Analyst, Data And Analytics - Full Time Remote

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Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as an Analyst, Data and Analytics. This is a remote, work from home opportunity and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.

Job Summary

Under general direction, the Analyst, Data and Analytics is accountable for the accuracy and integrity of system-level data for the entirety of the reporting life cycle. Develops organization/system-wide reporting and presents work and guiding executive decision making as it relates to data quality and improvement efforts across the network. Develops and maintains stored procedures leveraging production-level data required for the sustainment of reporting. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across the care continuum and is a steward of data and data best practices. Has a full technical knowledge of the data sources and systems across the UCM network.

Essential Job Functions

• Report Development: Works in collaboration with Report Sponsors to meet the need and specifications of reporting requests. Create complex reporting suites that provide insight for the purpose of action and improvement.
• Data Pre-Processing: Manipulate data from source systems to define rules for reporting. This includes cleansing of data and datasets necessary for the creation of datamarts.
• Report life-cycle review and maintenance: Maintain an appropriate portfolio of work. Updating reports and queries to match the most appropriate specifications and versions of technology available.
• Data Specifications and Definition Documentation: Creation of measures for reporting purposes. This includes defining populations (inclusion and exclusion criteria), appropriate variance of performance, setting organization targets.
• Mentorship and Validation: Serves as a mentor to Analysts within the team and across the organization regarding report writing and development best practices. Provides validation for data queries and report outputs. Provide constructive feedback in a professional manner.
• Data Quality Management: Develop and own the rules necessary in order to diagnose the health and stability of system-wide reports and measures, complementary to enterprise-level rulesets and activities.
• Project Management: Leading responsible work through to completion. Working with interdisciplinary teams to continue large scale projects and ensure the timely completion of work. Ability to hold oneself and others accountable for responsibilities as assigned.
• Ad-hoc analysis and Other Duties as Assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Requires technical creativity and strong understanding of information technology in health care
• Demonstrated ability to identify areas for improvement, capable of making recommendations and implementing solutions
• Must work well in a team environment and be able to partner with both business and technical team members and translate technical language to the non-technical need
• Minimum 3 years directly applicable experience in data systems, analysis, programming, and technical design preferably in a healthcare setting, programming in one or more language (SQL minimum, others applicable)
• Demonstrated ability for public speaking
• Strong organizational and consensus building skills
• Minimum 3 years report-development experience, leveraging the most current BI tools (Tableau minimum, others applicable)
• Requires knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards such as CMS Conditions of Participation, IDPH, MACRA and others as needed
• Demonstrated advanced technical skill and knowledge of data systems and query languages
• Knowledge and application of the principles of continuous improvement including methodologies, data collection and analysis, and reporting
• Advanced skill in the most current BI tools
• Demonstrated ability to self-direct, multi-task and partner with technical staff from different departments
• Experience with project management and demonstrate proven project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead group discussions
• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, business decision support/statistical analysis, healthcare administration or a clinically associated health care field with strong statistical analysis. Master’s Degree preferred
• Demonstrated skills in conflict resolution

Position Details

• Unit/Department: Data Science & Analytics
• Shift: Day
• Job Type/FTE: Full-time
• CBA Code: Non-Union

Why Join Us:

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