ISDS would like to share a recently released employment opportunity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Please find all details below.
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Position Title: Health Scientist (Informatics)
Department: Department of Health and Human Service
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Service: Excepted Service Position, Title 42
Duty Location: Los Angeles, CA (1 vacancy)
Duration: 2-Year Term Position
Salary Range: $85,000 - $101,035
INTRODUCTION
This position is a
scientific position, with an emphasis on public health informatics. This is a standard position and can be
located in various Centers/Institutes/Offices throughout CDC/ATSDR. The primary purpose of the position is to
develop scientific policies for public health informatics and to perform a
variety of activities and analyses related to health care informatics.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Develops and implements scientific
policies and procedures on informatics practices and principles. Provides leadership in designing,
coordinating, and maintaining information technology (IT) project goals,
objectives, and priorities within a CIO and/or CDC/ATSDR and in the general
public health community. Serves as a
nationally and internationally recognized expert, providing scientific advice
and consultation on solutions to critical problems that require outstanding
creativeness in generating new hypotheses, approaches, and standards to be used
within the applicable CIO, across CDC/ATSDR and in some instances to be used
internationally. Develops and
coordinates the sharing of health related informational materials so that
scientific advice and assistance is shared. Develops strategies to meet short
and long-range goals for the applicable program and assures that strategies
reflect most promising directions in research, preventive, and clinical
approaches as it relates to public health informatics. Applies new methods, approaches, and
technology to new and unusual situations and these methods have broad
applications in the field. Collaborates
and provides expert scientific advice to a variety of nation-wide and
international organizations to synthesize, develop and implement informatics
policies and directions for future development.
Collaborates with and provides expert advice to all organizational
levels with the agency, as well as with various state health agencies, and
partner organizations. 50%
Provides leadership in the
development, testing, implementation and evaluation of scientific information
technology and information systems needs and applicable software systems
relating to public health informatics within the area of responsibility. Explores alternatives, suggestions and
approaches from internal and external partners, focusing on data
acquisition/multi-jurisdictional databases, communication directories, and
standardization codes. Plans and
develops strategies for new models of health information interchange and
automation in medicine and public health.
Responsible for evaluating and developing approaches for strengthening
the standardization and utility of national health information systems, their
products, policies and processes, with special emphasis on electronic data
interchange and electronic media.
Promotes the development, use and dissemination of information and
information technology in regards to health data systems, with an emphasis on
public health applications. 50%
Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Specialized experience is
experience which is directly related to the position which has equipped the
applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to
successfully perform the duties of the position to include: (1) provide scientific advice, consultation
and leadership in designing, coordinating and maintaining public health
informatics project; (2) conduct evaluations and analyses for the purposes of
developing recommendations to leadership on issues related to public health
informatics; (3) design, oversee, implement, and conduct scientific
surveys/studies or projects to identify and solve health system related
problems; and (4) manage projects through administrative, planning, and
budgetary activities.
Your qualifications will be
evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other
characteristics):
- Knowledge of public health theories, principles, concepts.
- Ability to provide scientific advice, consultation and leadership
in designing, coordinating and maintaining public health informatics, more
specifically Health IT related project goals, objectives and priorities.
- Ability to communicate to various audiences and subject matter
experts on scientific and technical information.
- Skill in the application of administrative, planning, budgetary,
human resources management, contracting and related programs.
- Ability to design, oversee, implement, and conduct scientific
surveys/studies or projects to identify and solve health system related
problems.
- Ability to communicate in writing.
All interested applicants should email their resume to Tracie Strength:
With a subject line of: Health Scientist, LA County
Resumes will be accepted through March 12, 2013
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