Informatics Specialist

Department Summary

The California Department of Public Health Center for Infectious Diseases Informatics Branch (IB) is recruiting for a Informatics Specialist II 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 the following:

• Learning and applying professional public health informatics concepts to projects of intermediate scope and complexity.

• Participating in project teams to develop innovative informatics and public health data collection, management, and analysis systems, and implement strategies for improving existing public health surveillance data systems and infrastructure.

• Conducting data analysis, data quality assurance, and quality improvement projects.

• Contributing to the development and maintenance of monitoring systems and processes.

• Developing protocols and guidelines and providing information and technical assistance to support local health jurisdiction, community-based organization, clinical, and other program partners in their application. .

Collaborate with epidemiologists, informaticists, and data analysts. Additionally, this position requires programming (R, SQL, and/or Python) and/or informatics knowledge to support data analysis and data quality assurance 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.

Department Summary

The Informatics Specialist hired will 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 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 more.

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 global health. IGHS works with partners in countries throughout the world to achieve these aims. IGHS seeks to improve health worldwide, especially in developing countries, through research that informs policy.

IGHS is committed to ensuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment as we work towards becoming an anti-racist 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/statementhttps://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/statement-structural-racismstructural-racism.

Required: - Bachelor's degree in public health, health care information technology, computer science, or related area, and / or equivalent combination of experience / training. - Minimum 1+ years of directly relevant experience. - Intermediate skills in data analysis, database management and systems programming, including SQL, Python, and/or R. - Working knowledge of all relevant clinical or public health informatics software and systems, and of the concepts, principles, policies, methodologies, techniques, best practices, regulations, and standards practices involved with health systems, health analytics, public health surveillance or electronic medical data management. - Broadly encompassing or in-depth knowledge of clinical, health systems, health analytics, or public health informatics. - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions, collect and analyze system performance data, and produce substantive reports and analyses. - Detail oriented, with demonstrated organizational skills and the ability to manage time efficiently, prioritize tasks, complete projects, and consistently meet or exceed deadlines. - Demonstrated interpersonal and customer-service skills to work productively with all levels of stakeholders. - Ability to work with senior staff and managers in information technology, health care management, and business analytics, serving as a technical resource and providing advice and counsel on issues of functionality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, policy, and performance. - Demonstrated problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly diagnose problems and develop multiple options for effective and timely resolution of issues and problems. - Strong ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing. - Ability to run queries, and to collect, analyze, and interpret relevant data. Preferred: - Master’s degree in public health, health care information technology, computer science, or related area, and / or equivalent combination of experience / training. - Working knowledge of departmental systems and protocols for documentation and reporting. - Public health domain knowledge. - Strong ability to think creatively to recommend action steps or strategize solutions relative to public health surveillance, epidemiology, or informatics. - Demonstrated proficiency relating to logical data design, data warehouse design, data integration, and data modeling.