General Epidemiologist – Hemodialysis and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Coordinator

Position Title: General Epidemiologist – Hemodialysis and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Coordinator

Location: This is a remote position, but Nevada residency is preferred.

Position End Date: 7/31/2027

Salary:$70,000 plus benefits

Overview:

The CDC Foundation is seeking a General Epidemiologist – Hemodialysis and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Coordinator who will work with the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s (DPBH) Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Program to perform gap assessments, develop training tools, and perform data analysis on hemodialysis clinics healthcare associated infection data in Nevada.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a nursing, health science, behavioral science or closely related field applicable to the program area and two years of public health related experience which included at least two of the following areas: collecting and analyzing data and statistics, developing objectives, protocols and procedures; providing health education services to healthcare personnel and medical providers; evaluating program effectiveness and accomplishment of desired outcomes to meet federal, agency, or other standards and guidelines; providing prevention, identification or treatment services to individuals or populations who have been diagnosed or are at risk of contracting life and health threatening diseases and/or conditions; and/or investigation and prevention of communicable or chronic diseases; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

· Experience using CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) as an Administrator

· Certification in Infection Control recommended but not required.

· 2-year minimum experience working with hemodialysis facilities and patients

Responsibilities:

· Use available data (e.g., National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data, survey data, and/or other facility characteristics) to identify outpatient hemodialysis facilities for Infection Prevention Assessments and Response (ICAR).

· Perform statewide surveillance and analysis of NHSN aggregate reported data on HAIs and antimicrobial resistance to monitor trends and spot emerging outbreaks on a regional level.

· Assist local healthcare facilities with NHSN enrollment, training, and complying with state-mandated or CMS-mandated reporting requirements.

· Perform outbreak investigations including COVID-19 and other infectious disease within state licensed healthcare facilities, and other duties as needed for the program

· Establish and maintain active relationships with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) funded End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network.

· Improve infection prevention and control capacity and competency within outpatient hemodialysis facilities through education, prevention practices improvements, surveillance, outbreak reporting, and outbreak monitoring.

· Join and actively participate in CDC's Making Dialysis Safer (MDS) for Patients Coalition.

· Perform landscape analysis of locations where outpatient dialysis services are being provided with a particular focus on home dialysis (including dialysis that occurs in nursing homes).

· Participate in the outbreak team through management of outbreaks in healthcare facilities.

· This position may require travel throughout the state of Nevada

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Nevada Department of Human Services, in order to best support the State of Nevada in their public health programming.

The CDC Foundation requires all employees to be fully vaccinated* for COVID-19 as a condition of employment effective November 22, 2021. All offers of employment after that date are contingent upon proof of full-vaccination status as a part of the pre-employment process. 

*Fully vaccinated is defined as follows: At least two weeks have passed since receipt of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, or the second dose of the either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccines. 

This position is currently a remote position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

This position requires the regular operation of a motor vehicle during the course and scope of employment as an essential function of the job. As such, Employees in this position must possess and maintain a valid driver's license in their state of residence, must self-report motor vehicle violations/convictions, and must provide proof of acceptable insurance coverage with mandatory minimum coverages as set forth within the Driver Safety Motor Vehicle Policy (“Policy”). All offers of employment and continued employment for this position are contingent upon meeting all minimum qualifications of this Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law. We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

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