Public Health Analyst II

Company: LANTANA CONSULTING GROUP INC
Location: East Thetford
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Description:Lantana Consulting Group provides services and software for standards-based health-information exchange. We have established ourselves as a trusted leader in the industry with two decades of expertise in developing and deploying technical specifications and interoperability solutions. As a rapidly growing distributed, employee-owned company, we hire exceptional talent nationwide and offer flexible remote work arrangements. We take pride in our mission to improve public health and quality of care and to advance research.
Primary purpose:
Provides public-health consultation, training, and development services to client. Develops and implements education, communication, and technical materials for healthcare facilities to understand and submit healthcare associated prevention and therapeutic data to a national surveillance system. Provides direct end-user support and technical assistance, performs quality-improvement testing of the surveillance system's data entry and generated reports, and leverages public-health knowledge to provide actionable insights.
A successful candidate will do the following:
--- Develop and/or update trainings, project updates, and presentations for clients, stakeholders, and partners on the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) --- Provide direct end-user education and technical assistance--- Test application(s); provide feedback to software developers and quality-assurance technicians --- Develop business requirements; communicate clients' needs to business and technical resources --- Update and/or develop educational and informative training materials and end-products including Word documents and PowerPoint presentations --- Support troubleshooting of technical problems with end users or groups --- Collaboratively implement programmatic activities for public health--- Interpret and explain basic analytic methodologies and results to end users
Requirements:Required qualifications:--- Master's degree in public health or other health-science field and four (4) years of relevant work experience or Bachelor's degree in public health or other health-science field and six (6) years of relevant work experience--- Experience with public-health surveillance systems and a demonstrated understanding of key principles and practices of surveillance--- Ability to effectively communicate complex data findings to both technical and non-technical audiences --- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team --- Ability to manage various deadlines and priorities--- Ability to successfully complete a Position of Public Trust Level 5 background investigation
Preferred qualifications:--- Experience using CDC NHSN data or working with NHSN--- Familiarity with CDC and/or Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for submitting NHSN data--- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint --- Demonstrated ability to work in a distributed, team-oriented, and collaborative environment with federal partners and other federal contractors
Additional information:--- We are a remote organization, but we prioritize in-person collaboration during key events such as our annual company meeting. --- We are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for current openings will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. --- For this position, the candidate must reside in the United States.



Compensation details: 70000-90000 Yearly Salary



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