The HIV/STD Section is responsible for surveillance and investigation of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs; primarily chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis), and hepatitis C (HCV) and for developing and implementing strategies to address health disparities in communities disproportionately impacted by infectious disease. Within the HIV/STD Section, the Syringe Services Program and the HCV Program are responsible for implementing public health interventions to reduce the negative consequences of drug use and support healthy individuals and communities. This includes prevention, screening and treatment for viral infections like HIV and HCV, syringe service programs, overdose prevention and education, and other interventions that address health disparities for people who use drugs (PWUD). These activities support strategies outlined in the CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis 2025 Strategic Plan, CDC’s Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE), Hep C Free Washington’s Plan to Eliminate Hepatitis C in Washington State by 2030 and other drug user health initiatives.

The HCV Epidemiologist II will be responsible for supporting the surveillance and programmatic needs of the HCV Program, including managing complex data systems and analyses that support HCV surveillance. This includes developing data reporting and management systems, merging data across multiple data sources and systems, coordinating data collection and analysis, monitoring and ensuring data integrity, developing analyses and reports based on complex data systems, and disseminating findings to technical and lay audiences. The incumbent will be responsible for complex tasks where general procedures may not have been previously established and standard methods might not be available.

Commitment to Racial Equity and Social Justice
 As the only jurisdiction in the world named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
 
Applicants should be committed to working with diverse populations throughout King County to provide excellent customer service to a broad range of cultures, in accordance with the King County Equity and Social Justice Ordinance and the King County Strategic Plan. 

The HCV Epidemiologist II will have the following job duties:

• Lead and collaborate with other project staff to design databases/systems and data collection tools (e.g., surveys and forms) to ensure that surveillance, programmatic and reporting needs are met.
• Conduct data integration by matching and merging records across complex data sources (e.g., disease reports in local/state notifiable condition systems, laboratory data, Medicaid claims, death records and electronic health records data).
• Conduct data quality assurance, including data cleaning and developing data quality reports, and troubleshooting data inconsistencies.
• Conduct epidemiological and statistical analysis using local, state, and federal databases to support disease investigations and determine trends, incidence and prevalence of disease, and examine data for health disparities.
• Create data visualizations and dashboards (e.g., using Tableau) for internal and external audiences.
• Provide data management support to drug user health initiatives (e.g., syringe service program, naloxone distribution, hepatitis C screening and treatment, etc.)
• Develop reports and written summaries for internal and external audiences.
• Present findings to technical and lay audiences.
• Provide technical supervision of assigned staff involved in data collection and management.
• Coordinate with other epidemiologists in the department on shared data systems upgrades, data management, and analyses
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in epidemiology, informatics, biostatistics, or related field OR any equivalent combination of experience and education which provides the applicant with the skills, knowledge and abilities required to perform the work
• Knowledge or experience incorporating anti-racist principles of equity and social justice into surveillance system design, database design, data collection, data analysis, reporting, dissemination of data and reports, or any other approaches that may help address racism as a public health crisis
• Experience analyzing data to identify and monitor health disparities
• Experience designing and managing databases (e.g., in REDCap, MS Access, or SQL server)
• Experience designing and creating data collection tools, including disease reporting forms and surveys
• Skill conducting data quality assurance, including applying data coding expertise in order to identify data quality concerns, and using programming strategies to make corrections to data quality issues
• Skill in creating disease surveillance summaries and data interpretation, including summarizing assumptions, conclusions, strengths and weaknesses of data
• Strong data coding expertise (using SAS or R), including knowledge of methodologies for extracting or creating data sets, conducting text string searches, creating coding efficiencies, working with arrays, recoding data values, writing macros, creating date/time calculations, applying formats to variables, merging data sets, and transposing data
• Knowledge of statistical theory, including hypothesis testing, multivariate analysis, trend analysis, regression analysis, sampling techniques, and confidence-interval estimation
• Proficient written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work well on a team as well as independently with minimal direction 
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well under pressure with multiple competing priorities and deadlines
• Strong attention to detail

• Experience working in a local or state public health practice setting
• Experience conducting communicable disease surveillance
• Experience analyzing data from electronic health records (EHR) or electronic laboratory reports (ELR)
• Experience conducting deterministic and probabilistic record linkage across databases (e.g., using LinkKing, Link Plus, Fastlink or similar tools/software)
• Skill in creating visualizations of surveillance data using Tableau, Power BI, or other business analytics software
• Experience analyzing longitudinal data and relational datasets
• Skill in facilitating data exchange with partners
• Experience creating and managing Extract, Transfer, and Load (ETL) data pipelines

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Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles--we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:
King County Executive Branch employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are the successful candidate for the position you applied for, the County will send you a conditional offer letter.

As a condition of employment, prior to a final offer of employment, you will be required to:

• submit proof of vaccination, OR
• have an approved request for medical or religious exemption and an approved accommodation. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.

• An electronic application through www.kingcounty.gov/jobs or www.governmentjobs.com (use the "Apply" link) including work history and position duties.
• Resume
• Responses to Supplemental Questions. Please do not copy and paste your resume or resume sections as responses to Supplemental Questions. Doing so will result in an incomplete application, unless the submitted information completely and directly answers the questions posed.

• The selection process may include but is not limited to: evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, interviewing, and testing. For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring.
• Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.
• Staff may be required to play an active role in the event of a public health emergency, which may include changes in responsibilities, work location and working hours.