Epidemiologist

Manage existing national surveillance systems and co-ordinate the development of new surveillance systems for gastrointestinal pathogens and to supervise and advise junior scientific and administrative staff in the maintenance and development of integrated or enhanced surveillance datasets.Conduct complex statistical analyses of data on gastrointestinal pathogens drawn from a variety of surveillance sources in response to enquiries from external stakeholders (e.g. other Government departments and agencies such as Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC), Food Standards Agency (FSA), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) etc), international agencies, public health practitioners, academics and members of the public as well as internal UKHSA stakeholders.Advise and support scientific and administrative staff in conducting routine analyses of surveillance datasets for standardised outputs and ad hoc enquiries.Supervise junior scientific colleagues and the administrative team in the production of standard GI pathogen surveillance and outbreak reports and publications.Coordinate the activities of scientists in partner institutes involved in collaborative surveillance programmes.Provide technical advice and assistance on the design, maintenance, analysis and interpretation of surveillance database outputs.Assist in the design and development of new surveillance and data management systems in response to developments in the application of microbiological typing methods including contributing to the drafting of Standard Operating Procedures.Write or contribute to the drafting of scientific papers for publication in peer reviewed journals and detailed reports for UKHSA or Government departments.Conduct complex statistical analyses of data on gastrointestinal pathogens drawn from a variety of surveillance sources in response to enquiries from other Government agencies (DHSC, FSA, DEFRA), international agencies, public health practitioners, academics and internal UKHSA stakeholders.Collating and interpreting epidemiological and microbiological data drawn from a variety of sources.Providing statistical analyses for government agencies, health protection teams and environmental health departments.Writing Briefing Notes (BNs) and Situation Reports (SitReps).Present epidemiological findings at national and international meetings and conferences.Update the gastrointestinal infections web-pages with data and associated information.Manage the technical and analytical aspects of outbreak investigations, under the supervision of the Head of Incidents & Response by: Designing outbreak databases.Liaising with governments departments which lead on all aspects of food safety and public health protection related to GI pathogens.Coordinating and advising interviewing teams.Interviewing clinicians and patients to collect clinical and risk factor dataOverseeing data entry and ensuring quality control of outbreak databases.Presenting epidemiological data to Incident Management Teams.Contributing to the production of outbreak reports and subsequent publications.