Consultant – Public Health Informatics

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Public health informatics consultant helping Leap Orbit modernize healthcare technology, data exchange, and interoperability. Assessing systems and delivering recommendations to public-sector health organizations.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct assessments of public health information systems, technology capabilities, workflows, interoperability, and supporting infrastructure
  • Gather and analyze information through document review, interviews, workshops, system demonstrations, data analysis, and other evaluation activities
  • Engage with public health leaders, program staff, informaticists, technology teams, vendors, HIEs, and other stakeholders
  • Analyze current-state capabilities and identify gaps, risks, and actionable recommendations
  • Evaluate technology architectures, interoperability approaches, standards, and implementation options
  • Apply knowledge of U.S. healthcare and public health interoperability standards to technology evaluations and modernization initiatives
  • Provide hands-on informatics expertise involving data, workflows, standards, interfaces, and information exchange
  • Develop reports, presentations, assessment findings, roadmaps, and other client deliverables
  • Present analysis and recommendations to client stakeholders and executive-level leaders
  • Support evaluation frameworks, methodologies, criteria, and measures
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary public health, informatics, technology, policy, and program-management professionals
  • Contribute to project planning, client meetings, research, analysis, and other consulting activities
  • Progressively take ownership of assessment activities, client interactions, analysis, and deliverables

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in public health, health informatics, biomedical informatics, information systems, computer science, health administration, or a related field
  • Professional experience in health informatics, public health informatics, health IT, interoperability, or a closely related field
  • Hands-on informatics experience involving health data, information systems, interoperability, workflows, data exchange, or standards
  • Experience contributing to assessments or evaluations of public health or healthcare technologies, systems, or information capabilities
  • Experience developing and presenting analysis, findings, or recommendations for client or organizational leaders
  • Working knowledge of U.S. national healthcare and public health technology and interoperability standards, including HL7 FHIR, HL7 v2, C-CDA, USCDI, terminology standards, or related national interoperability frameworks
  • Familiarity with the U.S. HIE ecosystem, including health information exchanges, health information networks, health data utilities, or similar data-intermediary organizations
  • Strong analytical, research, written communication, and presentation skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary consulting team
  • Preferred: hands-on public health informatics experience within or supporting a federal, state, tribal, local, or territorial public health organization
  • Preferred: experience with public health data exchange or systems supporting electronic case reporting, electronic laboratory reporting, immunization, syndromic surveillance, vital records, registries, or other public health programs
  • Preferred: experience working with HIEs, health data utilities, health information networks, or national interoperability initiatives
  • Preferred: consulting experience supporting government health agencies

Benefits:

  • Medical Insurance (including prescription drug coverage)
  • Health Savings Account
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • Basic Life Insurance
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Unlimited PTO/Paid Holidays
  • 100% Employer-paid benefits marked with an asterisk
  • Bonus potential
  • Mentorship and learning opportunities
  • Remote work options
  • Flexible work-life balance
  • Collaborative and inclusive work environment