multi-layered understanding of epidemiology, public health and direct and indirect health care and societal impacts by identifying and responding to deviations from expected reporting patterns and clusters of disease/hazards, preparing, or collaborating in the preparation of reports, identifying and providing supporting rationale for appropriate interventions
- Provide consultation services to regional health authorities, other provincial partners, national partners, special interest groups, health care professionals, and the public including responding to inquiries, identifying and making recommendations for addressing risk factors, developing education materials and making presentations. Liaise with public health, acute care, and other partners in these activities.
- Evaluate existing programs and research relevant to the prevention and control of communicable diseases and environmental hazards by conducting literature reviews, designing and implementing studies, collecting and analyzing data, and writing reports. Design appropriate studies for investigating outbreaks, unusual clusters, or environmental hazards; prepare questionnaires; and analyze outbreak data and recommend appropriate interventions. Contribute to applied public health research and ensure new understanding and knowledge is shared by publishing findings in recognized/peer-reviewed scientific journals or presentations at professional conferences.
**What you bring**
**Qualifications**
- A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master’s Degree in a related health discipline Graduation from an approved program in medical transcription
- Three (3) years of recent related experience
- A PhD considered an asset.
**Skills and Knowledge**
- Thorough knowledge of epidemiological principles, research methodologies, health surveillance, health indicator development and management, and biostatistical techniques are required.
- Strong research, analytic and communication skills.
- Knowledge of the Canadian public health surveillance systems and data resources relevant to area of expertise.
- Identify and analyze, trends and changes in disease and corresponding risk factors, contributory factors, incidence and prevalence rates, outcomes and other relevant epidemiological measures.
- Experience with large administrative and/or clinical datasets an asset, as well as proficiency with software such as Microsoft Office, SPSS, SAS, and GIS.
- Communication, including report writing and presentation of findings, and organizational skills to collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment on research and surveillance planning required.
- Demonstrate awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
- Commit to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
**What we bring**
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