Healthcare Analyst

Responsibilities

• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Environmental Assessment: Identify, extract, and organize information for and produce monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc reports on the internal and external environment of the institution.
• Perform statistical analysis of data to identify trends, correlations, anomalies, and changes in the environment.
• Maintain updated demographic, economic, and industry statistics and benchmarks.
• Support annual benchmarking survey submissions and analysis.
• Monitor progress and results of performance improvement initiatives.
• Planning & Strategic Support
• Identify, collect, and organize information in support of planning processes, including business, strategic, program, and project.
• Provide informational and data analytics for development of initiatives.
• Research precedents, examples, best practices, and outcomes related to proposed initiatives to support scenario planning and forecasting.
• Recommend meaningful metrics to document results of planned actions, including return-on-investment, clinical outcomes, performance improvement, and growth strategies.
• Performance Improvement & Analytics
• Support development of measures for continual improvement.
• Support the development and maintenance of analytics tools and resources.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of internal and external sources of data and information.
• Special Projects / External Submissions
• Leads the US News and World Report submission and is the expert on the process to extract the data and communicate gaps for improvement.
• Education & Knowledge Sharing
• Teaches the Organizational Excellence 3.0 and 4.0 classes on basic statistical analyses including run charts, control charts, data definitions, data collection, sampling, and data visualization.
• Serve as a resource to others and train them on how to access and leverage that same information.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in health analytics, engineering, statistics, or related field.
• Experience: No minimum years of experience.
• Education and/or Experience Preferred: Master’s degree in health analytics, engineering, statistics, or related field.
• Experience: Experience in analytics and projects.
• Licenses and/or Certifications Required: N/A
• Knowledge: Advanced expertise in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, collaboration tools and ability to learn Smartsheet. Organizational and divisional policies and procedures; general knowledge of services provided to patients/families at Connecticut Children’s.
• Skills: Basic statistics, Project leadership, Healthcare data analysis background.
• Abilities: Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities that require strong project management and decision-making capabilities. Demonstrate proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability. Handle confidential information with discretion, adapt to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer service and response. Foster collaboration and promote a positive team culture. Function as a highly resourceful team player, as well as work effectively independently. Act as a forward-looking thinker who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.