Sr Statistician

At HCA Healthcare, our Digital Transformation and Innovation (DT&I) team is redefining what’s possible in patient care. By leveraging the power of artificial intelligence, automation, and digital technologies, DT&I is helping drive meaningful improvements in clinical outcomes, reduce manual workload, and expand the reach of our care teams. If you're passionate about using technology to improve human life, this is where your work truly matters.

About the role

At HCA Healthcare, we are driven by a single mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. The launch of the Digital Transformation & Innovation (DT&I) team marks a turning point for HCA Healthcare’s approach to change. Large-scale AI transformation solutions are being rapidly developed by cross-functional Agile pods, and DT&I’s Value Tracking shared service drives change by bringing clinical, technical, and financial value to light.

The Senior Statistician will support HCA Healthcare DT&I domain leaders by providing statistical analytics and reporting to identify opportunities and inform ongoing transformation initiatives. This role requires the ability to take direction, work independently, and collaborate within a small group to deliver high-quality results within specified time frames.

Responsibilities

• Functions as a data domain expert for multiple assigned clinical/operational service lines.
• Writes intermediate to advanced SQL to data mine, extract, and model data from multiple databases.
• Determines data quality or completeness; effectively communicates gaps to stakeholders.
• Aggregates and cleans data from multiple sources to prepare data for manipulation, analysis, and visualizations.
• Develops actionable reports, report narratives, and data visualizations that identify areas of opportunity and help drive clinical quality at scale. Primary platforms: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI.
• Demonstrates deep understanding of internal datasets (clinical, financial, operational) and external datasets.
• Accurately interprets clinical stakeholder data needs and crafts requirements and project plans to satisfy requests.
• Collaborates with research teams to design studies, perform sample size/power calculations, and handle stratification/randomization of studies.
• Provides expert advice and consultation on clinical development program strategy and tactics.
• Plans statistical design for research studies, conducts statistical analysis, and reports on these analyses.
• Prepares analysis plans and writes detailed specifications based on executive or clinical stakeholder requirements.
• Leverages large datasets to build complex statistical models, programs, and performs statistical testing. Primary statistical language: R.
• Appropriately risk-adjusts data to account for potential variances in populations, enabling robust analysis of clinical performance.
• Identifies patterns, variability, and/or outliers from raw data.
• Interprets and presents results in a clear and meaningful way to executive-level audiences.
• Delivers rapid turnaround analytics requests in support of hospital, division, or group operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree – Required
• Master's degree – Preferred
• 5+ years of relevant experience as a statistician – Required

Skills

• Excellent communication skills; ability to present to executive-level audiences – Preferred
• Knowledgeable about various clinical service lines and data sources – Preferred
• Detail-oriented with a strong desire to find solutions to problems – Required
• Ability to self-manage multiple tasks and prioritize work according to team and company goals – Required
• Advanced capabilities in statistical programming software: R – Required
• Advanced capabilities in reporting/BI platforms: Microsoft Excel, PowerBI – Required
• Intermediate capabilities in SQL – Required

Schedule

Onsite in the Nashville, TN area (near Centennial Park): Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM.

This job may require up to 25% travel.