EPIDEMIOLOGIST II

Description

SIHB Core Competencies

Core Competencies are foundational commitments and skills that all SIHB staff are expected to develop. These competencies define common measures for performance that are applied to every role in the organization.

• Commitment to Indigenous and Organizational Values: Everything we do at SIHB is centered on Traditional Indian Medicine. It is our responsibility to maintain cultural integrity in all that we do.
• Accountability: All employees of SIHB effectively manage their own work and the work of their teams. We take ownership of our actions and decisions. We all strive to deliver the highest quality work and care, while respecting our teammates and relatives.
• Collaboration: SIHB is a team-oriented organization. As team members, we share the responsibility of working toward a common purpose. We collaborate with our colleagues across the organization to deliver the highest quality of care and results in alignment with our mission, vision, values, and Theory of Change.
• Communication: We practice effective and clear communication with staff, relatives, teams, and community. We demonstrate empathy among each other and with those we serve, and transparency in our decision making.
• Customer Service Orientation: All employees of SIHB recognize the needs of the diverse community we serve. We put the needs of our relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care. Our relatives come first and deserve the best.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Hold Indigenous values and practices with respect and integrity.
• Hold yourself accountable to the highest standard by being resourceful, innovative, creative, and solutions oriented.
• Actively participate in organizational activities with the understanding that success is achieved through teamwork.
• Recognize that communication is central to the organization's success and actively champion your words and actions to maintain respect for others, encourage constructive feedback, be open to share laughter and acknowledge differences in skills and opinions, all while keeping others' best intentions in mind.
• At SIHB, we refer to our customers as Relatives. Our Relatives come first and deserve the best. Serve the needs of our Relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care.

The Epidemiologist II provides leadership and oversight for a wide range of epidemiologic assistance to projects of the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a division of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB). This role assists the Evaluation and Research Director and Senior Epidemiologist in the administration of core epidemiologic functions such as conducting disease surveillance, primary data collection, secondary data analysis of a wide variety of national, state, and local date sets, linking datasets, and interpretation and presentation of data for a wide variety of technical and non-technical audiences. This position will work alongside Epidemiologist I's to gather information, assess data, and present findings on the national and local health status and well-being of the urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) population. The Epidemiologist II will oversee Epidemiologist I's and provide continuous support and training.
Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist and provide expert epidemiological, scientific, and technical leadership in designing and conducting investigations and analysis.
• Provide support, mentorship, and training to Epidemiologist I's.
• Intermediate to advanced statistical and analytic skills and knowledge of methods and design data collection and analysis.
• Analyze, interpret, and present health data, including data from national and local surveillance systems, surveys, and clinical data from the network of Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs).
• Identify, obtain, and evaluate new data sources for use to assess the health status of urban AI/AN.
• Support the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Epidemiologist in obtaining and maintaining surveillance datasets used to monitor the health of urban AI/AN.
• Independently design and conduct descriptive and advanced statistical analyses.
• Provide epidemiological consultation and technical assistance to various public, private, nonprofit, national, state, and local health agencies and organizations, with a focus on UIOs and other AI/AN-serving organizations.
• Prepare responses to requests for data and information.
• Effectively translate and disseminate findings to diverse audiences, including developing reports, manuscripts, and data briefs and making oral presentations.
• Participate in writing grants and other funding proposals.
• Engage in quality control/quality improvement processes to improve the quality of data findings and its dissemination.
• Develop project plans, timelines, and progress reports, and manage project deliverables.
• Coordinate work done by project team, provide leadership and technical guidance to project staff and interns.
• Disseminate and report progress to the funder and other stakeholders in local, state, and national settings.
• Assist and provide expert epidemiological, scientific, and technical leadership in designing and conducting investigations and analysis.
• Provide support, mentorship, and training to Epidemiologist team
• Intermediate to advanced statistical and analytic skills and knowledge of methods and design data collection and analysis.
• Analyze, interpret, and present health data, including data from national and local surveillance systems, surveys, and clinical data from the network of Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs).
• Identify, obtain, and evaluate new data sources for use to assess the health status of urban AI/AN.
• Support the Executive Leadership Team in obtaining and maintaining surveillance datasets used to monitor the health of urban AI/AN.
• Independently design and conduct descriptive and advanced statistical analyses.
• Provide epidemiological consultation and technical assistance to various public, private, nonprofit, national, state, and local health agencies and organizations, with a focus on UIOs and other AI/AN-serving organizations.
• Prepare responses to requests for data and information.
• Effectively translate and disseminate findings to diverse audiences, including developing reports, manuscripts, and data briefs and making oral presentations.
• Participate in writing grants and other funding proposals.
• Engage in quality control/quality improvement processes to improve the quality of data findings and its dissemination.
• Develop project plans, timelines, and progress reports, and manage project deliverables.
• Coordinate work done by project team, provide leadership and technical guidance to project staff and interns.
• Disseminate and report progress to the funder and other stakeholders in local, state, and national settings.
• Engage, develop, and retain program staff through active leadership and multicultural supervision. Provide direction, seek input, and offer feedback from staff. Activities will include job coaching, communication & conflict-management, staff evaluation, personnel management, fostering professional & leadership skill development and self-care with advocates. Ensure staff members receive orientation and appropriate training in accordance with organizational standards.
• Directly oversee the management of federal, State, local grants and other budgets and resources that are used to support all Research and Evaluation programs including events, outreach and education, and programming activities. Ensure all grant and budget guidelines and reporting are appropriately executed based on funding source requirements.
• Regularly evaluate and document program elements to ensure performance standards/requirements are met.
• Maintain files and data-reporting systems to support related program analysis on regular, defined intervals.
• Participate in advisory meetings and/or coalitions with community partners and stakeholders on a continual basis.
• Build relationships with partners to promote and enhance coordinated, effective service delivery.
• Actively participate in internal quality-improvement teams and work with members proactively to drive quality-improvement initiatives in accordance with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal/state/local laws and regulations, and accreditation standards.
• Network with colleagues and promote participation in program activities.
• Support Traditional Health integration to achieve the overall department goals and objectives as assigned.
• Carry out program management duties, i.e., preparation and monitoring of budgets, reporting, program strategic planning and resource development, as assigned.
• Promote the organizations vision, mission, and values at all levels.
• Manage and oversee special projects as designated.
• Collaborates with key staff, to develop and refine policies and procedures to ensure compliance and improve efficacy.
• Work with the Director of RaE to review and improve procedures and service levels to ensure achievement of performance measures and quality improvement objectives.
• Work with the Grants Manager to ensure federal, state, local, and private budget requirements are adhered to.
• Work with the Evaluators and Epidemiologists to ensure the implementation of the projects have adequate and appropriate resources through the budgets and all deliverables are completed.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement in program and services.
• Assists with and/or coordinate program teams to conduct efforts for grant related evaluation efforts.
• Resolves staffing issues and facilitates conflict resolution for staff under your direct supervision.
• Participates in the development and implementation of SIHB's integration efforts through the implementation of the Indigenous Knowledge Informed Systems of Care.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.