Public Health Data Analyst III

Lantana Consulting Group, Inc. 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.

Primary purpose: 

Provides consulting, analytics, testing, training, and development services to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Leverages advanced analytical skills and public-health knowledge to provide actionable insights for Lantana’s clients. 

A successful candidate will do the following:

• Access and analyze complex data from various sources, manipulate datasets, and conduct statistical analyses
• Perform regular and complex quality checks on data and analytic deliverables
• Lead and own data cleaning and manipulation for tasks; implement automated solutions
• Conduct analyses in Python and/or R; interpret, summarize, and present findings to relevant stakeholders, including technical, clinical, and product teams
• Develop materials, review documentation, troubleshoot issues, and report results related to FHIR–EHR mapping, patient-identity matching, encounter reconciliation, and clinical-data standardization using HL7® FHIR® and other healthcare terminologies
• Collaborate to plan, develop, and implement projects and materials
• Communicate advanced analytic advice and statistical methodology to clients, management, and staff
• Analyze and understand client needs and translate them into formal requirements
• Provide results to the project team and clients both verbally and in writing, in technical language or plain language as appropriate for the audience
• Test applications and provide feedback to software developers and quality-assurance technicians
• Maintain expertise in public health and stay abreast of industry changes and trends
• Develop trainings, project updates, and presentations on NHSN’s work in antimicrobial use and resistance for clients, stakeholders, and partners 

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, epidemiology, public health, or related field and at least nine (9) years of relevant experience; or master’s degree and at least seven (7) years of relevant experience
• Experience using Python and/or R to import data, manipulate data, and conduct analyses regarding evaluation of data quality and accuracy
• Experience managing large datasets, moving and merging files from different platforms, cleaning and aggregating data, and performing quality control
• Experience with quality-assurance testing or user-acceptance testing involving healthcare data
• Attention to detail and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to successfully complete a federal Position of Public Trust Level 5 background investigation

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, mathematics, or related field
• Experience with antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance, and/or Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) data
• Knowledge of and/or experience with real-world analysis and mapping of HL7 FHIR resource, including normalization and standardization of clinical data
• Knowledge of NHSN  
• Knowledge of and/or experience with big-data large dataset analysis, including matching patient identity across clinical systems, encounter reconciliation, longitudinal record construction, and cross-system data linkage and deduplication data reconciliation 

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 will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• For this position, the candidate must reside in the United States.