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Our client is seeking a Healthcare Data Analyst - Quality Improvement for a Remote opportunity.


Role Description


This position is responsible for performing ongoing data collection, measurement analysis, monitoring and reporting of quality improvement initiatives.


Job Summary


Responsible for data management to include statistical analysis and maintaining outcome measurements. Utilizes technical skills to create reports from several organizational databases. Works in collaboration with other departments of the organization in obtaining and providing data for reports and graphical displays.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities


• Serves as primary contact for quality-related data and reports for hospital leadership.
• Assists leaders with strategic goal development and monitoring for the organizational Quality Pillar, quality scorecards, and external presentations.
• Works with leadership in the identification/development of corrective action or PI plans through monitoring of quality data, national collaborative reports, or other processes of quality validation.
• Utilizes statistical expertise to research and identify benchmarks for key quality indicators.
• Develops reports and conducts statistical analysis utilizing a variety of internal and external data sources.
• Maintains a current database management system on multiple repositories utilizing a variety of internal and external data resources to assure archival, security, and retrieval.
• Utilizes PI tools (i.e. Lean Methodology, Process/Flow Charts, Pareto Charts, etc.) to communicate data values and trends for use in PI teams, task force groups, reports and presentations.
• Prioritizes and ensures accuracy of information contained in reports/presentations.
• Creates reports from several organizational databases and collaborates with other organizational departments in obtaining and providing data for reports and graphical displays.
• Provides supporting documentation for reports and databases created.
• Presents and communicates data analysis and performance improvement recommendations and strategies to project teams, leadership, and task force groups.


Skills & Requirements


Top Skills
• 3+ years of experience as a Quality Data Analyst within Healthcare Quality and Performance Improvement
• Must possess strong understanding and experience of Healthcare Patient Safety Data and Metrics in order to interpret and analyze the data
• Must possess strong experience and proficiency with data visualization using Excel (Advanced) and pivot tables
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to liaison with hospital leadership as it pertains to quality-related data and reports
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Health Services Administration, or related field


Preferred
• Experience working with big Clinical Databases is a strong plus (Vizient, or similar ones, they just implemented Visitant end of last year)
• PowerBI is a light plus because they have that in their environment, but honestly don't really use it. They use Excel for analyzing data and data visualization


Minimum Job Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Health Services Administration, or related field.
• 3-5 years of Business Administration, Statistics, and/or Healthcare Quality and Performance Improvement experience
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office Suite to include Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Visio.


Knowledge/Skills/Abilities


• Master's Degree in Health Services Administration or related field preferred.
• Ability to use logical and scientific thinking to interpret technical data; understands and effectively applies concepts of data integrity and validation.
• Supports director-level leadership through data interpretation, identification of gaps and opportunities, recommending and developing action plans to improve performance on identified key quality metrics.
• Expertise in complex graphing and charting (i.e. Control charts, run charts, etc.) and understanding of statistical techniques, processes and methodologies.
• Continuously improving professional growth and expertise through participation in relevant training and education.
• Reacts effectively to unplanned circumstances, demands and challenges facing the hospital and in the particular assigned area of responsibility.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills.
• Applies the principles of evidence-based practice, operational and service excellence, and effective methodologies for goal-setting or benchmarking.


Benefits/Other Compensation:


Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, 401K.


Why Hays?


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