Public Health Informaticist 2 PCN 165001

• Managing Human Resources: Plans distributes coordinates and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected utilized and developed and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work sets priorities and determines resource requirements; determines short or longterm goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Program Oversight: Plans coordinates and monitors programs to ensure that federal state and/or local government program requirements and plans are met providing professional consultation on the specialized services of the program or associated project(s).
• Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of the principles and methods to identify analyze specify design and manage functional and infrastructure requirements; including translating functional requirements into technical requirements used for logical design or presenting alternative technologies or approaches.
• Technical Expertise: Effectively applies technical knowledge to solve a range of problems; develops technical solutions to new or highly complex problems that cannot be solved using existing methods or approaches; is sought out as an expert to provide advice or solutions in the technical area.

A masters degree from an accredited college in public health health administration nursing epidemiology health sciences health education community health emergency medical services psychology the social sciences social work computer sciences biostatistics/statistics business management public administration operations management education the biological sciences the physical sciences or a closely related field.
AND EITHER
One year of specific experience providing circumscribed consultation and advisory services related to either less complex public healthrelated information management systems or segments of larger more complex systems. This experience is equivalent to a Public Health Informaticist 1 with the State of Alaska or its equivalent with another employer.
OR
Four years of any combination of experience administering or providing specialized health care or public health services programs and/or health care information management systems support that provides the appropriate level of knowledge of the principles practices techniques and theory of the relevant health specialty and/or operational area(s) associated with the position to be filled. Service as an Analyst/Programmer or Research Analyst or similar job class may qualify if the work performed was specifically related to the collection analysis and maintenance of data concerning conditions of public health importance such as incidence/prevalence of disease or injuries social risk factors behavioral risk factors environmental risk factors and/or demographic characteristics. The required work experience may also include graduate level work conducting/assisting in specialized scientific research studies related to public health.

OR

A bachelors degree from an accredited college in public health health administration nursing epidemiology health sciences health education community health emergency medical services psychology the social sciences social work computer sciences biostatistics/statistics business management public administration operations management education the biological sciences the physical sciences or a closely related field.
AND EITHER
Two years of specific experience providing circumscribed consultation and advisory services related to either less complex public healthrelated information management systems or segments of larger more complex systems. This experience is equivalent to a Public Health Informaticist 1 with the State of Alaska or its equivalent with another employer.
OR
Five years of any combination of experience administering or providing specialized health care or public health services programs and/or health care information management systems support that provides the appropriate level of knowledge of the principles practices techniques and theory of the relevant health specialty and/or operational area(s) associated with the position to be filled. Service as an Analyst/Programmer or Research Analyst or similar job class may qualify if the work performed was specifically related to the collection analysis and maintenance of data concerning conditions of public health importance such as incidence/prevalence of disease or injuries social risk factors behavioral risk factors environmental risk factors and/or demographic characteristics. The required work experience may also include graduate level work conducting/assisting in specialized scientific research studies related to public health.

Substitution:
A PhD from an accredited college in one of the required fields will substitute for up to four years of the required work experience.

Special Note:
Many positions may require expertise in a particular health specialty field. Recruitment and selection for these positions will be from among only those candidates who have the appropriate background and experience relevant to the specialty field defined in the predominant responsibilities of the position. The specialty areas include but are not exclusively limited to: maternal child adolescent and/or mens and womens health; birth defects; early childhood development and disabilities; emergency medical services and care; cardiopulmonary health; obesity and stroke prevention and mitigation; neurological development and disease; genetics and congenital diseases; audiology; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveillance prevention and control; tobacco alcohol and narcotics prevention and mitigation; health impact assessments; domestic violence and traumatic injury surveillance prevention and control; chronic disease and epidemiological surveillance and control; and related biostatistics.

Some positions require a security clearance. The essential functions of some positions may involve exposure to infectious disease and/or biohazards.

The social sciences include anthropology economics sociology history political science geography psychology and demography. The biological sciences include botany biology entomology ecology forestry and zoology. The physical sciences include chemistry physics astronomy geology and soil science.

At the time of the interview please provide the following:

1. Three 3 professional references and current contact numbers including one 1 current or former supervisor if not already provided in the application.
2. Copies of your two 2 most recent performance evaluations if available.
3. A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualification competencies if not already provided in the application.
4. A technical writing sample demonstrating proficiency in one of the three programming languages commonly used for data analysis (R SQL etc...