Epidemiological Analyst

Job summary

Salary

• Salary is £37,749–£45,353 per annum, pro rata.
• The posting also describes a Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

Surveillance and data management

• Develop and maintain surveillance systems and databases with scientific, clinical, laboratory and Health Protection colleagues.
• Create queries and validation checks to remove duplicates and improve data quality and completeness.
• Liaise with stakeholders, clinicians, laboratories and Health Protection Teams on surveillance data, cases and outbreaks.
• Run database queries, prepare annual surveillance reports, answer ad hoc information requests and support Parliamentary Questions.
• Prepare annual datasets for international organisations including WHO and ECDC.

Research, reporting and web content

• Maintain disease-specific UKHSA website pages and dashboards, validating content against relevant guidelines.
• Maintain disease-specific Reference Manager databases with scientific and medical staff.
• Contribute to scientific papers and reports for the Department of Health and JCVI.
• Present surveillance data and findings at internal and national meetings and conferences.
• Support databases and websites for other infectious disease surveillance projects.

Knowledge and experience

• Understand vaccines, how they work and their utility in the national immunisation programme.
• Be proficient in database platforms and tools including R, MS Access and SQL.
• Have experience using statistical packages for epidemiological analyses and writing scientific papers for publication.
• Be comfortable presenting research at local and national meetings and conferences.

Professional development

• Maintain continuous professional development in line with relevant professional, statutory and service requirements.
• Agree performance, training and development needs through appraisal and development planning; attend relevant training and share data science practices.
• Complete required mandatory training, including fire safety and information governance.

Working relationships

Location and working pattern

• The stated location is Colindale, London (Scientific Campus).
• The posting lists flexible working and full-time, job-share and part-time patterns; it states the length of employment as permanent.