Public Health Informatics Associate

Guidehouse; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 53,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an Associate Public Health Informaticist to support public health data exchange, interoperability, surveillance modernization, and informatics initiatives within our Health AI/Data practice.

This role helps design, implement, test, document, and operate public health information systems and data workflows in collaboration with epidemiologists and technical teams to improve information flow across healthcare and public health ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Informatics, Information Systems, Health Information Management, Computer Science, or related field.
• One or more years of experience supporting public health informatics, health IT, interoperability, healthcare technology, or surveillance systems.
• Familiarity with HL7, CDA, FHIR, LOINC, SNOMED CT, or ICD.
• Experience supporting requirements gathering, process mapping, testing, or technical documentation activities.

Responsibilities

• Support public health informatics activities related to data exchange, surveillance, interoperability, and public health system modernization.
• Assist with requirements gathering, workflow documentation, business process analysis, and data flow mapping.
• Support implementation and testing of HL7, ELR, eCR, and related public health data exchange processes.
• Assist with validation, troubleshooting, and monitoring of health data exchange workflows and message processing activities.
• Support development and maintenance of implementation guides, mappings, interface specifications, and technical documentation.
• Assist in analyzing healthcare and public health data flows to identify opportunities for improved interoperability and automation.
• Participate in system testing, user acceptance testing, onboarding activities, and issue resolution efforts.
• Support data standards implementation and documentation efforts.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, informaticists, developers, and public health stakeholders to improve data quality and reporting processes.
• Support training, technical assistance, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Role is contingent upon contract award

Skills

HL7

FHIR

Public health informatics

Data standards

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health/Health Informatics/IS/Health Information Management/CS

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an Associate Public Health Informaticist to support public health data exchange, interoperability, surveillance modernization, and informatics initiatives within our Health AI/Data practice.

This role helps design, implement, test, document, and operate public health information systems and data workflows in collaboration with epidemiologists and technical teams to improve information flow across healthcare and public health ecosystems.