“As the Director, Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance the incumbent will:
- Plans, develops and directs a professional staff engaged in the science and practice of public health surveillance and informatics.
- Develop program goals and objectives consistent with the program goals and objectives of higher organizational units.
- Advances public health program objectives through application of sound planning concepts and practices and recommends appropriate changes in all aspects of Division’s program direction.
- Conducts periodic evaluations of the Division’s program accomplishments to ensure progress in meeting goals and objectives, identifies problems and issues, and devises solutions.
- Advises, plans and coordinates methods development and applications projects in support of major agency surveillance programs.
- Establishes measures of success/effectiveness of Division’s surveillance and informatics activities and provides guidance to CDC programs and external stakeholders on applying these measures.
- Provides scientific leadership in public health informatics, including identifying new developments in informatics and technology.
- Determines needs for components that can be utilized across multiple informatics solutions. Manage national surveillance systems, including Bio-Sense, the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS).
- Develops, implements, and maintains underlying components that enable integration of solutions which address cross-cutting CDC or partner objectives.
- Oversees the maintenance and modernization of surveillance systems. Develops new surveillance methods, information resources, and promising practices to strengthen public health informatics capacity and capability.
- Stays abreast of the latest, cutting edge technologies. Collaborates with external entities, including interagency, partners, academic institutions, and other external entities to inform system enhancements and modernization approaches.”
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G2X TAKE: Those who support the CDC may want to influence who applies for this position in the Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance that oversees the maintenance and modernization of surveillance systems, staying abreast of the latest, cutting-edge technologies and collaborating with external entities, including interagency, partners, academic institutions, and other external entities to inform system enhancements and modernization approaches.
