Remote Public Health Informatics Consultant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Health Savings Account

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Unlimited PTO/Paid Holidays

Employer-paid benefits

Job summary

Leap Orbit LLC is seeking a Consultant – Public Health Informatics to help public-sector health organizations evaluate, modernize, and improve technologies and information infrastructure supporting public health programs.

The role combines hands-on informatics with analytical, consulting, and communication skills, working with health information exchanges and other healthcare organizations. Remote-friendly, early‑to‑mid‑career consulting position offering growth opportunities.

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 with health data, information systems, interoperability, workflows, data exchange, or standards.
• Experience contributing to assessments or evaluations of public health or healthcare technologies, systems, or information capabilities.
• Experience developing and presenting analysis, findings, or recommendations for client or organizational leaders.
• Familiarity with HL7 FHIR, HL7 v2, C-CDA, USCDI, terminology standards, or related interoperability frameworks.
• Knowledge of U.S. HIE ecosystem and public health data exchanges.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of public health information systems, technology capabilities, workflows, interoperability, and supporting infrastructure.
• Gather and analyze information through document reviews, interviews, workshops, demonstrations, and data analysis.
• Engage with public health leaders, program staff, informaticists, technology teams, vendors, HIEs, and stakeholders to understand needs and priorities.
• 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 evaluations and modernization.
• Contribute informatics expertise to client engagements, including 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 executive leaders.
• Support the design of evaluation frameworks, methodologies, criteria, and measures.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across public health, informatics, technology, policy, and program management.

Skills

Public health informatics

Analytical

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Interoperability standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree (public health/health informatics/information systems/computer science)

Job description

Leap Orbit LLC is seeking a Consultant – Public Health Informatics to help public-sector health organizations evaluate, modernize, and improve technologies and information infrastructure supporting public health programs.

The role combines hands-on informatics with analytical, consulting, and communication skills, working with health information exchanges and other healthcare organizations. Remote-friendly, early‑to‑mid‑career consulting position offering growth opportunities.