Epidemiology and Information Systems Specialist

Field Service (FS) South East and London is part of Health Protection Operations in UKHSA. The Field Service is a national service comprising geographically dispersed multi-disciplinary teams integrating expertise in Field Epidemiology, Real-time Syndromic Surveillance, Public Health Microbiology and Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology to strengthen the surveillance, intelligence and response functions of UKHSA.

The Field Service, Epidemiology and Information Systems Specialist works closely with UKHSA and NHS colleagues to support data capture and data management across a number of topic areas. The central facet of this post is to support the London & South EAST of England’s hospital laboratories in the secure reporting of infectious disease test data to UKHSA’s Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS).

The post also supports response to incidents and outbreaks of infectious diseases and works on the analysis, visualisation, and communication of data to Health Protection Teams and other partners.

Key systems for this include the SGSS web application, SQL Server, and Power BI and R coding.

Liaison with hospital laboratories, as well as with other internal and external stakeholders, is an important feature of this role.

Location

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) operates a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at Canary Wharf, London. For certain roles, some additional flexibility may be possible, which will be agreed upon with the hiring manager based on individual requirements and business needs.

*Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.*

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