EPIDEMIOLOGIST I

SIHB Core Competencies Core Competencies are foundational commitments and skills that all SIHB staff are expected to develop.

These competencies define common measures for performance that are applied to every role in the organization.

Commitment to Indigenous and Organizational Values: Everything we do at SIHB is centered on Traditional Indian Medicine.

It is our responsibility to maintain cultural integrity in all that we do.Accountability: All employees of SIHB effectively manage their own work and the work of their teams.

We take ownership of our actions and decisions.

We all strive to deliver the highest quality work and care, while respecting our teammates and relatives.Collaboration: SIHB is a team-oriented organization.

As team members, we share the responsibility of working toward a common purpose.

We collaborate with our colleagues across the organization to deliver the highest quality of care and results in alignment with our mission, vision, values, and Theory of Change.Communication: We practice effective and clear communication with staff, relatives, teams, and community.

We demonstrate empathy among each other and with those we serve, and transparency in our decision making.Customer Service Orientation: All employees of SIHB recognize the needs of the diverse community we serve.

We put the needs of our relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care.

Our relatives come first and deserve the best.

Organizational Responsibilities Hold Indigenous values and practices with respect and integrity.Hold yourself accountable to the highest standard by being resourceful, innovative, creative, and solutions oriented.Actively participate in organizational activities with the understanding that success is achieved through teamwork.Recognize that communication is central to the organizations success and actively champion your words and actions to maintain respect for others, encourage constructive feedback, be open to share laughter and acknowledge differences in skills and opinions, all while keeping others best intentions in mind.At SIHB, we refer to our customers as Relatives.

Our Relatives come first and deserve the best.

Serve the needs of our Relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care.

This position is responsible for providing a wide range of epidemiologic assistance to projects of the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a division of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB).

This work includes core epidemiologic functions such as conducting disease surveillance, primary data collection, secondary data analysis of a wide variety of national, state, and local date sets, linking datasets, and interpretation and presentation of data for a wide variety of technical and non-technical audiences.

This position will work to gather information, assess data, and present findings on the national and local health status and well-being of the urba...