Senior Practice Leader, Epidemiologist
PHSA
Senior Practice Leader, Epidemiologist AgencyPHSA Labor AgreementExcluded Posting #178571-2428827 Grade9 DepartmentSurveillance Infra & Reporting UnionExcluded/Non-Contract Work Site655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver StatusTemporary Position DurationN/A Position StatusFull-time FTE1.00 Hours of Work08:00-16:00/08:30-16:30 Work DaysMon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Days OffSat, Sun, Stat Position Start Date01-Apr-2025 Position End Date31-Mar-2027 Applications Accepted Until 10AM28-Jan-2025 Job Summary
Job Summary:
In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Provincial Health Services Authority patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position. Reporting to the relevant Service Line Medical Director or Executive Director, the Senior Practice Leader Epidemiologist is a leader, innovator, knowledge translator and change agent who is accountable for promoting excellence in surveillance and epidemiological methods. The scope of practice of the Senior Practice Leader Epidemiologist (SPLE) is broad and complex, encompassing program coordination, team management, stakeholder engagement, system evaluation and standardization, knowledge translation, and dissemination of surveillance and research results across the Health Authorities, provincially and federally. The SPLE is an advanced practitioner who works as an independent specialist and as part of multi-disciplinary teams responsible for provincial communicable and chronic disease surveillance with a specific focus on provincial methods standardization, surveillance/analytic system development, education and research.
Specific Portfolio:
Spatial Epidemiology – functions across service lines to provide advanced spatial epidemiological analysis, geographic information system mapping, spatial data collection and warehousing to support provincial communicable disease surveillance by example, covid maps and immunization uptake by community. In addition, has a specific focus on provincial method standardization and developing spatial epidemiology as a new area of expertise within the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Duties/Accountabilities:
• Provides leadership and strategic guidance on the development, implementation and evaluation of provincial surveillance systems, emerging issues and epidemiologic analyses and manage the processes and resources to achieve deliverables and outcomes
• Coordinates multi-sectoral and cross-sectoral surveillance initiatives and acts as a resource and consultant for local, provincial and national planning in the area of public health epidemiology and surveillance. This includes representing the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the service line on provincial and federal committees.
• Promotes evidenced-based practice and shares knowledge about current research and literature including novel practices in public health surveillance and advanced surveillance and epidemiological methods. Establishes opportunities to support staff in implementing evidence based practice. Promotes and advances best practice through publications, presentations, and conferences.
• Scans the environment and the literature to identify emerging practice trends and challenges. Develops and implements strategies to integrate novel surveillance and analytic approaches as well as strategies to mitigate challenges affecting surveillance.
• Leads and manages complex and innovative projects and initiatives and engages all disciplines to find solutions. Retains relevant epidemiological, analytic and surveillance expertise.
• Guides the development, implementation and utilization of public health information to inform public health priorities, programs and policies across the province via the use of evaluation methodologies and effective knowledge translation approaches, thereby leading to evidence based policy making.
• Works closely with the service lines to facilitate the development and implementation of data integration and visualization methods to various surveillance initiatives.
• Provides coaching and mentorship for public health analysts, epidemiologists and/or other surveillance-related roles. Provides oversight on the day-to-day activities of data analysts and epidemiologists within the service line.
• Guides the analytic and methodologic development of other epidemiologists and data analysts within the service line and monitors and documents analytical approaches across the centre.
• Builds effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and negotiates and facilitates provincial collaboration. This includes collaboration with Health Authorities, Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority, Public Health Agency of Canada, clinicians and other public health practitioners.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master’s or PhD Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related field. A minimum of five (5) years of recent, related direct experience working with national/provincial/regional surveillance systems and surveillance data, outbreak investigation, protocol development for applied research, data analysis, and report writing. Experience with oversight of an analytic team that works with epidemiologic or surveillance data. Excellent quantitative analysis skills. Qualitative expertise an asset. Solid understanding of public health policy and programs.
Strong facilitation skills. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Detailed understanding of the Provincial and Federal public health system, and a strong ability to engage and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders while navigating provincial politics. Ability to work independently and as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team. Demonstrated leadership through teaching, dissemination of research and mentoring. Strong problem-solving skills within a complex challenging environment and across the health care system.
Role Specific Qualifications:
Spatial Epidemiology – an advanced diploma in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
system.
Job Summary:
In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Provincial Health Services Authority patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position. Reporting to the relevant Service Line Medical Director or Executive Director, the Senior Practice Leader Epidemiologist is a leader, innovator, knowledge translator and change agent who is accountable for promoting excellence in surveillance and epidemiological methods. The scope of practice of the Senior Practice Leader Epidemiologist (SPLE) is broad and complex, encompassing program coordination, team management, stakeholder engagement, system evaluation and standardization, knowledge translation, and dissemination of surveillance and research results across the Health Authorities, provincially and federally. The SPLE is an advanced practitioner who works as an independent specialist and as part of multi-disciplinary teams responsible for provincial communicable and chronic disease surveillance with a specific focus on provincial methods standardization, surveillance/analytic system development, education and research.
Specific Portfolio:
Spatial Epidemiology – functions across service lines to provide advanced spatial epidemiological analysis, geographic information system mapping, spatial data collection and warehousing to support provincial communicable disease surveillance by example, covid maps and immunization uptake by community. In addition, has a specific focus on provincial method standardization and developing spatial epidemiology as a new area of expertise within the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Duties/Accountabilities:
• Provides leadership and strategic guidance on the development, implementation and evaluation of provincial surveillance systems, emerging issues and epidemiologic analyses and manage the processes and resources to achieve deliverables and outcomes
• Coordinates multi-sectoral and cross-sectoral surveillance initiatives and acts as a resource and consultant for local, provincial and national planning in the area of public health epidemiology and surveillance. This includes representing the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the service line on provincial and federal committees.
• Promotes evidenced-based practice and shares knowledge about current research and literature including novel practices in public health surveillance and advanced surveillance and epidemiological methods. Establishes opportunities to support staff in implementing evidence based practice. Promotes and advances best practice through publications, presentations, and conferences.
• Scans the environment and the literature to identify emerging practice trends and challenges. Develops and implements strategies to integrate novel surveillance and analytic approaches as well as strategies to mitigate challenges affecting surveillance.
• Leads and manages complex and innovative projects and initiatives and engages all disciplines to find solutions. Retains relevant epidemiological, analytic and surveillance expertise.
• Guides the development, implementation and utilization of public health information to inform public health priorities, programs and policies across the province via the use of evaluation methodologies and effective knowledge translation approaches, thereby leading to evidence based policy making.
• Works closely with the service lines to facilitate the development and implementation of data integration and visualization methods to various surveillance initiatives.
• Provides coaching and mentorship for public health analysts, epidemiologists and/or other surveillance-related roles. Provides oversight on the day-to-day activities of data analysts and epidemiologists within the service line.
• Guides the analytic and methodologic development of other epidemiologists and data analysts within the service line and monitors and documents analytical approaches across the centre.
• Builds effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and negotiates and facilitates provincial collaboration. This includes collaboration with Health Authorities, Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority, Public Health Agency of Canada, clinicians and other public health practitioners.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master’s or PhD Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related field. A minimum of five (5) years of recent, related direct experience working with national/provincial/regional surveillance systems and surveillance data, outbreak investigation, protocol development for applied research, data analysis, and report writing. Experience with oversight of an analytic team that works with epidemiologic or surveillance data. Excellent quantitative analysis skills. Qualitative expertise an asset. Solid understanding of public health policy and programs.
Strong facilitation skills. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Detailed understanding of the Provincial and Federal public health system, and a strong ability to engage and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders while navigating provincial politics. Ability to work independently and as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team. Demonstrated leadership through teaching, dissemination of research and mentoring. Strong problem-solving skills within a complex challenging environment and across the health care system.
Role Specific Qualifications:
Spatial Epidemiology – an advanced diploma in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
system.
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