Public Health HL7 Informaticist

Job Family:

Data Science Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Present during meetings, summits, and working sessions with senior client executives
• Provide public health interoperability subject matter support across multiple client engagements; develop and review presentations, briefings, and memos, and reports
• Identify client needs and develop solutions to address client interoperability and data standard needs
• Work with public health agencies to identify, align, and implement data terminology and message structure to accepted data standards
• Collaborate with technical team members to develop data engineering and application solutions aimed at transforming unstructured data to align with accepted data standards
• Engage diverse audiences on healthcare and public health data terminology and exchange standards 
• Support the writing and/or reviewing of implementation guides for health data exchange processes
• Prioritize and handle multiple tasks, researching and analyzing pertinent client, industry and technical matters, utilizing problem-solving skills, and communicating effectively in written and verbal formats to various audiences (including various levels of management and external clients) in a professional business environment;
• Exemplify and reinforce quality standards in work products
• Gather/create/share experiences in public health and data interoperability with focus on best practices

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor degree
• Experience with HL7 implementation guides
• Experience with public health code sets and value sets for example LOINC or SNOMED or ICD
• 3+ years of experience supporting federal, state, or local public health agencies
• Experience with public health surveillance systems for jurisdictional reportable, national notifiable, syndromic, vital statistics, interstate sharing, electronic case notification, or other similar use cases
• Knowledge of recent and ongoing public health initiatives in surveillance and informatics
• Strong understanding of health data exchange across the public health ecosystem, including intermediaries such as health information networks
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data types, and mapping data models to common clinical and public health data standards
• Strong oral and written communication skills to advise and brief senior executives

Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, or other related field
• Experience working with Tribal public health or Tribal communities
• Experience with HL7 versions 2, 3, and FHIR public health data exchange standards, particularly electronic case report (eCR) and/or immunization messages
• Experience working with code repositories and continuous integration (i.e. Git, Jenkins, etc.)
• Experience with CDC surveillance systems, i.e., NNDSS, Syndromic, NVSS, AIMS, ECR, EIP, or other similar use cases
• Knowledge of recent and ongoing CDC and HHS ASTP data modernization initiatives
• Experience with a mix of CDC/OD, CSELS, and CDC C/I/O ODs, and CDC research teams, e.g., in epidemiology, surveillance systems implementation, or program evaluation
• Experience working with a mix of health care providers, laboratorians, epidemiologists, health IT, etc. and knowledge of their working processes

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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