Job Location: Tarrant, TX
Summary
The Public Health Data Exchange Analyst works across multiple internal divisions and program areas to provide support for interoperability and reporting needs. The Data Exchange Analyst transforms and synthesizes information from a variety of sources and formats to enable accurate and timely reporting and messaging.
Posting may close at any time.
RETENTION PAY ($$$) AVAILABLE FOR TARRANT COUNTY EMPLOYEES
Full-time employees: May be eligible to earn up to 3 retention payments in 2022 totaling $4,900 ($1,000 on August 5th and September 16th, and $2,900 on December 9th.)
Note: Employees must be employed on each payment date to be eligible.
BENEFITS
Tarrant County employees enjoy superior health, retirement, and insurance benefits &
13 County Holidays
For more information, please click on the link below:
http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/human-resources/employee-benefits.html
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Receives and prepares data for exchange with public health and health care agencies.
- Conducts timely troubleshooting and error resolution to ensure data flow.
- Works closely with healthcare providers and local, state, and federal agencies to exchange public health data.
- Facilitates electronic case reporting (eCR) onboarding and data validation to improve timeliness, completeness, and quality of case reporting of reportable conditions.
- Ensures that Electronic Lab Report (ELR) and Electronic Case Report (eCR) messages are being received and meet local, state, and federal requirements for the purpose of case investigation and surveillance.
- Collaborates with Epidemiologists and case investigators to author reporting specifications in the Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) to ensure rules are set for which eCR documents are routed to TCPH.
- Monitors the Electronic Message Staging Area (EMSA) for the disease management system EpiTrax to ensure proper ingestion of electronic lab and case reports.
- Assists in identifying and implementing opportunities for data exchange and interoperability of public health data systems.
- Maintains high level of knowledge of current public health and population health informatics applications, trends, and changes in various health information technologies.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
NOTE: YOU MUST FILL OUT THE WORK HISTORY and EDUCATION SECTIONS OF APPLICATION TO SHOW YOU HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION AS REQUIRED BY HIRING DEPARTMENT OR BE DISQUALIFIED.
TO APPLY, must have a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Informatics, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a related field + Two (2) years of full-time experience in a public health, healthcare, or hospital setting.
OR
TO APPLY, must have a Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Informatics, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a related field. Master’s degree highly preferred.
Experience in a health-related field with knowledge of disease investigation protocols, interoperability, reporting procedures, and data exchange required.
Experience with XML and HL7 standards and development is required.
Knowledge of HIPAA and Promoting Interoperability requirements is required.
Knowledge of programs used for data processing and analysis (e.g. R, Python, SAS, etc.) is required.
If hired, must provide proof of educational attainment
at New Hire Processing or during the promotional process.
at New Hire Processing or during the promotional process.
Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudication in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.
Physical Demands and Work Environment & Other Requirements
While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to bend, carry, climb stairs, grasp/squeeze, use hand tools, hear, keyboard, kneel, lift below the waist, lift between waist and shoulder, lift overhead, lift to the side/twist, tolerate noise, pull, push, reach, reach overhead, perform repetitive tasks, see color, see far and near, sit, squat, stand, stoop, talk, use his/her hands, drive a vehicle, walk, work alone and with others, and work overtime.
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