USA Health hiring Cerner Data Engineer-Information Technology Job in Mobile, AL

USA Health is changing how medical care, education and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists and researchers provide the region’s most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall wellbeing of our community.

Responsibilities:
The Cerner Data Engineer will build and maintain data systems and construct datasets that are used to analyze and support USA Health Data and Analytics; implement methods to improve data reliability, quality, and efficiency – ensuring that data is collected accurately and consistently, y using standardized data practices; identify and correct any errors or inconsistencies in the data and ensure that the data is complete, accurate, and relevant to the intended use; conducts regular audits of data collection procedures; participate in data governance process by helping to establish policies and procedures for managing data, including data ownership, access, and security ensuring that data is used in a consistent and ethical manner; analyzing and organize raw data, removing any errors or inconsistencies, applying data standardization; combine data from multiple sources to provide a more complete picture of Health System practices; helping end users to identify trends and practices and improving the overall accuracy of the data; develop and maintain datasets by identifying the data that is needed, ensuring that it is cleaned and organized, and establishing a process for ensuring that the data will be refreshed periodically and monitored for accuracy; build data systems and pipelines by creating and managing the infrastructure that is used to collect, store, process, and analyze data and then establishing the processes that moves data from one place to another; build algorithms and prototypes by working with end users to help determine the problem that needs to be solved and for complex issues breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems, and addressing those problems; then developing the appropriate algorithms or prototypes using programming languages, software development frameworks, and machine learning libraries as is applicable; develop and test architectures that enable data extraction and transformation to prepare data for prescriptive and predictive modeling; identify all of the data sources that will be used for the modeling project; this could include data from internal systems, external databases, or third-party APIs; ensure the data is cleaned and remove any errors or inconsistencies, and formatting the data in a way that is compatible with the modeling tools that will be used; develop an extraction and transformation (ETL) pipeline; develop and test the models and then deploy; develop analytical tools and programs by working with ream members and end users to define the problem, determine or design the appropriate solution as needed and then build the solution using a coding solution to a data visualization tool or machine learning library, then test and deploy the solution; collaborate with end users, team members, and vendors on assigned projects; works the assigned schedule as defined and overtime as required; completes all mandatory education requirements; attends meetings as required including administrative, committee, and staff meetings; cooperates with department staff to achieve objectives and maintain good interdepartmental relationships; abides by and enforces all compliance requirements; performs these responsibilities in an ethical manner consistent with the organization’s values; adheres to USA Health policies including confidentiality; accepts and completes all duties positively and without conflict; cooperates, helps others, and improves the performance of the department; completes all mandatory department education and USA Health requirements; regular and prompt attendance; ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required; related duties as required.

Qualifications:
The Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution as approved and accepted by the University of South Alabama and four years of experience in IT HER programs, clinical applications and/or coding/programming with two years of experience specific to Cerner Plus.