Senior Health Informaticist

Job Description

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.  We work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in the office.

 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities. 

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JOB SUMMARY

 

Provides public health interoperability expertise to the Salt Lake County Health Department to guide the development of informatics initiatives and solutions. Examines data needs within and across various programs and identifies opportunities for integration and improved efficiency. Leads, plans, develops and oversees implementation and maintenance of informatics infrastructure to support confidentiality, integration and interoperability of various public health information systems and data partners.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Public Health, Science, Epidemiology, Public Policy or Health Policy,  Health Services Research, Health Information Sciences, Computer Science, Business, or closely related field and six (6) years of professional experience in a comprehensive health program with health informatics or information technology, responsibilities that include conducting and/or supporting informatics projects including scientific investigations information architecture management, and implementing data and information standards.

 

This position may require additional certifications and trainings depending on program need.

 

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

 

It is mandatory that all new hires receive the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis) vaccine before beginning employment or provide a copy of their immunization record prior to starting employment. The immunization record must show the vaccine name and date received.

 

Upon hire, a two-step Tuberculosis skin test will be required. The first will need to be placed prior to starting employment.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Leads strategic efforts to implement and maintain a varied range of informatics products and standards of health information technology products, projects, and/or architecture, that support the mission and goals of the agency.
• Supervises staff, which includes hiring, orienting, training, assigning, and rev