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This is a contract position that currently requires 5 in-office days per month.\n\nJob duties will include:\n\nServing as the data manager for CDC's Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET) grant.\nProviding quality assurance for SET-NET data entered a REDCap specific project.\nTransmitting SET-NET data to CDC per protocol.\nDeveloping data visualizations for internal and external partners.\nServing as the data liaison between TDH and CDC.\nSupervising a Medical Records Abstractor as well as a Data Entry Specialist.\nRequesting and maintaining access to electronic health records throughout Tennessee.\nConducting surveillance on hepatitis C, syphilis, and other emerging health threats on pregnant people and their infants.\nParticipating in grant-related conference calls, meetings, and site visits.\nConducting data analysis as needed for grant related meetings, trainings/technical assistance requests, and grant deliverables.\nAssisting with viral hepatitis surveillance data entry and/or medical record requests, as needed.\nParticipating in grant development, writing, administration, and monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.\nParticipating in development of the annual Viral Hepatitis Epidemiological Profile.\nAssisting with the end of the year data validation and closeout as requested.\nResponding to internal and external viral hepatitis inquiries as assigned.\nDeveloping detailed procedural guides for all assigned tasks.\nAdditional tasks as assigned.\nEpidemiologist 2 Minimum Qualifications:\nEducation and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics, or health informatics\n\nOR\n\nSubstitution of Education for Experience: Master's degree with experience equivalent to five year's work experience in epidemiology.\n\nDesired Qualifications:\n\nKnowledge of viral hepatitis, and maternal/child health\nSupervisory experience\nExperience writing statistical and analytical programming code in SAS\nData visualization (e.g., Tableau)\nExperience leading projects with multiple partners and collaborators\nTime management skills and proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while completing projects within the allocated timeframes\nSuperior analytical and problem-solving skills, working both individually and as part of a team\nAbility to work collaboratively across programs and interact with all levels of departmental staff, the public, and other governmental and non-governmental entities\nCommunicable disease surveillance experience at a local or state public health department\nExperience with the CDC-developed National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) Base System (NBS)\nStrong written and verbal communication skills\nExperience developing, maintaining, entering, and extracting data from REDCap databases\nExperience collaborating with internal and external partners (e.g., CDC, community-based organizations)","company":"Software Technology","rawCompany":"software technology","city":"Franklin","state":"TN","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T14:50:33.633Z","occupations":[{"code":"19-1041.00","title":"Epidemiologists","slug":"epidemiologists"},{"code":"21-1091.00","title":"Health Education Specialists","slug":"health-education-specialists"},{"code":"15-2041.01","title":"Biostatisticians","slug":"biostatisticians"}],"industries":[{"code":"923120","title":"Administration of Public Health Programs","slug":"administration-of-public-health-programs"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"},{"code":"813212","title":"Voluntary Health Organizations","slug":"voluntary-health-organizations"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Epidemiologist 2","description":"Job Title: Epidemiologist 2\n\nLocation: Nashville, TN/Hybrid\n\nDuration: 12 Month+ Assignment\n\nThis is a contract position that currently requires 5 in-office days per month.\n\nPosition Description:\nThe Viral Hepatitis (VH) Program within the Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness (CEDEP) division of the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is currently hiring for an Epidemiologist 2 position. 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