Analyst

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Analyst works with the Manager of Hospital Performance Analytics and the Director of Clinical Analytics to facilitate the accessibility, understanding, and active use of data required to improve the hospital operations, quality of care, patient safety, service, and related outcomes throughout BMC. The Analyst is a customer service oriented position that serves the information needs of clinicians, administrators and staff throughout BMC.

Position: Analyst

Department: System Analytics

Schedule: Hybrid

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

• Serves the data and information needs of a wide variety of customers including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, administrator and a wide-variety of non-technical staff throughout
• Works closely with BMC Data Warehouse team to extract data using SQL tools
• Performs as an expert user of the University Health System Consortium Clinical Database in order to acquire need to support customers throughout BMC
• Integrates data from BMC Data Warehouse, UHC and other sources as needed
• Prepares graphical reports for a wide variety of customers throughout BMC in a manner that meets the needs of end-users, primarily using Tableau
• Meets with customers throughout BMC including administrators, clinicians and staff to understand data/information needed in order to manage the clinical enterprise and facilitate quality improvement activities
• Provides data and information to customers in a readily accessible, understandable and actionable manner using tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau and other tools as needed
• Serves on quality improvement teams to support data and information needs of high priority quality improvement projects.
• Supports development, updating and distribution of hospital operations, quality and patient safety dashboard and other standard reports
• Analyzes data using appropriate statistical/epidemiological methodologies, including (but not limited to) regression analysis/risk adjustment, using tools such as SAS, SPSS, and other tools as needed.
• Promotes continual improvement in data visualization and reporting processes
• Performs other duties as assigned and/or necessary.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors Degree Required
• Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline (Preferred).

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a position focused on the delivery of numerical data to a wide variety of customers.
• Experience in health care strongly preferred.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Demonstrated ability to use SQL or similar analytic tools
• Advanced proficiency use of desktop productivity tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Tableau
• Demonstrated ability to use SQL or similar analytic tools
• Ability to organize, synthesize and analyze large amounts of information
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver required products in a timely manner
• Must be well-organized
• Detail oriented with a commitment to producing analytic product that consistently meets the highest standards of accuracy.
• Ability to understand and meet the information needs of clinical and administrative customers
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to work in a team oriented environment.
• Strong verbal and written skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with diverse audiences including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, administrator and a wide-variety of non-technical staff.
• Ability to explain data analysis to non-technical audiences