Senior Enteric Disease Epidemiologist

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse 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.

At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

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: 

The Senior Enteric Disease Epidemiologist is responsible for managing and providing leadership and guidance to the Enteric Disease Epidemiology Team. This position must be able to support team members with subject matter expertise, lead and respond to outbreak investigations and high priority clinical situations, and provide programmatic guidance and decision making. Team building, high level communication skills, and critical thinking skills are required. The Senior Enteric Disease Epidemiologist acts as a liaison between the Enteric Disease Epidemiology Team and IDEPD and IDOH leadership, and coordinates with the Indiana Department of Health Laboratory and Food Protection Divisions, local health departments, healthcare providers, hospital staff, and any other internal and external program-specific contacts.

Expertise in or ability to apply technical assistance for surveillance, outbreak responses, and public health consultation related to enteric or foodborne diseases including but not limited to salmonellosis, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), listeriosis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, norovirus, and hepatitis A infection is required. This position may be required to be available for after-hours consultations of high priority conditions, outbreak responses, and emerging public health situations as needed and identified.

Salary Statement: 

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $75,010.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Plan, conduct, and direct epidemiologic studies and urgent outbreak investigations. 
• Lead a team of epidemiologists in a defined program area.
• Designs, prepares, and reviews reports from analysis of surveillance data, literature reviews, and other information. 
• Orally present to diverse audiences.
• Provide guidance and information to other IDOH divisions, local health departments, health care providers, and other entities while responding to outbreaks and clusters of disease.
• Support maintenance and informatics activities to ensure enhance surveillance activities are ongoing.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for health care providers, local health department staff, and the general public.
• Manage and participate in assigned sections of grants and cooperative agreements.
• Conduct educational presentations and/or trainings for a variety of audiences, including local health departments, health care providers, veterinarians, and the general public.
• If applicable for program area, serve as the IDOH epidemiologist on call after business hours for approximately two to three weeks per year.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.   

You must meet the following requirement to be considered for employment:

• A master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., public health, biological sciences, or social sciences) and ≥ 4 years’ relevant public health experience OR
• A master’s degree or higher in a non-relevant field and ≥ 5 years’ relevant public health experience OR
• A doctoral-level degree in epidemiology or other relevant field and ≥ 2 years’ relevant public health experience OR
• A graduate or professional degree in a health-related field (e.g., RN, MD/DO, DDS/DMD, DVM, PhD, RS) with specific epidemiology training (e.g., MPH degree, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service, or CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship) and ≥ 2 years’ relevant public health experience OR 
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and ≥ 6 years’ relevant public health experience OR
• A bachelor’s degree in a non-relevant field and ≥ 8 years’ relevant public health experience.
• Current employee promotion requirement: Internal candidate should be a high-performing Epidemiologist E7 or other internal role based on demonstrated ability, competency attainment, and/or performance feedback.
• Apply principle of informatics, including data collection, processing, and analysis, in support of epidemiologic practice.
• Lead epidemiologic studies, public health programs, and community public health planning process at the state and local level.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, using principles of risk communication where appropriate.

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes: 

• Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
• Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
• Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
• Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities
• Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match
• Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
• A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
  • 150 hours of paid new parent leave
  • Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
• Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
• 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Group life insurance
• Referral Bonus program
• Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
• Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Free Parking for most positions
• Free LinkedIn Learning access

   

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws. 

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at jobs@spd.IN.gov.

The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.