Epidemiologist II; Healthcare Services Data Analyst

Summary

Internal Applicants Only. This position is open only to current employees of King County. Public Health - Seattle & King County is seeking an Epidemiologist II (Healthcare Services Data Analyst) with experience analyzing, visualizing, and interpreting large healthcare services data sets and other data of public health importance. The role will include developing and validating new analytic concepts, building and maintaining interactive data visualizations, automating routine data analysis, quality assurance, and visualization tasks for improved quality and efficiency, and providing custom data request services to internal and external partners.

Additional work may include building and maintaining firearms‑violence related analytical project tasks, exploring newly acquired data sets, and expanding quality assurance practices for healthcare services and other data pipelines. This position reports to a Senior Epidemiologist in the APDE Section of the Health Sciences Division.

Public Health‑Seattle King County (PHSKC) is the metropolitan health department serving all of King County. The mission is to eliminate health inequities and maximize opportunities for every person to achieve optimal health. The position is primarily based in the Health Sciences Division, within the Assessment, Policy Development, and Evaluation (APDE) section, a nationally recognized leader in community health assessment.

King County is committed to equity, social justice, and anti‑racism. The department works to promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all, and has declared racism a public health crisis. King County welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

The normal work schedule is Monday‑Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with occasional evening or weekend meetings. The role is overtime eligible under FLSA. The APDE team works in a hybrid model with days in the office and telecommuting. Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite. The primary onsite location is the Chinook Building, 401 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.

• Prepare and conduct in‑depth analyses using large datasets to guide and support public health priorities (e.g., BRFSS, Healthy Youth Survey, Medicaid claims, Medicare claims, electronic health records, birth and death certificates, hospitalization, Census, criminal justice system data, housing provider data, firearms violence‑related data, public health program data).
• Identify key findings, interpret results, and develop or maintain data visualizations that highlight meaningful data to inform needs assessments and evaluations.
• Prepare information to clearly communicate findings, and develop presentations, reports, websites, and data visualizations for technical and non‑technical audiences and stakeholders.
• Develop conference abstracts and manuscript(s) for peer‑reviewed journals highlighting key findings from healthcare services data analyses.
• Develop, implement, and monitor automated and manual quality assurance procedures that assess the accuracy and completeness of analytic‑ready data sets, including healthcare services data.
• In collaboration with subject matter experts and other analysts, develop and validate new analytic concepts using healthcare services data.
• Serve as lead analyst on one or more data analysis projects at any given time.
• Provide guidance and technical assistance to internal and external analysts seeking to use healthcare services data and contribute to guidance documentation as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):

• Master's degree in public health, informatics, or a related field.
• Advanced knowledge of public health and healthcare services data gained through lived, professional, academic, or volunteer experience.
• Deep knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices; lived…