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Job Description
Announcement Number: 1354720607
4150 Technology Way, Suite 300
• Carson City, NV 89706
• (775) 684-4200
• Fax (775) 687-7570
• dpbh.nv.gov ALL IN GOOD HEALTH.
Joe Lombardo
Governor
Richard Whitley,
MS
Director
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Cody Phinney,
MPH
Administrator
Ihsan Azzam,
Ph.D., M.D.
Chief Medical
Officer
State Epidemiologist
Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Salary up to $118,531 (employer-paid retirement)
$138,385 (employee/employer-paid retirement schedule)
Under the general direction of the State Medical Epidemiologist, the incumbent provides supports,
management, and oversight of statewide programs for disease control, intervention services and
coordination of epidemiological investigations. This position provides consultation to staff, health
districts, community health programs, health care providers, legislators, various boards and commissions,
and the public on epidemiology and communicable and chronic disease control programs, prepares and
presents lectures and informal talks, and provides technical assistance to health care providers. This
position will also be expected to provide testimony before committees, boards and the legislature as
necessary.
The State Epidemiologist provides oversight for grant development and monitoring processes including
preparation of reports to granting agencies; promulgate and revise regulations; analyzes changes in State
and federal legislation which affects disease control programs; oversees data management;
communicates with the media on epidemiological and infectious disease issues; serves as the liaison with
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE), and other federal partners; coordinates surveillance and investigation activities among state,
federal and local agencies; designs conducts and analyzes data from epidemiologic investigations.
This is an unclassified position and serves at the pleasure of the Division Administrator, Division of Public
and Behavioral Health. Statewide and some out-of-state travel is required.
Qualifications: Doctoral degree in medicine, public health, community health, health ecology,
epidemiology, veterinary medicine, or closely related field and three years professional experience in a
public health environment which involves coordinating epidemiological investigations and surveys; or,
Master's degree in public health, community health, health ecology, epidemiology, veterinary medicine, or
closely related field and four years professional experience in a public health environment which involves
coordinating epidemiological investigations and surveys. This position must also have experience
supervising staff.
LOCATION: The position may be located in Reno, Carson City, Las Vegas, or rural offices depending on the
candidate pool.
4150 Technology Way, Suite 300
• Carson City, NV 89706
• (775) 684-4200
• Fax (775) 687-7570
• dpbh.nv.gov ALL IN GOOD HEALTH.
Benefits: Benefits include: medical, dental, life and disability insurance programs; participation in the
Public Employee's Retirement plan (PERS); 11 paid holidays each year; accrual of three weeks annual leave
and three weeks of sick leave each year.
TO APPLY:
Submit resume to: Christina Argust, Personnel Officer
Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Human Resources
4150 Technology Way, Suite 300 Carson City, NV 89706
Telephone: 775-684-4216
E-mail: cargust@health.nv.gov
Resume must include a detailed description of employment history to include name and addresses of
employers, scope of responsibility, reasons for leaving, salary history and professional references. A
criminal history background check is required as a condition of employment.
Announcement will remain open until recruitment needs are satisfied.
Closing Date/Time: Until recruitment needs are satisfied -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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State of Nevada
Show moreThe presence of Nevada's earliest inhabitants, beginning about 12,400 years ago, is marked by many petroglyphs and archaeological sites. Baskets, decoys, and ingenious traps are evidence of the resourcefulness of these early people in a harsh and arid environment.
European explorers traveled through Nevada in the early 19th century, but it was not until 1851 that the first settlements were established. An Act of Congress created the Territory of Nevada on March 2, 1861. James W. Nye of New York was appointed Nevada's first Territorial Governor by President Abraham Lincoln later that year. On October 31, 1864, President Lincoln proclaimed Nevada's admission to the Union as the 36th state. The State's first elected Governor, Henry Blasdel, took office on December 5, 1864.
Today, Nevada is the nation's seventh largest state in land area. Several hundred mountain ranges cross its landscape, many with elevations over 10,000 feet. In contrast, the State's lowest point (along the Colorado River) is only 470 feet above sea level. From majestic mountains to desert valleys, nature has endowed Nevada with diverse and unique ecosystems.
The Nevada Legislature has honored the State's natural resources and cultural heritage with a variety of State designations described below.
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