Position Vacancy ID:
95568-AS

Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable

Working Title:
Clinical Research Data Service Team Lead

Official Title:
SR INFORMATION MGR(S42BN) or INFORMATION MANAGER(S42DN)

Hiring Department(s):
A532900-MEDICAL SCHOOL/ICTR/ICTR-ADM

FTE:
100%

Anticipated Begin Date:
NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Term:
This is a renewable appointment.

Advertised Salary:
Minimum $48,333 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Degree and area of specialization:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, or related area.

Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:
-Two years of experience successfully supervising/managing a team.
-The competitive candidate will have at least 5 years of proven understanding of electronic health record (EHR) systems, data, and organization;
-Knowledge of SQL and database concepts; and
-Demonstrable programming skills in languages such as Java, Python, Perl, and others;
-Knowledge of HIPAA and other regulations governing EHR data;
-Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred qualifications
-7 or more years of relevant experience in EHR systems, data, and organization;
-Experience with health care systems and data (e.g. HL7 messaging and DICOM);
-Experience with Epic Clarity/Caboodle databases; and
-Experience with report design, data querying, data mining, or ontologies (especially in a clinical context).

License or Certificate:


Position Summary:
Working in the Biomedical Informatics Core (BMI) of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) and the UW-Health's - Enterprise Analytics (EA), the successful candidate will serve as the interface between faculty conducting clinical research projects and the rapidly evolving electronic health data warehouse in EA. EA is primarily dedicated to developing data warehousing capabilities for the UW-Health system with a main purpose being to advance cutting edge clinical research based on available information in the clinical record. A key activity of this position will be to work with both clinical researchers and other BMI staff to help to develop queries that translate research objectives into datasets retrieved from the data available in the data warehouse. The CRDS Team Lead will also actively plan and keep the data retrieval process sustainable by developing and implementing optimization processes, chargeback systems, and automatization.

The incumbent will provide guidance on projects that may involve data mining, data integration, Natural Language Processing, and data harmonization, using existing and new service lines, to ensure adequate framing of research data questions, outline potential solutions, present results, provide technical guidance, and advance a variety of clinical informatics and translational research initiatives. This process will also require collaboration with the honest broker as well as the systems programmer to ensure the secure delivery of data sets to research teams.

The Clinical Research Data Service Team Lead will report to the Associate Dean for Biomedical Informatics. This team lead will join a team of ~20 colleagues operating from both UW Madison and UW Health offices, including analysts, programmers, and systems administrators, all of whom contribute to clinical informatics. The CRDS team lead will manage/oversee 3-4 employees.

The School of Medicine and Public Health has a deep and profound commitment to diversity both as an end in itself but, also as a valuable means for eliminating health disparities. As such, we strongly encourage applications from candidates who foster and promote the values of diversity and inclusion.

Additional Information:
The UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is expanding its Clinical Informatics capabilities. We are seeking an experienced informatician/analyst with expertise and skills to contribute to the improvement of existing and the development and offering of new informatics-related technologies associated with research applications, and help develop and present users with the best experience and deliverables (e.g. courses/trainings/workshops for a wide variety of audiences).

The School of Medicine and Public Health will not sponsor work visas for this position, thus, in compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify eligibility to work in the United States by completing the require I-9 form upon hire.

Contact:
Staci Andersen
slandersen2@wisc.edu
608-262-3006
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )

Instructions to Applicants:
To begin the application process please click on the 'Apply Now' button. You will be asked to create a profile and upload a cover letter, resume and a list of 3 references including one (current/former) supervisory reference. For maximum consideration, please be sure that your cover letter addresses how you meet the required and preferred qualifications, if not clearly evident in your resume.

Additional Link:
Full Position Details

NOTE: A Period of Evaluation will be Required

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Applications Open: Aug 15 2018 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Nov 13 2018 11:55 PM Central Standard Time


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