University of California , San Francisco

Clinical Informatics Specialist

California, US

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PythonData StructuresSQLDatabricksCloud PlatformsSparkData EngineeringData VisualizationStatisticsPublic HealthResearchProblem Solving

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About the role

  • The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Office of Data Strategy is recruiting for a Clinical Informatics Specialist III's to join an innovative team advancing CDPH's enterprise data modernization efforts.
  • Supporting the development, implementation, and maintenance of enhanced public health surveillance and operational data systems.
  • Creating standardized, reusable data models and curated datasets that serve multiple programmatic and analytical use cases.

Responsibilities

  • Identify the functions or tasks that employees in the job perform.
  • 35 Yes Works with business, technical, and clinical personnel to develop and implement complex clinical informatics solutions and to create integrated architecture to ensure optimal use of tools and components.
  • Develops and maintains ingestion, transformation, and curation logic using SQL, Python, PySpark, or related technologies.
  • IGHS works with partners in countries throughout the world to achieve these aims.

Requirements

  • Strong skills associated with statistical analysis, database management and systems programming, including SQL, R, Python, and/or experience with Apache Spark language APIs (e.g. PySpark, sparklyr).
  • Experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, or cloud-based data lake architectures.

Benefits

  • UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) is dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden of disease in the world's most vulnerable populations.
  • It integrates UCSF expertise in all of the health, social, and biological sciences, and focuses that expertise on pressing issues in global health.
  • IGHS seeks to improve health worldwide, especially in developing countries, through research that informs policy.
  • https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/statement-structural-racism.
  • The California Department of Public Health's Office of Data Strategy (ODS) leads enterprise-wide data modernization efforts to advance public health outcomes statewide.
  • ODS is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and interoperable data systems that support public health program operations, analytics, and strategic decision-making.
  • ODS collaborates with internal CDPH programs, Local Health Jurisdictions (LHJs), and external partners to ensure efficient data integration, governance, and quality.
  • The office fosters innovation in data engineering, analytics, and informatics, supporting initiatives such as enhanced surveillance, operational data systems, and public health response.
  • ODS is committed to equity, transparency, and continuous improvement, empowering teams to deliver high-quality data products and actionable insights for California's public health ecosystem.
  • Collaborates with senior engineering staff, the Clinical Informatics Specialist 4, and other Office of Data Strategy personnel to design, implement, and maintain highly complex public health data systems and pipelines.
  • Works closely with subject‑matter experts and technical teams to translate public health program workflows and data needs into technical requirements.
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