Electronic Case Reporting Coordinator (Operations and Policy Analyst 3) - (Hybrid)

$5,747 - $8,831/Yr

State of Oregon - Portland, OR

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Portland, OR

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) section, located in Portland, Oregon, has a career opportunity for an Electronic Case Reporting Coordinator. This role involves providing guidance on the administrative, policy, and programmatic aspects of agency operations related to the electronic reporting of public health data. This is a full-time, permanent, classified position and is represented by a union, SEIU Human Services. As the Electronic Case Reporting Coordinator, you will be responsible for developing long-term plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for electronic data interchange. You will evaluate the effectiveness of this exchange within the Public Health Division and with local, state, and federal agencies. This position entails assessing and improving electronic reporting systems, which includes overseeing the receipt, storage, and processing of electronic health data, as well as ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, policies, rules, and procedures. The work performed in this role will significantly impact the timeliness, accuracy, and overall quality of data reported for public health responses. Additionally, you will coordinate all aspects of electronic reporting for reportable conditions within the ACDP. This includes overseeing onboarding and ongoing data quality assurance for electronic case reports (ECR). You will be responsible for maintaining up-to-date policies and procedures, implementing a robust data quality strategy, and ensuring that timely and accurate data are provided to the appropriate disease surveillance systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for electronic data interchange.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of electronic data exchange within the Public Health Division and with local, state, and federal agencies.
• Assess and improve electronic reporting systems, overseeing the receipt, storage, and processing of electronic health data.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, policies, rules, and procedures.
• Coordinate all aspects of electronic reporting for reportable conditions within the ACDP.
• Oversee onboarding and ongoing data quality assurance for electronic case reports (ECR).
• Maintain up-to-date policies and procedures and implement a robust data quality strategy.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Public Administration, Business, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.
• A combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years of experience that supports the knowledge and skills for the requirements of this position.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in public health data, public health informatics, data systems design, and database management.
• Experience in preparing and presenting highly complex technical material and issues to audiences without specialized knowledge.
• Experience with Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems.
• Experience with Public Health Informatics principles and methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with software applications including: Data storage solutions, platforms, and applications (for example, FileMaker, REDCap, SQL, Azure), Analytical, visualization, and reporting tools (including SAS, Tableau, Power BI, R/R Studio), Integration engines and processes (such as Rhapsody and Mirth), Programming languages (including JavaScript, Python, C#, SQL), Data exchange methods and concepts (such as Direct Secure Messaging, FTP, VPN, REST, API, SOAP).
• Experience with public health data formatting and coding standards including: HL7 versions 2,3 (C-CDA), and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC), Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM).
• Experience creating, promoting, welcoming, and maintaining a culturally competent and diverse work environment.

Benefits

• Exceptional medical, vision and dental benefit packages for you and your qualified family members, with very low monthly out-of-pocket costs.
• 11 paid holidays each year.
• 3 additional paid personal business days each year.
• 8 hours of paid sick leave accrued each month.
• Progressive vacation leave accrual with increases every 5 years.
• Pension and Retirement plans.
• Student Loan Forgiveness; Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) opportunity.
• Optional benefits include short-term disability, long-term disability, deferred compensation savings program, and flexible spending accounts for health care and childcare expenses.