Description

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Summary:

Our Infection Prevention team’s mission is to promote a safe and healthy environment through the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in patients and the transmission of infectious diseases among patients, staff, and visitors, and to contribute to infection prevention research to guide evidence-based practices. We approach all infection prevention activities using a multidisciplinary approach through our integrated team that has expertise in hospital epidemiology, infection prevention, quality improvement, informatics, advanced epidemiologic and statistical methods, advanced microbiologic methods, and compliance monitoring and coaching.

We believe success in our mission starts with an amazing team. Infection prevention teammates demonstrate our values every day. We learn a lot from our healthcare personnel, patients and each other and are committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Why work at UNCMC Infection Prevention?

We impact people and care about people everyday

We are committed to an equitable and inclusive workplace

We are a community that builds camaraderie across the departments we support

Teammate feedback has led to improved workflows and an inclusive workplace environment

We have FUN – including during and after work-sponsored social events

Job Summary:

The Data Analyst II (DAII) is an experienced professional who will be responsible for conducting community surveillance and participating in communicable disease and outbreak reporting and investigation. This position will help support and expand upon existing data analysis and quality improvement work within the Infection Prevention Department. The DAII should have a working knowledge of relational databases and some proficiency with SQL and data analysis programs (e.g. SAS, Access, STATA, etc.)

Description of Job Responsibilities:

· Performs community surveillance activities. Reviews medical records to determine community infections that meet case definitions. Forwards required reports to State Health Department. Coordinates submission of lab isolates/samples from hospital to the State Laboratory of Public Health.

· Conducts active surveillance of defined diseases and conditions by NC State Health Department. Routinely submits information and case counts through the NC State syndromic surveillance (NCDETECT) system.

· Participates in public health investigations among hospitalized populations. Serves as liaison between Hospitals and public health agencies for bioterrorism and new and emerging diseases. Assists with health care-associated infection outbreaks and investigations.

· Works as liaison with public health departments to ensure implementation of appropriate control measures of diseases of public health concern.

· Participates and initiates projects related to prevention of infections in hospital and community settings.

Maintains current knowledge of trends and issues with outcomes measurement/management, healthcare informatic systems, infection control practice and theory.

· Prepares statistical analysis and presentations regarding surveillance efforts.

· Provide innovative analytical insights with large data sets.

· Conduct detailed data analysis on surveillance data used across the hospital to evaluate and improve processes.

· Respond to data and product related inquiries in real-time to support stakeholders.

· Perform various data analytics in SQL, MS Excel, and other data tools, using statistical models or industry accepted tools.

· Provide relational database expertise to construct and execute SQL queries to be used in data analysis activities.

· Provide expertise and translate the business needs to design; and develop tools, techniques, and metrics, and dashboards for insights and data visualization.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

● Requires Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

● None required

Professional Experience Requirements:

● If Bachelors degree in general field, requires two (2) years of experience.

● If Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field (i.e. Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Analytics, etc.), then no years of experience is required.

● If Master's degree, requires no years of experience.

● If Associate's degree, requires eight (8) years of experience

● If High School degree, requires ten (10) years of experience

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

● NOVICE- Limited Proficiency: You have the level of experience gained in a classroom and/or experimental scenarios or as a trainee on-the-job. You are expected to need help when performing this skill.

• SQL limited proficiency

• Working knowledge (limited proficiency) of relational databases

• Understands the importance and has limited proficiencey with leveraging existing reusable data sources for visualizations and analytics before creating their own. When creating new assets they have the ability to make it reusable, with help.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: OQE - Infection Prevention

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $32.23 - $46.33 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.