Job Description
Company Description Job Description The mission of the Bureau of Immunization (BOI) is to prevent the occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases through immunization. The BOI surveillance unit is responsible for conducting surveillance of measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, varicella, and invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged less than 5 years and assuring the institution of control measures and outbreak response. The surveillance unit is also responsible for the management and analysis of surveillance data and monitoring the impact of new vaccines. Reporting to the Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Unit Chief, the VPD Exposure Setting Lead would serve as the liaison to exposure settings throughout NYC including schools, childcare programs, health care facilities, shelters and work settings for cases of reportable vaccine preventable diseases covered by BOI. The VPD Exposure Setting Lead will be responsible for providing timely guidance on control measures that are specific to the exposure setting to ensure implementation of control measures to limit and prevent disease transmission. The VPD Exposure Setting Lead would report to the City Research Scientist Level 3 staff and will support data analysis, including monitoring trends of reportable diseases and analyzing epidemiology of cases when case counts are elevated. Duties will include but not be limited to: -Serve as the liaison to exposure settings throughout NYC including schools, childcare programs, healthcare facilities, shelters and work settings for cases of reportable vaccine preventable diseases covered by BOI -Responsible for providing timely guidance on control measures that are specific to the exposure setting, including exclusions from these settings, post-exposure prophylaxis, and communications to exposed persons at this setting -Responsible for documenting guidance in the surveilla