Biostatistician/Performance Improvement Analyst- Full Time Days

About the role

Facility: Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina. Department: Quality & Patient Safety. Job Family: Professional. Work Shift: Days (United States of America). Serves as a data analyst for quality and patient safety and assist with chart abstractions, data collection, implementing and assisting with projects and compiling reports of performance indicators.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and assisting with projects related to clinical quality improvement (QI), quality measurement and QI research
• Assisting with design and implementation of QI projects in a variety of clinical settings
• Creates graphs, charts, PDCA’s, Gantt chart, pareto etc. to provide staff and leadership with data needed to facilitate change
• Works with the Quality team to develop activities related to VBP, HAC, HRRP, Care Compare data to decrease financial implications
• Data collection, database development and basic statistical analyses from information gathered in patient surveys, electronic health records, hospital administrative databases, and other sources
• Works with all levels of leadership and front-line staff to facilitate and support the development and integration of evidence-based best practices at the department/program level
• Works collaboratively with assigned teams to improve quality outcomes, patient safety, and satisfaction, and decrease costs through reduction of unnecessary process variability
• Actively participates in regulatory surveys to provide relevant data as necessary and maintains constant preparation
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, computer science, biostatistics or other healthcare related field required
• Master’s degree preferred
• Certification (CPHQ) or other related quality certification preferred
• 2 years of healthcare related experience required
• Experience in working with The Joint Commission and CMS standards preferred
• Working knowledge of EPIC, BI, MIDAS, Microsoft Office, and SPSS preferred

Skills

• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
• Knowledge of theories, principles, and methods utilized in the development health quality databases and analysis of health quality data preferred
• Must be independent, efficient and have exceptional interpersonal skills as interaction with patients, families, and medical staff is necessary

Requirements

• Ability to move throughout the Health System without difficulty
• Stand and sit for long periods of time