NCDHHS Technical Specialist - Senior - High

NCDHHS Technical Specialist - Senior - High

Cooper Building 225 N. McDowell, Raleigh, NC 27699

Number of Openings: 1

Maximum submission by vendor: 1

No new submissions after 5/20/2020

Either webcam interview or in-person

Pay Rate: $60/hr on w2 all inclusive or $68/hr on c2c all inclusive

COVID-19 ELR Coordinator

The Covid-19 ELR coordinator will guide laboratories, work closely with IT staff, lab managers, and hospital administrators to explain and facilitate the project, and has primary responsibility for mapping, testing, and validating COVID-19 lab data submitted by participating labs to NC DPH. Responsible for updating the ELR solution as additional testing capabilities become available and new, sometimes non-traditional labs conduct testing for COVID-19. Responsible to ensure that lab data is accurately reflected in North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NC EDDS).

The ideal applicant will have work experience and familiarity with the following:

• Extensive experience with laboratory data and EDI transaction processing, including LOINC and SNOMED-CT coding of lab data Required 3 years
• Demonstrated expertise with HL7 and XML Required 3 years
• Demonstrated experience with Rhapsody Data exchange interface engine Required 3 years
• Demonstrated project management and team leadership skills; Required 5 years
• Full project life cycle experience, including software development, end-user training, and ability to identify, read, track and troubleshoot system error message; Required 5 years
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with a variety of project team members in various locations and with varying degrees of technical and non-technical expertise and vocabulary. Required 5 years
• Experience working with ELR messaging and communicable disease reporting at a local, state or federal level: Highly desired 4 years

Educational qualifications for this position are less important than extensive work experience in highly relevant and related fields. Experience leveraging relational databases and wide-ranging expertise in a variety of programming languages is a must. This job is highly specialized to meet the ongoing ELR coordination needs for NC.