Epidemiologist (Respiratory infections)

The Acute Respiratory Infections team is located within UKHSA's TARZET division at Colindale. The remit of the team includes providing specialist epidemiology and surveillance, coordinating the investigation of national outbreaks, advising government on the risks posed by various acute respiratory pathogens and responding to international health concerns.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a member of a team working on the surveillance, epidemiology and investigation of acute respiratory infections. The postholder will develop, manage and maintain surveillance databases.
The postholder will also provide specialist scientific support for a range of national and international surveillance programmes, research projects and outbreak investigations. This will include the design and development of new surveillance and data management systems in response to developments in microbiological typing methods in collaboration with other epidemiologists and relevant specialists, conducting complex statistical analyses to produce surveillance outputs.
Location
61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT/10, S Colonnade, London E14 4PH.
Remote options available (Flexible).