Senior Epidemiologist - Sari And Seroepidemiology

We are excited to offer an opening for an epidemiologist / public health surveillance scientist to work on high profile areas of infectious disease surveillance.

The post is based in the Public Health Programmes Directorate of UKHSA, working between the Immunisation & Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division and the COVID Vaccines and Epidemiology Division.

The post holder will be a core member of the SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) Watch team monitoring hospitalisation for COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and be the epidemiologist responsible for serosurveillance of COVID-19 and other vaccine preventable diseases, including the coordination of data collection, analysis and reporting of population SARS-CoV-2 immunity. You will work closely with the full time senior SARI surveillance scientist.

The role will include

• Taking a lead in serosurveillance across COVID-19 and other vaccine-preventable diseases,
• Liaison with NHS Trusts participating in the SARI Watch hospitalisations surveillance programme,
• Surveillance of SARI Watch critical care admissions, cross-covering other areas of ARI surveillance.

Location

This role is based at the UKHSA Colindale office, 61 Colindale Ave, London NW9 5EQ

Essential Criteria:

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 750 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the essential criteria (for full details of all essential criteria please refer to the attached job description, you must review this to produce your statement of suitability):

Essential

• Undergraduate degree in science
• MSc or PhD in epidemiology, public health or an allied discipline
• Understanding of infectious disease surveillance and able to interpret surveillance data
• Understanding of serology as applied to epidemiology
• Proficiency in using epidemiological and statistical software packages for data analysis
• Knowledge and experience of data management and information governance
• Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with people in partner organisations
• Able to convey surveillance and scientific information clearly and concisely in writing and orally
• Experience of successfully managing projects
• Able to prioritise competing demands
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• An understandingof and commitmenttoequalityofopportunityandgood workingrelationships

Desirable

• Experience of preparing written reports and scientific publishing