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*NOTE: Remote but this position may require some in-state and possible out-of-state travel.
*NOTE: Remote but this position may require some in-state and possible out-of-state travel.
*NOTE: Remote but this position may require some in-state and possible out-of-state travel.
Key Job Responsibilities
Interface Implementation:
- Assist with the design, testing, and implementing of electronic interfaces aligned with HL7 FHIR standards and public health program requirements
- Apply informatics principles to ensure data transport and interoperability using HL7 FHIR standards
- Support HL7 FHIR interoperability projects, including HL7 Helios FHIR Accelerator focus areas
Technical Support and Documentation:
- Provide HL7 FHIR subject matter technical expertise consultation and hands-on technical guidance for interoperability projects, assisting with design and data flow of public health interfaces
- Develop and maintain documentation for FHIR interface workflows, quality assurance processes, and troubleshooting guides
- Actively participate and provide technical expertise and recommendations during interoperability-related meetings, including facilitating interoperability and implementation discussions
Strategy and Planning:
- Lead strategic planning work to assess agency-level FHIR readiness including building capacity to adopt public health FHIR solutions
- Assist with EDI Interoperability Governance, Infrastructure, and Architecture enhancement activities
Interoperability Standards:
- Maintain understanding of current and emerging public health interoperability standards and help understand implications of current and future usage
- Participate in public health standards development activities, specifically those public health standards and specifications determined important to helping meet the needs of TDH program implementation requirements
Education and Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor s degree in public health informatics, epidemiology, computer science, computer information science, or related information technology field with 5 years of relevant HL7 FHIR experience
Preferred Qualifications:
PhD or Master s degree in public health informatics, epidemiology, computer science, computer information science, or related information technology field with 2 years of relevant HL7 FHIR experience
- FHIR implementation experience and FHIR interface work with public health or clinical information systems
- Familiarity with HL7 FHIR implementation guides
- Familiarity with electronic data interchange (EDI) EDI engines such as Rhapsody
- Experience providing technical training on FHIR interoperability standards
Experience aligning technical workflows and data initiatives with state and federal public health priorities and FHIR interoperability standards
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills and attention to detail required
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, both independently and as an effective member of a cross-agency team
- Ability to work under strict deadlines and time constraints, and to establish and manage competing priorities
- Detail-oriented, with the ability to critically analyze and solve systems-level problems
- Strong oral and written communication skills to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders