NBS Health Informatics Specialist

Posting Information

• Date:
  Jan 8, 2026
• Location:
  
  AUSTIN, TX
• Functional
  
  Title:
  
  NBS Health Informatics Specialist
• Job Title:
  
  Health Informatics Spec III
• Agency:
  Dept of State Health Services
• Department:
  Ntnl Electrnc Disease Surv Stm
• Posting Number: 10584
• Closing Date: 03/09/2026
• Posting Audience:
  Internal and External
• Occupational Category:
  Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
• Salary Group: TEXAS-B-24
• Salary Range: $5,425.33 - $7,405.00
• Pay Frequency:
  Monthly
• Shift: Day
• Additional Shift: Days (First)
• Telework:
  Eligible for Telework
• Travel:
  Up to 10%
• Regular/Temporary:
  Regular
• Full Time/Part Time:
  Full time
• FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
  Exempt
• Facility
  
  Location:
  
  N/A
• Job Location City: AUSTIN
• Job Location Address: 1100 W 49TH ST (RBB)
• Other Locations: N/A
• MOS Codes: 230X,41AX,70D

DSHS offers insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS). To learn more about all the benefits available to you as a DSHS employee and other DSHS opportunities for early career pathways, visit the DSHS Careers Page.

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• (25%) Analyzes ELR and eICR data using standard statistical tools (such as SAS), methods, and techniques. Compiles and queries ELR and eICR data. Identifies data gaps, errors, anomalies, inconsistencies, and redundancies by analyzing the content, structure, and relationships with data. Interprets results to identify significant differences in lab or eICR data. Identifies and interprets data patterns and trends and assesses data quality.
  
  Cleans and prunes data to discard irrelevant information. Performs quality assurance and serves as subject matter expert on data integrity, extraction, and compilation. Conducts data integration (e.g., matching/merging records across complex data sources).
• (25%) Performs onboarding activities, including screening, validation, and training for eligible hospitals and laboratories seeking to report to local and regional health departments via Texas NEDSS. Performs review and analyses of raw HL7 messages to identify data validity issues. Serves as subject matter expert on correct application of LOINC and SNOMED to ELR messages. Performs consultative work to convey detailed error analyses to submitters.
• (20%) Consults with internal program areas within DSHS (Lab, Blood Lead Team, Cancer Registry, HIV/STD, and Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease), and external customers such as private and commercial laboratories, hospitals, and physician’s offices to identify user needs. Prepares concise, comprehensive technical reports to present and interpret data, identify alternatives, and make and justify recommendations on data revisions.
• (20%) Assists NBS technical team in defining, developing, and implementing data standards for accurate electronic data submission. Assists NBS Systems Analysts and NBS epidemiologists in developing data quality measures, analyzing data quality results, and implementing necessary changes to ensure ELR data quality improvement. Assists in developing software applications or programming within NBS to use for statistical modeling and graphic analysis on ELR data and lab testing.
  
  Contributes to maintaining updated Texas ELR Onboarding Guidelines, Texas ELR Implementation Guidelines, and Texas eICR Onboarding Guidelines.
• (5%) Develops and implements databases, data collection systems, data analytics, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.
• (5%) Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligation for disaster response and/or recovery of Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternative shift pattern assignment and/or location.

Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

Position is eligible for part-time telework. Full-time telework is not available.

• Knowledge of reportable disease/health-related information systems; and of SAS, SQL, HL7 messaging and interfaces.
• Knowledge of statistics and analyzing data sets, running queries, report writing, and presenting findings.
• Knowledge of data models, database design development, data mining, and segmentation techniques.
• Knowledge of record keeping, including security procedures for handling, protecting, and distributing confidential data.
• Knowledge of epidemiology, medical or public health informatics, and disease surveillance.
• Skill in analyzing problems and devising effective solutions.
• Skill in conducting data searches, in evaluating and translating large amounts of data.
• Skill in critical thinking for problem-solving.
• Skill in multitasking priorities.
• Ability to compile, review, and analyze data.
• Ability to prepare reports, to maintain accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate…