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JOB SUMMARY
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH), through its Immunizations program in the Division of Disease Control, oversees the purchase and distribution of federally funded vaccines to local healthcare providers. As one of 64 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded program areas, the Philadelphia Immunization Program is charged with the mission to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases and increase the immunization coverage levels among infants, children, adolescents, and adults in Philadelphia. PhilaVax Immunization Information System (IIS) is tasked with collecting and housing all immunization data for the City of Philadelphia. The information it houses is used to support DDC operations and is the primary source of operational information for the Immunization Program.
The IIS Modernization Specialist will be responsible for working with the Immunization Information System (IIS) and Immunization Program to identify and modernize and digitize existing internal and inter-unit workflows. Modernization Specialists are expected to be or quickly become proficient in applications commonly deployed by the Philadelphia Department of Public health. They will also be expected to assist with routine IIS duties, such as: patient and vaccine deduplication, assisting with the yearly user- confidentiality resigning, fulfilling immunization record requests, and providing temporary support to the IIS Informatics and Systems Sections as needed. This position will work closely with the IIS Modernization Coordinator and other staff to ensure that the program is prepared to respond to public health emergencies and able to effectively manage resources associated with Immunization Program programmatic activities.
This position is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with occasional work after hours and on weekends to support Program activities. This is a grant-funded position; continuation of the position is contingent upon sustained funding.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Responsibilities/Duties
- Work with stakeholders to identify internal and inter-unit workflows for update and if necessary, modernization through digitization.
- Create and maintain Monday.com boards as needed.
- Create and maintain RedCap projects as needed.
- Create and assist with the creation of presentations in Canva.
- Assist the Immunization Program and supporting units for special projects as needed.
- Conduct a yearly assessment of IIS SOPs and assist the IIS Modernization Coordinator with construction of a report of SOPs that are candidates for modernization and highlight areas that need additional SOPs.
- Track and complete requests for immunization records (48 business hours)
- Complete all record update requests in a timely manner. (48 business hours)
- Assist in the completion of yearly user agreement resigning.
- Assist with management of SQL databases.
- Assist with dashboard creation.
- Willing to learn additional software and systems as needed.
- Willing to assist in a public health emergency.
- Other duties as required.
