The Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Epidemiology and its Division of Disease Prevention (DDP) HIV Care Services Unit is hiring the following contract position:

Data Specialist :

The work of this position ensures the timely communication of errors from the audits to the staff located at enrollment sites throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and the review of the Ryan White Part B unified eligibility assessment (UEA) audits conducted internally. In addition to communicating audit errors, the incumbent will aid in managing data for the Virginia Medication Assistance Program (VA MAP), aid in the RWHAP Unified Eligibility Quality Improvement Project (QIP); as well as managing and updating both the HCS internal Intranet and external, public websites as needed.

Under supervision, the incumbent will:

· Monitor and compile error data related to the weekly audits of Unified Eligibility Assessments (UEAs) completed by sub-recipient sites; and communicate aggregated error data to internal and external stakeholders as a performance metric;

· Coordinate and manage technical assistance sessions with sub-recipients related to the UEA audits in accordance with the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) model of quality improvement;

· Communicate errors identified during the weekly audits in a timely fashion to enrollment sites and the Services Coordination team as well as ensuring the resolution of any identified errors and recording updates internally;

· Monitor and confirm active and inactive status of clients via the PROVIDE portal and submit weekly reports;

· Provide support for the review and processing the premium payments including the rejected payments maintained by the VA MAP team;

· Attending and participating in QMAC and QMAC Subcommittee meetings;

· Assists the manager of clinical and data administration with special projects;

· As per request, update websites per recent announcements, policy changes, and/or corrections;

· Creating, updating, formatting, and/or uploading documents to be placed on the website for reading/download; the VA MAP and Ryan White Formularies; and other documents;

· Performs quality checks on client data when upload issues are reported by Ramsell, as well as troubleshoot client-identified Ramsell issues as relayed by VAMAP staff;

· Processes all returned mail (approvals, denials, medication pick-up site changes, etc.) in Provide, to avoid any further mail is not sent to invalid addresses;

· Assists with processing the Pharmacy Batch Errors as needed in the Provide system;

· Process the monthly errors from the pharmacy transactions processed by the Division of Pharmacy Services (DPS) and/or Ramsell for uninsured clients;

· Process the periodic Medicaid printouts for the Division of Pharmacy Services (DPS);

· Serve as support for Provide Enterprise quality assurance tasks such as but not limited to; regular checks for possible duplicate profiles in Provide, via reports that include possible metadata connections regarding name, date of birth, or SSN, and processing the Open Client Requests in the Provide system;

· Processes routine (weekly/monthly/quarterly) and ad-hoc quality assurance checks, as requested by the CQM Team;

· Manage Cerberus and troubleshoot access for DPS staff;

· Downloads/reviews/files Pharmacy data files for VCU placed on the GTI SFTP site and places them in the necessary folders in Cerberus so that staff responsible can process them;

· Downloading and placing in the appropriate Sharefile location any documents from subrecipients uploaded to Cerberus; and

· Any other assignments that are necessary to help the program maintain its high level of service.

Occasional travel may be required; candidate must have a valid driver’s license.

Hybrid work accommodation at least one day a week in the office

Hourly wage $28-30/hour based on experience.

This position does not include benefits from the Virginia Department of Health (i.e., health insurance, paid leave, etc.)

Interested applicants must submit their resumes and cover letters via email to Tinika McIntosh-Amouzouvi (tinika.mcintosh@vdh.virginia.gov) by Tuesday, May 14, 2024. You may also forward or share the job posting with anyone who may be qualified and interested.

Job Type: Contract

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Public health: 1 year (Preferred)
• Data management: 2 years (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Richmond, VA 23219: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Richmond, VA 23219