Public Health Informatics Consultant — Remote

Leap Orbit LLC; Columbia (MD); Remote; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Health Savings Account

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Unlimited PTO/Paid Holidays

Employer-paid benefits

Job summary

Leap Orbit LLC seeks a Consultant – Public Health Informatics to support public health agencies, health information exchanges, and related organizations. You will assess information systems, analyze interoperability, and translate technical findings for diverse audiences.

The role blends informatics depth with consulting skills, tackling modernization efforts and client deliverables while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across public health programs and technology partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, health informatics, biomedical informatics, information systems, computer science, health administration, or a related field.
• Hands-on informatics experience involving health data, information systems, interoperability, workflows, data exchange, or standards.
• Experience developing and presenting analysis, findings, or recommendations for client or organizational leaders.
• Working knowledge of U.S. national healthcare and public health technology and interoperability standards, such as HL7 FHIR, HL7 v2, C-CDA, USCDI, terminology standards, or related national interoperability frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of public health information systems, technology capabilities, workflows, interoperability, and supporting infrastructure.
• Gather and analyze information through document review, interviews, workshops, system demonstrations, data analysis, and other evaluation activities.
• Engage with public health leaders, program staff, informaticists, technology teams, vendors, HIEs, and other stakeholders to understand current capabilities, needs, constraints, and priorities.
• Analyze current-state capabilities, identify gaps and risks, and contribute to actionable findings and recommendations.
• Evaluate technology architectures, interoperability approaches, standards, and implementation options.
• Apply knowledge of U.S. healthcare and public health interoperability standards to technology evaluations and modernization initiatives.
• Contribute hands-on informatics expertise to client engagements, including analysis of data, workflows, standards, interfaces, and information exchange.
• Develop clear reports, presentations, assessment findings, roadmaps, and other client deliverables.
• Present analysis and recommendations to client stakeholders and contribute to discussions with executive-level leaders.
• Support the design and application of evaluation frameworks, methodologies, criteria, and measures.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of public health, informatics, technology, policy, and program-management professionals.
• Contribute to project planning, client meetings, research, analysis, and other consulting activities as needed.

Skills

Public health informatics

Health data exchange

Interoperability standards

HL7 FHIR

HL7 v2

C-CDA

USCDI

Data analysis

Written communication

Presentation skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in public health or related field

Job description

Leap Orbit LLC seeks a Consultant – Public Health Informatics to support public health agencies, health information exchanges, and related organizations. You will assess information systems, analyze interoperability, and translate technical findings for diverse audiences.

The role blends informatics depth with consulting skills, tackling modernization efforts and client deliverables while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across public health programs and technology partners.