Infant Botulism Epidemiology Unit Chief | RESEARCH SCIENTIST SUPERVISOR II
California Department of Public Health
| The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in California, and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. The Department's programs and services, implemented in collaboration with local health departments and state, federal and private partners, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, touch the lives of everyone who calls California home, and the millions who visit here each year. The essential functions of the Department are critical to the health and wellbeing of people and communities. CDPH's fundamental responsibilities are comprehensive in scope and include infectious disease control and prevention, food safety, environmental health, laboratory services, patient safety, emergency preparedness, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, family health, health equity and vital records and statistics. The essential functions of the Department are critical to the health and wellbeing of people and communities. CDPH's fundamental responsibilities are comprehensive in scope and include infectious disease control and prevention, food safety, environmental health, laboratory services, patient safety, emergency preparedness, chronic disease prevention and health promotion, family health, health equity and vital records and statistics. The Center for Laboratory Sciences (CLS) is based on the Richmond Campus which employs more than 1,200 people. The Richmond Campus is a flat, 29-acre property located in Richmond's Marina Bay. The CLS serves to protect and promote the health of all Californians through innovative and collaborative infectious disease and environmental testing, including provision of investigation and surveillance activities which form the basis of disease response and prevention. The CLS works to bring together emerging scientific capabilities in testing, analytics, and communications reflecting a new level of coordination, support, and leadership for the public health laboratory system at the state, local and national level. In addition, the Center relies on a continuous improvement infrastructure as a core value in developing solutions that emphasize a culture of quality and performance through performance management success. *The salary information listed on this advertisement may not reflect recent salary increases from salary adjustments or changes in the fiscal year. *The CDPH is an E-Verify employer. Department Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov Candidates in one of these classifications, where a Master’s Degree is required to meet the minimum qualifications, shall receive an educational pay differential equivalent to 2% of their monthly base pay. Those where a Doctoral Degree is a required to meet the minimum qualifications, shall receive an educational pay differential equivalent to 3% of their monthly base pay. Individuals with both a Master’s and Doctoral Degree will be given the best benefit in relation to salary shall only be eligible for only one amount. The Research Scientist Supervisor (RSS) II, acting as the Infant Botulism Epidemiology Unit Chief, organizes, manages, and participates in ongoing infant botulism- and BabyBIG®-related epidemiological activities and regulatory compliance as it pertains to epidemiological activities (e.g., programmatic standard operating procedures [SOP]); designs and/or participates in other epidemiological and genomics research studies on infant botulism and related illnesses such as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); develops and uses mapping techniques and GIS for analysis of infant botulism case occurrence and C. botulinum genomics; prepares reports for publication in peer-reviewed journals and reviews current scientific literature to maintain professional expertise; supervises all epidemiology staff within the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP); and carries out other duties as required. Minimum Requirements You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification. 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