About The Academy:

The Health Management Academy (THMA) brings together health system leaders and innovators to collectively address the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. By assisting executives in cultivating peer networks, understanding key strategic trends, establishing pragmatic partnerships, and developing next-generation leaders, our members are better positioned to lead industry transformation.

The Health Management Academy offers a dynamic atmosphere with significant opportunities for employees. If you are interested in contributing to a member-centric, creative, and collaborative workforce while deeply influencing top leaders and institutions in healthcare, THMA could be the right place for you!

Position Summary:

Nursing Catalyst serves System-level Chief Nursing Officers and their deputies to drive innovation across the nursing enterprise.

Research Analysts are key team members who support the core products of our Nursing Catalyst business: research projects, content development, and other initiatives related to our health system and industry member executives. Nursing Catalyst conducts much of its research initiatives in partnership with member health systems and healthcare companies. Working closely with a broader research team, Research Analysts are directly involved with all daily operations and research initiatives.

Examples of past Research Projects include evaluations of health systems responses to industry trends (e.g., workforce challenges), identifying new and emerging pilots in delivering care (e.g., virtual nursing), and understanding the potential impact of technology on nursing challenges (e.g., administrative burden).

Analysts are primarily responsible for conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses and developing deliverables (e.g., written reports, presentations, online content) for the membership broadly. Analysts support research interviews, analysis, and the creation of deliverables and presentation materials. Nursing Catalyst insights are frequently presented and discussed at in-person and virtual meetings, shared through our digital channels, and regularly featured in press and media outlets.

Primary Job Duties:

• Document findings from primary and secondary research
• Support analysis of findings from qualitative data collected from interviews, site visits, literature reviews etc.
• Conduct interviews with executives from health systems and industry organizations
• Produce graphical and written analyses of findings for interim and final deliverables
• Create qualitative surveys using online survey tools for data collection
• Enter, check, and harmonize data for research studies
• Independently collect, input and analyze health services & health policy data
• Develop insights and help shape research deliverables
• Generate graphs and figures for analytic reports and research briefs
• Represent the team with other departments, such as Content Marketing, Account Management, and other research teams to deliver content and services to members
• Support the development of presentations
• Provide input to senior leadership on opportunities for improving value delivery to member organizations
• Recommend and implement improvements to internal team and company processes and operations
• Other projects and duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in a research setting, or graduate degree in healthcare administration, health policy, business, or related field
• Strong writing skills and experience writing reports
• Strong analytic skills, including the ability to think critically, creatively, and problem solve
• General interest in healthcare
• Experience conducting qualitative primary and secondary research
• Ability to complete tasks on tight deadlines without compromising quality
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s degree required

Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:

• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Collaborative
• Customer-focused
• Process oriented
• Attentive to detail
• Self-directed and resourceful
• Excellent communication and client facing skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change often experienced at a quickly growing company

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, and distance vision.

Notice of Equal Opportunity Employment:

The Health Management Academy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, THMA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. THMA’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities in our organization.

Compensation:

Pay starting from $65,000 and up per year plus benefits