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| 2 | Job Summary: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Infectious Diseases (CID) | ||||
| > | Informatics Branch is recruiting for a Clinical Informatics Specialist III to join an exciting team | ||||
| > | developing innovative solutions to strengthen CDPH’s public health data ecosystem. The incumbent wil | ||||
| > | l join the team developing innovative informatics and public health data collection, management, an | ||||
| > | d analysis systems, and identifying and implementing strategies for improving existing public health | ||||
| > | surveillance data systems and infrastructure. Responsibilities will include: Contributing to the de | ||||
| > | velopment, implementation, and maintenance of enhanced infectious disease public health surveillance | ||||
| > | projects. Improving interoperability of CDPH data systems and integrating these solutions with loca | ||||
| > | l health jurisdictions (LHJs) and other relevant public health partners to improve surveillance of r | ||||
| > | eportable infectious diseases. Facilitating electronic collection, storage, and transfer of data rel | ||||
| > | evant to infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology. Participating in complex data analysis, d | ||||
| > | atabase design, and data quality assurance and quality improvement projects. Developing applications | ||||
| > | and tools to facilitate monitoring and governance for pipelines and data systems Developing protoco | ||||
| > | ls and guidelines and providing information and technical assistance to support local health jurisdi | ||||
| > | ction, community-based organization, clinical, and other CDPH program partners in their application | ||||
| > | data modernization. Innovating new solutions to address stakeholder needs The incumbent will join th | ||||
| > | e Data Operations unit. This unit is responsible for creating and maintaining processes and tools wh | ||||
| > | ich support data quality monitoring, data system governance and access, sharing data between partner | ||||
| > | s, and streamlined federal reporting. This position requires strong programming (SQL, R, and/or Pyth | ||||
| > | on) and/or informatics knowledge to support data analysis, database design, and data quality assuran | ||||
| > | ce and quality improvement projects. The position will interact and collaborate with several multidi | ||||
| > | sciplinary CDPH teams as well as other internal and external partners as they contribute to the CDPH | ||||
| > | mission of prevention and control of communicable diseases. Department: UCSF Institute for Global H | ||||
| > | ealth Sciences (IGHS) is dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden of disease in the wor | ||||
| > | ld’s most vulnerable populations. It integrates UCSF expertise in all of the health, social, and bio | ||||
| > | logical sciences, and focuses that expertise on pressing issues in global health. IGHS works with pa | ||||
| > | rtners in countries throughout the world to achieve these aims. IGHS seeks to improve health worldwi | ||||
| > | de, especially in developing countries, through research that informs policy. IGHS is committed to e | ||||
| > | nsuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment as we work towards becoming an anti-raci | ||||
| > | st organization. We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please see our statement | ||||
| > | on anti-racism here: https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ | ||||
| > | statement-structural-racism. The CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Contr | ||||
| > | ol of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement provides funding to CDPH to improve d | ||||
| > | etection, prevention, and response to the growing threats posed by infectious diseases through enhan | ||||
| > | ced surveillance, prevention, intervention, communications, coordination, and partnerships. Staff hi | ||||
| > | red through ELC contribute to infectious disease work across the Center for Infectious Disease (CID) | ||||
| > | in CDPH. This specific position will join staff in the Informatics Branch of the Division of Commun | ||||
| > | icable Disease Control . The scope of the Informatics Branch’s work includes managing, analyzing, an | ||||
| > | d reporting on data from many systems including laboratory testing, cases, vaccinations, genetic tes | ||||
| > | ting, hospitalizations, and more. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Infectious Diseases (CID) Informatics |
| > | Branch is recruiting for a Clinical Informatics Specialist III to join an exciting team developing i | ||||
| > | nnovative solutions to strengthen CDPH’s public health data ecosystem. The incumbent will join the t | ||||
| > | eam developing innovative informatics and public health data collection, management, and analysis sy | ||||
| > | stems, and identifying and implementing strategies for improving existing public health surveillance | ||||
| > | data systems and infrastructure. | ||||
| 5 | Required: - Bachelor's degree in public health, health care information technology, computer science | 4 | |||
| > | , or related area, and / or equivalent combination of experience / training PLUS either 3 years’ of | ||||
| > | experience in computer or data pipeline programming and database management, OR 3 years working in p | ||||
| > | ublic health - Strong skills associated with statistical analysis, database management and systems p | ||||
| > | rogramming, including SQL, R, and/or Python. - Broadly encompassing or in-depth knowledge of clinica | ||||
| > | l, health systems, health analytics, or public health informatics. - Thorough knowledge of all relev | ||||
| > | ant clinical or public health informatics software and systems, and of the highly-complex concepts, | ||||
| > | principles, policies, methodologies, techniques, best practices, regulations, and standards practice | ||||
| > | s involved with health systems, health analytics, public health surveillance or electronic medical d | ||||
| > | ata management. - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyz | ||||
| > | e problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions, | ||||
| > | collect and analyze system performance data, and produce substantive reports and analyses - Strong p | ||||
| > | roblem-resolution skills, with the ability to quickly diagnose problems, and develop, test, and impl | ||||
| > | ement appropriate and effective solutions in a timely manner - Ability to work with senior staff and | ||||
| > | managers in clinical information technology, health care management, and business analytics, servin | ||||
| > | g as a technical resource and providing advice and counsel on issues of functionality, efficiency, c | ||||
| > | ost-effectiveness, policy, and performance - Strong ability to communicate complex information in a | ||||
| > | clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing. Preferred: - Master’s degree in computer scie | ||||
| > | nce, informatics, public health, biostatistics, epidemiology or epidemiology and biostatistics and / | ||||
| > | or equivalent combination of experience / training PLUS either 1 year of experience in computer or | ||||
| > | data pipeline programming and database management, OR 1 year working in public health - Detail orien | ||||
| > | ted, with proven ability to effectively manage time, see projects through to completion, organize co | ||||
| > | mpeting priorities, and effectively address complex, urgent issues as they arise - Strong interperso | ||||
| > | nal skills, with the ability to collaborate productively, work in a team environment, and to train a | ||||
| > | nd support clinical informatics users at all professional and technical levels throughout the medica | ||||
| > | l center - Strong ability to think creatively to recommend action steps or strategize solutions rela | ||||
| > | tive to public health surveillance, epidemiology, informatics, program evaluation, or research. - De | ||||
| > | monstrated proficiency relating to logical data design, data warehouse design, data integration, and | ||||
| > | data modeling. | ||||
| 5 | Responsibilities will include: | ||||
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| 9 | Contributing to the development, implementation, and maintenance of enhanced infectious disease pub | ||||
| > | lic health surveillance projects. | ||||
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| 12 | Improving interoperability of CDPH data systems and integrating these solutions with local health j | ||||
| > | urisdictions (LHJs) and other relevant public health partners to improve surveillance of reportable | ||||
| > | infectious diseases. | ||||
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| 15 | Facilitating electronic collection, storage, and transfer of data relevant to infectious disease su | ||||
| > | rveillance and epidemiology. | ||||
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| 18 | Participating in complex data analysis, database design, and data quality assurance and quality imp | ||||
| > | rovement projects. | ||||
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| 21 | Developing applications and tools to facilitate monitoring and governance for pipelines and data sy | ||||
| > | stems | ||||
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| 24 | Developing protocols and guidelines and providing information and technical assistance to support l | ||||
| > | ocal health jurisdiction, community-based organization, clinical, and other CDPH program partners in | ||||
| > | their application data modernization. | ||||
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| 27 | Innovating new solutions to address stakeholder needs | ||||
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| 29 | The incumbent will join the Data Operations unit. This unit is responsible for creating and maintai | ||||
| > | ning processes and tools which support data quality monitoring, data system governance and access, s | ||||
| > | haring data between partners, and streamlined federal reporting. This position requires strong progr | ||||
| > | amming (SQL, R, and/or Python) and/or informatics knowledge to support data analysis, database desig | ||||
| > | n, and data quality assurance and quality improvement projects. The position will interact and colla | ||||
| > | borate with several multidisciplinary CDPH teams as well as other internal and external partners as | ||||
| > | they contribute to the CDPH mission of prevention and control of communicable diseases. | ||||
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| 31 | Department: | ||||
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| 33 | UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) is dedicated to improving health and reducing the | ||||
| > | burden of disease in the world’s most vulnerable populations. It integrates UCSF expertise in all of | ||||
| > | the health, social, and biological sciences, and focuses that expertise on pressing issues in globa | ||||
| > | l health. IGHS works with partners in countries throughout the world to achieve these aims. IGHS see | ||||
| > | ks to improve health worldwide, especially in developing countries, through research that informs po | ||||
| > | licy. | ||||
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| 35 | IGHS is committed to ensuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment as we work toward | ||||
| > | s becoming an anti-racist organization. We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. P | ||||
| > | lease see our statement on anti-racism here: https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/about-us/diversit | ||||
| > | y-equity-and-inclusion/statement-structural-racism. | ||||
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| 37 | The CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Di | ||||
| > | seases (ELC) cooperative agreement provides funding to CDPH to improve detection, prevention, and re | ||||
| > | sponse to the growing threats posed by infectious diseases through enhanced surveillance, prevention | ||||
| > | , intervention, communications, coordination, and partnerships. Staff hired through ELC contribute t | ||||
| > | o infectious disease work across the Center for Infectious Disease (CID) in CDPH. This specific posi | ||||
| > | tion will join staff in the Informatics Branch of the Division of Communicable Disease Control. The | ||||
| > | scope of the Informatics Branch’s work includes managing, analyzing, and reporting on data from many | ||||
| > | systems including laboratory testing, cases, vaccinations, genetic testing, hospitalizations, and m | ||||
| > | ore. | ||||