HL7 FHIR Developer /FHIR Interoperability Specialist

Role Description

HL7 FHIR Developer / FHIR Interoperability Specialist

Mode of Work: Remote Work

Key Job Responsibilities

• Interface Implementation:
  • Assist with the design, testing, and implementing of electronic interfaces aligned with HL7 FHIR standards and TDH public health program requirements.
  • Apply informatics principles to ensure data transport and interoperability using HL7 FHIR standards.
  • Support HL7 FHIR interoperability projects, including HL7 Helios FHIR Accelerator focus areas.
• Technical Support and Documentation:
  • Provide HL7 FHIR subject matter technical expertise consultation and hands-on technical guidance for interoperability projects, assisting with design and data flow of public health interfaces.
  • Develop and maintain documentation for FHIR interface workflows, quality assurance processes, and troubleshooting guides.
  • Actively participate and provide technical expertise and recommendations during TDH interoperability-related meetings, including facilitating interoperability and implementation discussions.
• Strategy and Planning:
  • Lead strategic planning work to assess agency-level FHIR readiness including building capacity to adopt public health FHIR solutions.
  • Assist with TDH EDI Interoperability Governance, Infrastructure, and Architecture enhancement activities.
• Interoperability Standards:
  • Maintain understanding of current and emerging public health interoperability standards and help TDH understand implications of current and future usage.
  • Participate in public health standards development activities, specifically those public health standards and specifications determined important to helping meet the needs of TDH program implementation requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in public health informatics, epidemiology, computer science, computer information science, or related information technology field with 5 years of relevant HL7 FHIR experience.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • PhD or Master's degree in public health informatics, epidemiology, computer science, computer information science, or related information technology field with 2 years of relevant HL7 FHIR experience.
  • FHIR implementation experience and FHIR interface work with public health or clinical information systems.
  • Familiarity with HL7 FHIR implementation guides.
  • Familiarity with electronic data interchange (EDI) engines such as Rhapsody.
  • Experience providing technical training on FHIR interoperability standards.
  • Experience aligning technical workflows and data initiatives with state and federal public health priorities and FHIR interoperability standards.

Requirements

• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills and attention to detail are required.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, both independently and as an effective member of a cross-agency team.
• Ability to work under strict deadlines and time constraints, and to establish and manage competing priorities.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to critically analyze and solve systems-level problems.
• Strong oral and written communication skills to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

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