Epidemiology Senior Analyst

GB  ‐ Onsite
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Description

The Department of Health and Social Care are seeking an Epidemiology Senior Analyst to join their team. This role is remote working.

Initial contracts will run until and offer a rate up to £600/day.

IR35 STATUS: Inside IR35. This engagement has been assessed by the public body as Inside IR35 legislation. Candidates would be required to operate through an umbrella company on this engagement.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: at 14:00

Main Responsibilities

  • To manage scientific and administrative staff within the Epi Cell in the maintenance, development, statistical analysis, quality outputs and reporting from surveillance datasets.
  • Undertake the further development, validation and evaluation of surveillance systems for use in the data collation and analyses of COVID-19 infections. Identify and incorporate additional data sources to augment COVID-19 infection data.
  • Prepare expert rapid responses to Parliamentary Questions and requests from the media on COVID-19 infection, and general support for other aspects of the response for the PHE Communications Department.
  • To interpret surveillance data and provide expert advice in response to ad hoc enquiries from Government agencies, public health practitioners, academics, commercial organisations and members of the public.
  • To provide expert technical advice and assistance to public health practitioners on the design, maintenance, analysis and interpretation of relevant surveillance databases.
  • Responsible for developing quality control processes and Standard Operating Procedures for the relevant outputs.
  • Manage the collaborations with relevant stakeholders, particularly with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Care Quality Commission, etc.
  • Keep up-to-date on key methodological and analytical developments of potential relevance to this programme of work.
  • Identify key public health questions of importance answerable through this work. Lead on addressing these questions through the analysis of existing data.
  • Produce and assist in production of surveillance outputs via peer review publication, national and international conferences, PHE website and in the Health Protection Reports.
  • Undertake teaching and training at various levels and provide scientific support to trainees in public health.
  • Contribute to relevant European, national and PHE working parties and advisory committees.
  • Design materials for, and undertake, teaching/lecturing, both within the PHE and in external institutions to a range of audiences including post-graduate students, public health specialists.
  • Be aware of, and put into practice, relevant policies and procedures to maintain confidentiality of patient information and to maintain data confidentiality and security in compliance with PHE policies, the Data Protection Act and other statutory requirements.
  • Undertake any other duties as specified by the Consultant Public Health in the Respiratory Team within TARGET.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • First degree in Science subject
  • Higher degree in epidemiology/public health/microbiology or related discipline
  • Substantial post-graduate experience
  • Knowledge and work experience of communicable disease epidemiology and control including respiratory infections
  • Broad understanding of and experience of health care systems, public health and the communicable disease function in the UK
  • Handling, management databases and statistical analysis of large and complex datasets
  • Excellent knowledge and experience with Stata or R
  • Preparing research protocols and scientific reports
  • Preparing and reviewing standard operating procedures
  • Managing and leading scientific and administrative staff
  • Proven peer review publication record
  • Public presentation of complex data

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • PhD in epidemiology/public health/microbiology or related discipline
  • MySQL

Candidate Eligibility

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, this role will not offer Visa sponsorship. Tier 2 - General visas are cannot be accepted. This role requires that candidates be willing to undergo BPSS (DS) Baseline Personnel Security Standard (with a Disclosure Scotland).

Start date
ASAP
Duration
until 31/03/2022
From
Quast Ltd
Published at
28.07.2021
Project ID:
2172647
Contract type
Freelance
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