CLIN INFORMATICS SPEC 4 HX

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

13h•Remote

About The Position

The California Department of Public Health Center for Infectious Diseases Informatics Branch (IB) is recruiting for an Informatics Specialist IV to join an exciting team developing innovative solutions to strengthen CDPH’s public health data ecosystem. The incumbent will join the team leading the design and implementation of disease prevention and control activities related to reportable communicable diseases. Responsibilities will include applying advanced professional public health informatics concepts and extensive knowledge of industry practices to projects of all levels of scope and complexity. Leading project teams in developing innovative informatics and public health data collection, monitoring, management, and analysis systems. Identifying and implementing strategies for integrating multiple data systems and improving existing public health surveillance data systems and infrastructure. Conducting complex database design, data quality assurance, and quality improvement projects. Developing protocols and guidelines and providing information and technical assistance to support local health jurisdiction and other CDPH program partners in data modernization. Act as a technical lead to other informaticists, epidemiologists, and data analysts. Additionally, this position requires strong programming (R, SQL, and/or Python) and/or informatics knowledge to support data analysis, database design, and data quality assurance and quality improvement projects. The position will interact and collaborate with several multidisciplinary CDPH teams as well as other internal and external partners as they contribute to communicable disease projects.

Requirements

Strong programming (R, SQL, and/or Python) and/or informatics knowledge

Responsibilities

Applying advanced professional public health informatics concepts and extensive knowledge of industry practices to projects of all levels of scope and complexity.
Leading project teams in developing innovative informatics and public health data collection, monitoring, management, and analysis systems.
Identifying and implementing strategies for integrating multiple data systems and improving existing public health surveillance data systems and infrastructure.
Conducting complex database design, data quality assurance, and quality improvement projects.
Developing protocols and guidelines and providing information and technical assistance to support local health jurisdiction and other CDPH program partners in data modernization.
Act as a technical lead to other informaticists, epidemiologists, and data analysts.
Support data analysis, database design, and data quality assurance and quality improvement projects using strong programming (R, SQL, and/or Python) and/or informatics knowledge.
Interact and collaborate with several multidisciplinary CDPH teams as well as other internal and external partners as they contribute to communicable disease projects.