Clinical Informatics Supervisor

About the Role

The California Department of Public Health Center for Public Health Reporting Information Exchange (PRIME) Branch is recruiting for an Informatics Supervisor 2 to join a team developing innovative solutions to strengthen CDPH’s public health data ecosystem. The incumbent will lead the design and implementation of disease prevention and control activities related to electronic laboratory reporting of reportable communicable diseases.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced professional public health informatics concepts and extensive knowledge of industry practices to projects of all levels of scope and complexity.
• Lead project teams in developing innovative informatics and public health data collection, monitoring, management, and analysis systems.
• Identify and implement strategies for integrating multiple data systems and improving existing public health surveillance data systems and infrastructure.
• Conduct data quality assurance and quality improvement projects.
• Develop protocols and guidelines and provide information and technical assistance to support local health jurisdictions and other CDPH program partners in data modernization, particularly as it relates to electronic laboratory reporting.
• Act as a technical lead to data analysts, data specialists, contract staff, and epidemiologists.
• Coordinate laboratory data collection, data exchange, reporting and analytics, quality assurance/quality control processes, and identification and resolution of reporting results.
• Interact and collaborate with several multidisciplinary CDPH teams as well as other internal and external partners on communicable disease projects.
• Supervise contract staff responsible for ensuring that laboratory data submitters are reporting timely and complete data to public health.

Department Overview

The Clinical Informatics Supervisor will contribute to infectious and non-infectious disease work within the Public Health Reporting Information Exchange Branch (PRIME) and collaborate with programs across the Center for Infectious Disease (CID) in CDPH. This position will join staff in the PRIME Branch of the Division of Communicable Disease Control, focusing on managing and analyzing electronic laboratory data, ensuring data completeness and quality, and advancing public health surveillance data systems, particularly for electronic laboratory reporting.

The UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) is dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden of disease in vulnerable populations worldwide. IGHS integrates expertise in health, social, and biological sciences to address pressing global health issues and works with partners globally to achieve these aims.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public health, health care information technology, computer science, or related area, and/or equivalent experience/training.
• 3 years of lead/supervisory experience.
• 5+ years of experience in electronic laboratory reporting.
• 5+ years of experience with Health Level Seven International (HL7) V2.x interoperability standards.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively supervise, coordinate, and prioritize the activities of subordinate staff and manage complex workflows in clinical informatics.
• Strong knowledge of clinical informatics analytics, controlled terminology, clinical workflows, user interface optimization, clinical decision support, data integration and mining, clinical ontologies, and technology adoption.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems and develop effective solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior management on operational and policy issues, including preparing and presenting proposals and reports.
• Advanced interpersonal skills and persuasiveness, with the ability to collaborate with clinical, technical, and business personnel.
• Strong knowledge of human resources management policies, including monitoring, evaluating, and documenting personnel performance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information clearly.

Qualifications

Preferred: Master’s or doctoral degree in computer science, informatics, public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, or related field, and/or equivalent experience/training.