Informatics Specialist

Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board Inc•Rapid City, SD

3h•$25 - $32•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as the Informatics Specialist for the Great Plains Tribal Health Informatics and Analytics Department, serving the data infrastructure and systems needs of the organization. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the improvement and maintenance of technology assets that support tribal data access, surveillance, epidemiology, case management, and overall data infrastructure goals.

Requirements

Completion of a formal training program or an associate’s degree and one (1) year of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or GED and three (3) years of relevant experience.
Individuals must have applicable education or experience applying a body of standardized rules, procedures, or operations to perform the full range of standard clerical assignments and resolve recurring problems or to operate and adjust varied equipment for purposes such as performing numerous standardized tests or operations.
Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks.
Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles; Mumps and Rubella), Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.

Nice To Haves

Qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions if all other qualifications are equal.

Responsibilities

Provides overall support for informatics activities as a member of the Great Plains Tribal Health Informatics and Analytics Department.
Assists planning and implementing informatics projects by participating in meetings, organizing information, keeping documentation, tracking progress, and making reports.
Maintains and monitors progress on project deliverables consistent with, and for, organizational strategic plans and departmental work plans.
Maintains user accounts and other administrative roles in information systems, as assigned.
Assists with data management in Microsoft Azure, such as performing tasks that support data ingestion, cleaning, ETL pipelines, analysis, visualization, reporting, and exchange.
Supports data systems configuration, testing & validation, and troubleshooting to meet project deliverables.
Troubleshoots systems and process operations, helps identify and implement solutions for resolution, and maintains supportive documentation through resolution.
Collaborates with teams including GPTEC, Informatics, IT, consultants, and tribes to ensure security standards and best practices are followed and monitored; reviews system activity logs and system usage reports; makes reports.
Responds to technical assistance and training requests, assists in communication with partners, and maintains documentation.
Participates in business analysis, planning, and user design sessions and assists with communications between internal and external partners.
Participates in meetings, training, and other partnership opportunities within the informatics domain.
Represents all areas of subject matter authority with skill, tact, honesty and professionalism.