Epidemiologist, Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Specialist

4 days ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PHSA Full time
Job Summary

The Epidemiologist will be responsible for provincial communicable disease control, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and immunization coverage analysis.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in Epidemiology or Public Health and a minimum of 2 years of experience in the field of public health.

Responsibilities
  • 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.
  • Critically analyzes communicable disease 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.
  • Evaluate existing programs and research relevant to the prevention and control of communicable diseases by conducting literature reviews, designing and implementing studies, collecting and analyzing data, and writing reports.
  • Assist with budget preparation, briefing note development, and justification of program expenditures; represents Epidemiology Services and BCCDC on various internal and external working groups, including national and provincial committees; partner with other agencies to ensure multi-disciplinary input and collaboration in development of public health initiatives; and provides input to the development of policies and provincial guidelines.
  • Contribute eighty percent of activities toward program specific goals and twenty percent on centre-wide initiatives. Collaborate and provide coverage across program areas. Participate in quality improvement activities (including imPROVE) and ensure compliance with accreditation standards.
  • Provide mentorship and work direction to surveillance analysts, field epidemiologists and supervise students including community medicine residents and others; oversee specific projects and provides input into performance evaluations.


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