DEFINITION:Responsible for applying informatics principles and methods to ensure effective design, use and management of information systems for clinical care, disease surveillance and public health reporting.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: This professional class is the experienced level in this series, fully competent to perform a wide variety of professional level duties related to public health informatics.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED/EXECRCISED: • This is a professional level position that is under general supervision. • This position does not exercise supervision over assigned staff.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Designs, develops and deploys informatics tools and systems, including front-end, back- end and middle-ware to enable clinical care, surveillance and population-based studies of the health status of the public. • Develops and evaluates a decision support system for epidemiology, clinical care, laboratory, disease surveillance and disease reporting that integrates heterogeneous data sources. • Translates public health and clinical care systems requirements into applications prototypes; plan and design systems and applications architecture; writes, debugs, and maintains computer code using software engineering methodology combined with public health information network vocabularies for clinical care and public health information; determine output media/formats; design user interfaces. • Provides analytical, technical and problem resolution with clinical care and population health management technology as it relates to user accessibility, usability, workflow/processes, policies and procedures. • Maintains and enhances interoperability between clinical care, laboratory, disease surveillance, other health information systems, reporting and enforcement of adherence to workflows. • Promotes the use of informatics to public health and clinical professionals, leadership, and any other designated individuals. • Monitors the “Meaningful Use” criteria to ensure District electronic health records (EHR) systems to meet all designated standards and understand its implications for public health. • Establishes appropriate data security provisions and protocols to enable access to and maintenance of public health data and personal health information. Writes professional documentation of work performed for both internal and external consumption including technical presentations, peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed publications. • Provides support for effective clinical care and public health decisions by producing timely, meaningful and actionable information. • Maintains records and files and prepares periodic and special reports. • Enhances professional skills by maintaining awareness of clinical care and public health practices, information systems technology and informatics industry trends and standards. • Contributes to the overall quality of the division's service provision by developing and coordinating work teams and by reviewing, recommending and implementing improved policies and procedures. • Promotes and supports the overall mission of SNHD by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with customers and staff; acts in a manner that promotes a harmonious and effective workplace environment.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Required Knowledge: • Principles and practices of clinical care, epidemiology and public health research and practice. • Principles and practice of public health and clinical informatics and standards. • Strategies for achieving effective data acquisition, management, quality, storage, use, and application to address clinical care and population health needs • Computer applications related to duties performed. • Data communications security and privacy techniques; legal and ethical issues regarding confidentiality and use of individually identifiable public health and medical record data. • Pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations. • Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation. • Principles and practices to serving as an effective project team member. • Techniques for working with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Required Skills: • Evaluating information against a set of health information vocabularies and data standards for integrity and comparability. • Interpreting and analyzing medical, health and other data obtained from a variety of sources. • Producing timely and accurate data for disease surveillance and supporting data- driven decision making for public health needs. • Planning, designing and developing information systems that meet the needs of clinical care, and public health practice and research. • Developing instruments and methodologies for an integrated public health surveillance system such as aberration detection algorithms, data mining programs, and for matching and duplication of individual records when integrating different databases. • Applying knowledge of database design and management for the needs of clinical care and public health practice and research. Designing and conducting quantitative research studies; collect, interpret and publish findings. • Interpreting, explaining and applying requirements, rules and regulations related to governmental purchasing • Using initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines. • Preparing clear and concise reports, correspondence and other written materials. • Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives and activities. • Working collaboratively with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in health informatics, computer science, public health, data science or a related field AND two (2) years of professional health informatics and analysis experience; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Required Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation. • Incident Command System training, ICS 100, ICS 200 and NIMS within six (6) months of date of hire.

To this end, the health district offers services and provides regulatory supervision that impact thepublic every day – from the food they eat and the water they drink, to the public establishmentsthey visit, the businesses they operate and the requirements they must meet in order to work incertain industries such as food service and child care.

History: The Southern Nevada Health District was created in 1962, following statutory authorizationfrom the Nevada State Legislature to combine the county health department and the healthdepartments of several surrounding cities. Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) Chapter439 the Health District’s powers and jurisdictions are as follows: Prevent and control nuisances; Regulate sanitation and sanitary practices in the interests of the public health; Provide for the sanitary protection of water and food supplies; Protect and promote the public health generally in the geographical area subject to the jurisdictionof the health district; and Improve the quality of health care services for members of minority groups and medicallyunderserved populations.

At the time of its creation, the Health District had approximately 30 employees, including foursanitarians who inspected 800 eating and drinking establishments. The Health District currentlyemploys approximately 800 staff members working in its five divisions and the Southern NevadaCommunity Health Center.

Today, the Southern Nevada Health District is one of the largest local public health organizations inthe United States. The Health District serves more than 2.3 million residents, which represents 73percent of Nevada’s total population. Additionally, the Health District is charged with safeguardingthe public health of more than 38 million visitors to Las Vegas each year.