Job ID: TN-59584 (97590106)
Hybrid Epidemiologist with HAI/AR, NHSN, grant development, writing, administration and investigations experience
Location: Nashville, TN (DOH)
Duration: 12 months
Skills:
-Perform programmatic project management activities related to the HAI/AR Program’s National Healthcare and Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance.
Lead and mentor a team of up to three individuals.
-Monitor, collect, and analyze healthcare-associated infections as reported by healthcare facilities into the National Health Safety Network (NHSN).
-Foster relationships with acute care hospitals and long-term care infection preventionists and coordinating monthly NHSN User Calls.
-Participate in grant development, writing, administration, and monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
-Participate in HAI- and MDRO-related projects, including an Emerging Infections Program (EIP) point prevalence study of HAIs and antimicrobial use, onsite and remote validation of HAI data, and other special projects as needed.
-Lead HAI prevention collaboratives for healthcare facilities across the state
-Lead and participate in outbreak investigations
The Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Program within the Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness (CEDEP) division of the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is accepting applications for an Epidemiologist 2 position. This position is currently funded from year to year through CDC cooperative agreements (grants). Some in-state and out of state travel is required.
The Epidemiologist 2 will serve as lead Epidemiologist of the HAI/AR program’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance activities. NHSN is the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system. NHSN provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas, measure progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately eliminate healthcare-associated infections.