Leads the Epidemiology/Surveillance Program by monitoring staff involvement, reviewing all reports of notifiable conditions and investigations outbreaks of communicable diseases, contacting healthcare providers, patients and their contacts, providing preventive tools as required and requested, educating healthcare providers and the community, entering disease reports into NEDSS (the Texas database) and monitoring disease surveillance. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: Manages programs by supervising personnel and assigning tasks, projects and activities, participating in the employment process, developing and updating programs, policies and procedures, assisting with educational activities, preparing and submitting required reports, and communicating with community leaders.