Statistician

The incumbent in this position will maintain Dental Practice Management Software (Dentrix and Dexis) for dental staff located in 5 State Service Center Dental Clinics. Duties include: preparing statistical reports, extracting various statistical data for grant purposes, developing studies to support communicable diseases, partnering with outside agencies to find best practices for extracting the best type of data for Public Health population, creating surveys and developing spreadsheets or other methods for capturing statistical data.

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

• Maintains computerized case registry; prepares statistical reports on the number of cases.
   
• Verifies completeness and accuracy of reported cases by reviewing hospital and doctor's files on cases.
    
• Inputs results of surveys into computer; extracts various statistical data from the computer.
   
• Maintains data collected on clients counseled and tested by the program; issues related reports.
   
• Develop procedures and implements Prevalence Studies of exposure to communicable diseases.
   
• Edits quarterly newsletter for the purpose of distributing Aids statistics to the medical community.
   
• Performs related work as required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Statistician
Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

1. Six months experience in data collection which includes collecting, compiling and maintaining data from multiple sources such as files, records, databases, customers, staff or others.
2. Six months experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.
3. Knowledge of descriptive statistics such as the mean, median, mode or standard deviation.

The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based upon a rating of your education, training and experience as they relate to the job requirements of the position.  It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and the supplemental questionnaire to include dates of employment, job title and job duties.  For education and training, list name of educational provider, training course titles and summary of course content.   Narrative information supplied in response to the questions must be supported by the information supplied on the application including your employment, education and training history as it relates to the job requirements..

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