REQ-65432
Close date: 6/15/2021
Salary: $5106 to $7847 per month
Location: Portland, OR
This is a full-time, limited duration management service position which is not represented by a union. Current Oregon Health Authority employees may have an additional option as a job rotation.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) section in Portland, OR is recruiting for an Injury Prevention Informatics Coordinator to contribute to injury morbidity surveillance initiatives within the Acute & Communicable Disease Prevention section.
Most of this work may be conducted remotely at an alternate worksite with full access to the needed operating systems and technology. However, there are times that the work will need to be conducted at the central work location listed in this announcement, the Portland State Office Building located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232. Work location can be changed at any time at the discretion of the hiring manager.
What will you do?
As the Injury Prevention Informatics Coordinator, you will manage data from multiple data sets, develop data quality assessments, and create platforms for data exchange among state, federal, and local partners. You will collaborate with real-time surveillance teams in the Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) and Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) sections and contribute to a data advisory groups to evaluate and improve real-time surveillance efforts for non-infectious conditions.
As the Injury Prevention Informatics Coordinator, you will work closely with the ACDP ESSENCE data quality analyst and epidemiologists and Injury and Violence Prevention section analysts and provide leadership and coordination to the technical staff within IVP. This position must be able to work in a complex arena with national, state and local professionals in public health, epidemiology, evaluation, and informatics.
What's in it for you?
The public health division is a team of passionate individuals working to promote health across the lifespan of individuals, families, and communities. We value and support unique perspectives using a trauma-informed approach and aim to reflect these values in our hiring practices, professional development and workplace. We are committed to racial equity as a driving factor to improve health outcomes for all communities that experience inequities.
We offer full medical, vision and dental benefits with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and 10 paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. If you a professional in public health with experience in informatics and injury prevention, apply today.
What are we looking for?
Requested Skills
How to Apply
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Contact Information
Cyndi Phipps-Roman
503-569-0066
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The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a state agency dedicated to helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care. We are absolutely committed to ongoing innovation in the delivery of services, and to recruiting, developing and retaining dedicated employees.
OHA includes most of the state's health care programs, including Public Health, Health Policy and Analytics, Health Systems Division, and Oregon State Hospital. Incorporating the state's health care programs within one agency gives the state greater purchasing and marketing power to begin tackling the issues of cost, quality, and access to care.