Healthcare Quality Data Analyst

About the role

The Healthcare Quality Data Analyst collects, validates, analyzes, and reports clinical, quality, patient safety, and operational data to support organizational performance and regulatory compliance. This role works closely with leadership, providers, nursing staff, and department teams to identify improvement opportunities, monitor quality measures, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions. The position serves as a resource for accreditation standards, quality reporting requirements, and performance improvement methodologies while supporting compliance with federal, state, and accrediting agencies. Success in this role requires balancing multiple reporting deadlines, maintaining data accuracy and integrity, and translating complex healthcare data into actionable information for diverse audiences. The Healthcare Quality Data Analyst operates in a collaborative healthcare environment, leading and supporting quality initiatives, accreditation activities, regulatory reporting, customer concern investigations, and ongoing process improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

• Collect, validate, analyze, and report clinical, quality, patient safety, and operational data
• Partner with leadership, providers, nursing staff, and department teams to identify improvement opportunities
• Monitor quality measures and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
• Serve as a resource for accreditation standards, quality reporting requirements, and performance improvement methodologies
• Support compliance with federal, state, and accrediting agencies
• Balance multiple reporting deadlines while maintaining data accuracy and integrity
• Translate complex healthcare data into actionable information for diverse audiences
• Lead and support quality initiatives, accreditation activities, regulatory reporting, customer concern investigations, and ongoing process improvement efforts

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, Public Health, Health Information Management, Data Analytics, Statistics, Nursing, or Business
• Experience working in a hospital, critical access hospital, or integrated healthcare system

Qualifications

• Preferred: Master’s degree
• Preferred: 3‑5 years’ experience in healthcare data analysis, quality improvement, performance improvement, or healthcare reporting
• Preferred: Certification in clinical informatics, project/program management, and/or Lean Six Sigma

Skills

• Healthcare quality reporting expertise
• Advanced data analysis skills
• Strong process improvement mindset
• Effective cross‑functional communicator
• Detail‑oriented and highly organized
• Regulatory compliance knowledge
• EHR proficiency

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• Employer contributions to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Participation in 401(k) and 457(b) plans
• Educational assistance and reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Work‑life balance support
• Gym membership and other discounts
• Employee recognition programs

Schedule

This opportunity is fully onsite to best support operational and team needs.