Junior Public Health Analyst

Leidos is seeking a Public Health Analyst for our National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) program for CDC (Center for Disease Control). This position will develop computer programs (primarily using SAS) to monitor data quality; communicate with users regarding issues with the NHSN surveillance system activities and protocols; support NHSN users on higher-level questions related to facility set-up, data collection, and running system reports; organize study files, including data and correspondence files; and triage users questions to infection preventionists.

Position is fully remote

Candidate MUST:

Be located in the United States for the current three consecutive years and be eligible for a Public Trust Clearance.
 

Primary Responsibilities

To provide help desk support and training for Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs):

·         Provide technical support with the NHSN help desk emails regarding dialysis, long term care, acute care, congregate settings and vaccine user groups.  Specifically, this position is working with the antimicrobial use and resistance team to support current and future work initiatives

·         Identify and create necessary NHSN module/manual updates and mechanisms for electronic reporting to NHSN resulting from technological advancements, infection/disease trends, changing or broadening nursing responsibilities or yearly updates of system components

·         Establishes program standards, policies, strategies, goals and evaluation plans in conjunction with senior staff

·         Participates in management conference calls and meetings with the leadership team regarding change requests to the NHSN surveillance systems

·         Conducts user outreach and education and provides consultation and technical assistance to dialysis and long term care provider groups, quality improvement organizations, and health departments in order to support their healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention, surveillance, and response activities, and to meet NHSN data quality needs.

·         Provides input on NHSN HAI helpdesk inquiries that require complex analysis and/or advanced knowledge of NHSN reporting criteria, enrollment procedures, and surveillance protocols

·         Prepares and presents educational trainings about NHSN to professional organizations and governmental bodies at national, state and local levels.

·         Participates in epidemiological investigation, research and other technical assistance. 

·         Participates in special DHQP studies or projects.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in public health or related field and 2+ years of relevant experience. 
• MUST have a minimum of 1+ years of hands on SAS proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS, MPH, MSPH in public health or related field. 
• Work or participation with antimicrobial use and resistances studies and/or policies.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.