Associate Consultant - Informatics Analyst

NYSTEC is a nonprofit technology consulting company, advising agencies, organizations, institutions, and businesses since 1996. We're independent and vendor-neutral, so we have our clients' best interests at heart. At NYSTEC, we know that we succeed when individuals and teams flourish personally and professionally, so our benefits and perks support that mindset.

As an associate consultant in the Quality Management and Improvement Services practice, you will collaborate with team members to conceptualize, deliver, and support our clients through today's ever-changing healthcare landscape. NYSTEC is considered a trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise and connecting the dots for our clients.

Serving as an informatics analyst, your day-to-day role as a NYSTEC consultant will include acting as the primary liaison to facilitate technical onboarding and electronic health record (EHR) data exchange between healthcare providers and a public health registry. You will perform operations support, communication and outreach, data remediation, and review activities to ensure data conformance and compliance.

• Respond to phone and email inquiries concerning registry-specific registration and testing requirements.
• Fulfill onboarding status update requests for healthcare providers and program staff.
• Develop registry-specific guidance and educational materials.
• Perform ongoing tracking and surveillance of production interfaces.
• Contribute to the design and testing of systems that support the registry or general promoting interoperability (PI) activities.
• Run standard and ad hoc queries on onboarding data to support compliance and audit considerations.
• Track communications with providers and hospitals and prepare and distribute registry reports to inform the program.
• Conduct quality assurance activities to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the electronic exchange of health information from healthcare providers.
• Design, develop, and implement measures to track and analyze the quality of data submitted to the registry.
• Contribute to efforts to standardize onboarding processes across public health registries.
• Contribute to communication outreach planning.
• Create and maintain documentation to help internal and external stakeholders understand the registry onboarding process, ensure standards are met and that all transmissions are tested appropriately.

• Knowledge of healthcare data standards and exchange protocols, such as Health Level 7 (HL7).
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with peers and senior staff.
• Effective written documentation, communication, and analytical skills to ensure high quality deliverables.
• Excellent computer skills, including experience with the Microsoft suite of products, including Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, and SharePoint.

• Minimum of one year in public health or working with healthcare data standards and exchange protocols.
• Understanding of the system development life cycle (SDLC).
• Familiarity with any of the following:
• Immunization CVT/CPX and National Drug Code (NDC) codes.
• Statistical Analysis System (SAS).
• Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Clinical Document Architecture (CDA).
• Standard medical coding system (ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-O-3, LOINC, CPT-4, SNOMED).

• A bachelor's degree and one year of related experience.
• An equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered.

The target base salary for this position is $60,000 - $74,000 per year. When determining compensation, we analyze and carefully consider several factors, including skill set, experience, location, and job-related qualifications.

It is NYSTEC's policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, military service and veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws and ordinances. NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact recruitment@nystec.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for or to perform this job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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