Public Health Informatics Specialist Ill

Location: City of Albany

## Public Health Informatics Specialist Ill Apply:
Albany, NY:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR-0002340

Applications to be submitted by October 20, 2026
** Compensation Grade:
** P23
* * Compensation Details:
** Minimum: $90,320.00 - Maximum: $90,320.00 Annually
* Positions with a designated work location in New York City, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, or Westchester Counties will receive a $4,000 annual downstate adjustment (pro-rated for part-time positions).
*** Department**(OPH) CCH - Center for Community Health
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* Job Description:

**** Responsibilities
* * The Bureau of Surveillance and Data Systems (BSDS) is responsible for the management and oversight of several New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) mission critical surveillance systems including the New York State Immunization Information System (NYSIIS) and Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS), Communicable Disease Electronic Surveillance System (CDESS), the Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System (ESSS), and the Outbreak Management Solution (OMS).

BSDS has oversight of the design, development, implementation, maintenance, enhancement, and training related to the mentioned systems, and all aspects of electronic surveillance data for over 60 reportable communicable diseases and emergency communicable disease events to ensure statewide compliance with reporting and tracking for reportable and emerging disease threats. In addition to supporting these systems, the bureau conducts analysis of data from these systems including merging with other applicable systems.

The Public Health Informatics Specialist Ill will coordinate and support two functions: (1) Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS) help desk and, (2) onboarding electronic Case Reporting (eCR) providers and data. ECLRS technical assistance includes responding to technical questions from physicians, health care facilities, and laboratories reporting to ECLRS. The incumbent will serve as a technical resource for the Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS) and electronic Case Reporting (eCR) initiatives, ensuring the quality, integrity, and usability of surveillance data received from healthcare providers, laboratories, and other reporting entities statewide.

The incumbent will evaluate data quality and reporting issues, analyze complex HL7 message transactions and reporting workflows, develop and maintain technical documentation and standard operating procedures, and provide technical guidance to internal and external partners regarding electronic disease reporting requirements. As new providers are onboarded, the incumbent will ensure that they meet the minimum data quality standards and work with providers.

The incumbent will be responsible for authoring and re-authoring eCR conditions within the Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) system. As new eCR tools are developed, the incumbent will support developing requirements, test and validate those tools.  
** Minimum Qualifications
** Bachelor’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Science, Public Health or a related field and three years of data analysis experience; OR an Associate’s degree in a related field and five years’ data analysis experience; OR seven years of such experience. A Master’s degree in a related field may substitute for one year of experience  
** Preferred Qualifications
** Master's degree in Public Health or related field and at least five years of experience in public health surveillance, business analysis, creating workflow charts/diagrams, mapping data to HL7 messages, messaging standards (XML, X12, FIHR), data quality standards, user acceptance testing and informatics of public…