Orpheus Registrar (Communicable Disease Surveillance System)

 

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Acute and Communicable Disease (ACDP) Section in Portland, OR is recruiting for an  Orpheus Registrar to maintain the reportable communicable disease surveillance system for the public health division.  Orpheus is a joint database development and integration effort co-sponsored by the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) and the HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease and Tuberculosis (HST) Programs within the Oregon Public Health Division.

As the Orpheus Registrar, you will maintain the integrated electronic disease surveillance system intended for local and state public health epidemiologists and disease investigators to efficiently manage communicable disease reports. You will monitor, analyze and report incoming data from multiple electronic data sources to identify and rectify duplicate case data. You will troubleshoot and analyze system reporting and data processing problems for impact on other work units. In addition, you will collaborate with the developer team to evaluate and enhance existing communicable disease databases and design database enhancements by creating new programming scripts and modifying database layout design as needed.

In this position, you will evaluate the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reporting regulations and meet with epidemiologists to adjust Orpheus by adding new exposure questions and by modifying the export scripts to send new data to the CDC. You will verify that specific disease variables collected in Orpheus are in line with CDC expectations and implement modifications as needed. You will facilitate groups with the interoperability director and issue recommendations to correct errors for system improvements to prevent future errors and coordinate activities. This position analyzes performance measures to monitor and improve the quality of data.

You will work with a team of public health professionals who are passionate about the work they do to promote a healthy Oregon. Do you have experience in public health specializing in research design, research analysis and/or informatics? Do you have experience in epidemiologic surveillance? Are you proficient in MS Word and Excel? If so, we want to connect with you!

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Cyndi Phipps-Roman

503-945-6377