Senior Epidemiology Scientist (Climate Change & Health Metrics)

Main site Chilton (with the flexibility to work from other RCE sites)

Main duties of the job

1) To lead the development of existing public health surveillance systems for the metrics workstream within CCHS and enhance the quality of data collected and disseminated.
2)  To provide specialist scientific advice to RCE Teams for the planning and development, implementation and monitoring of outbreaks and incidents.
3)  To lead the interpretation of routine surveillance reports.
4)  To develop processes for streamlining the analysis of surveillance data and production of outputs.
Research and Development
5)   To prepare bids for external funding for research projects including international collaborations.
6)    To write and publish results of research in peer-review journals and present these papers at national and international meetings.
Operational support including incident and outbreak investigations
7)    To participate in the investigation of outbreaks of respiratory viral infections and vaccine preventable diseases in England.
Teaching and training
To contribute to teaching and training programmes for medical, scientific, nursing, pharmacy and other professional groups, in training and qualified, in PHE, the NHS, and other organisations including:
8)   Train and supervise scientific and clerical staff within the Department
Departmental Responsibilities
9)   To deputise for the Departmental Consultant staff when appropriate.
10)   To represent the CCHS on other national or international Committees by invitation, as agreed with the Head of Department