Epidemiologist - Randolph AFB, Texas

Job Description

Job Description

Epidemiologist – Randolph AFB, Texas This Position Is Contingent Upon Bid Award

Location:
Operational Support TeamAerospace Medicine Studies and AnalysisUnited States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine 10257 East St W, Bldg. 663Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX 78150

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required
• Clearance Requirements: Tier 1 Background Investigation – National Agency Check with Law and Credit Check, and fingerprints.
• Total Compensation: $38.50 per hour.
• Type of Employment: 40 hours per week.
• Period of Performance: 30 September 2026 – 29 September 2027
• Employee Paid Group Benefits Offered: Health/Dental/Vision.
• Paid Time Off per Year: Up to 80 hours per year, occurring on day one.
• Sick Leave per Year: Up to 56 hours per year, occurring on day one.
• Paid Federal Holidays: Eleven (11) Paid Federal Holidays

Background

The Epidemiologist will provide support to Base Operational Support Teams in the field, oversee program development, data analysis, education, training, and field consultative support. The FESO branch is responsible for supporting embedded medical providers with evidence-based practices and a real-time data analytics dashboard of musculoskeletal and mental health risk down to the squadron level. In addition, the FESO branch directs all aspects of an embedded Integrated Operational Support (IOS) training course held at USAFSAM.

Working Hours

The Epidemiologist work schedule is normally from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; however, there may be times when it is necessary for the employee to work after duty hours or weekends in support of specific tasks. Although the schedule may have to be flexible, it will not exceed 40 hours per week.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Possess a master's degree in epidemiology and have a minimum of two years' experience in their field of expertise.
• Be current in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training to be able to access and process identified medical data. Demonstrate advanced analytical skills to include visual analytics in population health and health data surveillance.
• Demonstrate the ability to design, formulate, conduct, and lead data analysis of operational studies on health surveillance data/health records/other relevant military records and risk reduction of negative health outcomes affecting the DAF total force population.
• Demonstrate advanced analytical skills in statistics and study design and execution.
• Demonstrate expertise in descriptive statistics, as well as SAS/SAS EG and SQL-related languages and software.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience using SAS/EG or SQL.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience within a health analytics-related field and working with DAF-related data is desired.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Develop, retain, and provide expertise in the Aero-Medical Waiver Division's data processes to support interpretation and access to these databases.
• Create, maintain, validate, operate, and repair a data pipeline from the Aeromedical Waiver Division (AMWD) to a secure location in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Application Virtualization Hosting Environment (AVHE), ensuring data quality, promptness, accessibility, compliance, and security.
• Assist in the development of investigation plans, assisting in determining what is feasible and appropriate for investigations based upon the quality and quantity of available data, and its accessibility.
• Assist the AMWD in interpreting and accessing the data products produced by the Analysis of Waiver Risk Evidence (AWARE) team, including publications, dashboard products, and, when feasible, in compliance with HIPAA and data use agreements, data sets.
• Perform under guidance validation and verification protocols to ensure that the products of the pipeline are as expected, and assist in performing corrections in the event of models failing to perform to standard.
• Assist in the drafting of written communication for internal and external purposes.
• Participate and provide expert advice in interdisciplinary planning and analysis.
• Acquire data access permissions necessary to perform stated tasks.
• Use Air Force medical records systems and standards in performance of job duties.
• Use all relevant data repositories as part of work, or which are generated in pursuit of work.
• Collect data from various databases, pursuant to agreements with database owners.
• Provide conference support assistance by active participation in professional conferences, preparation of posters and presentations, and publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts to support distribution of study product.
• Brief study findings at appropriate meetings or forums, as determined by the Government.
• Provide technical automation support for all versions of Microsoft (MS) Windows, MS Office (e.g., MS Access, MS Excel, MS Publisher), MS SQL, and Adobe.
• Provide data creation and administration in support of model development, analysis, and publication.
• Document products for the actual computer code used in order for government personnel to access these files for review, approval, or for generating copies as required. All requirements shall be prepared in accordance with USAFSAM programming standards and standard commercial practices inclusive of any/all procedures implanted as part of this task.
• Assist in briefings and production of documents as appropriate to transfer knowledge of study products to customers in the AFRS and Air Force at large.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

• Competitive Compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision options.
• Outstanding career growth potential.

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