Epidemiologist

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

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Reference: 46314
- **Fixed Term Full Time or Part Time**:

- ** Austin Health**:

- ** HS6 + salary packaging + super**

Austin Health is one of Victoria’s largest health care providers. We deliver services for patients across four main sites in Melbourne, in locations across our community, in people's homes, and within regional hospitals across Victoria. We are an internationally recognised leader in clinical teaching, training and research, with numerous university and research institute affiliations.

We employ approximately 9,500 staff and are known for our specialist work in cancer, infectious diseases, obesity, sleep medicine, intensive care medicine, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.

Our vision is to shape the future through exceptional care, discovery and learning. This is supported by our values which define who we are, shape our culture and the behaviours of our people.
We aim to provide an inclusive culture where all staff can contribute to the best of their ability and strive to develop further. We recognise that our people are our greatest strength. We want them to thrive, be their best selves and feel engaged, safe and empowered. To achieve this, diversity and inclusion is essential to our culture and our values.

**About the role**:
**Essential Knowledge and skills and selection criteria**:

- A commitment to Austin Health values.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in epidemiology or related field or equivalent applied experience.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills and proven ability to liaise effectively with users to elicit, document and meet their data requirements.
- Knowledge of public and population health information, analytics, and monitoring systems.
- Knowledge of data governance processes.
- Experience synthesising complex data from a variety of different sources, analysing it and presenting the results to stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds.
- Demonstrated high level analytical and evaluation skills including experience using STATA and/ or R, and PowerBI, to undertake complex statistical analysis using multiple data sources.
- Demonstrated conceptual, analytical, critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Flexible worker who is adaptable to changing priorities at short notice and able to work effectively in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
- Ability to use discretion, maintain confidentiality, and practice ethical conduct.
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, establishing and maintaining collaborative professional relationships.
- Strong time management-organisation, prioritisation and multi-tasking skillset.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team

**Our benefits**:
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. You’ll also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- **Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging**:

- ** A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program**:

- ** Mentoring and career development opportunities**:

- ** Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists**:

- **Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options.**

**Inclusion at Austin**:

- Health insurance