Senior Healthcare Data Specialist

Role Summary / Overview :

This senior-level position is pivotal in the end-to-end design, development, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of robust healthcare data collection and processing systems. These systems are intended for and support critical observational studies, including population health, disease monitoring, clinical trials, and health surveillance. The Senior Healthcare Data Specialist will champion and oversee the entire lifecycle of these systems, from conception to ongoing maintenance, with a primary emphasis on ensuring data integrity, quality, and adherence to U.S. healthcare standards. The goal is to deliver solutions that are well-architected, scalable, maintainable, and meet stakeholder needs. This role requires operating during U.S. East Coast business hours.

Key Responsibilities :

• Project Leadership & Solution Delivery : Lead and manage the full lifecycle of healthcare data system implementation projects, ensuring their completion on-time, on-budget, and in accordance with stakeholder requirements.
• Solution Design & Implementation : Design, develop, implement, and maintain well-architected, scalable, and maintainable solutions to address intricate and complex healthcare data challenges.
• Data Modeling, Analysis & Management :

Conduct comprehensive data modeling, encompassing both relational and non-relational approaches.

Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues related to data systems to minimize disruptions, ensure data accuracy, and maintain system uptime.

Create, produce, and maintain comprehensive, clear, concise, and accurate technical and standard business documentation for all processes, procedures, system designs, and solutions to facilitate clarity, reproducibility, and effective knowledge transfer. This includes process flow diagrams, workflow diagrams, sequence diagrams, state flow diagrams, and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs).

Required Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Proficiency and expertise in data modeling (relational and non-relational) and applying various healthcare data models (e.g., HL7 FHIR, OMOP) to solve practical problems.

Proven ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems in healthcare data systems and integration.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of explaining complex technical healthcare data concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership and customers (including VP and Executive Director levels).

Familiarity with the U.S. healthcare system, including its data structures, standards, and key initiatives.

Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and master new, highly detailed, domain-specific knowledge (e.g., Quality Payment Program) and apply it to implementation projects, becoming a subject matter expert on regularly changing programs.

Preferred Qualifications :

Master's degree in Health Informatics or a related field.

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The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $84,600.00 - $211,600.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and / or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and / or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and / or other benefits.