Data Analyst I or II

The Data Analyst is responsible for performing work related to creation of performance measurement and operational, financial, and clinical analytics. They will produce critical information for all levels of management, on both a regular schedule and ad hoc as requested, to be used to understand performance at the project, department, and organizational level and compare performance with internal and external benchmarks. The Data Analyst position does require a professional degree with training that supports a strong understanding in math, statistics, analytics, and logic-based processes. The Data Analyst position will focus on turning data into information, information into insight and insight into key business decisions.

System Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide thought leadership and acts as a subject matter expert in analytical approaches and methodology.
• Help lead system and project implementations.
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision making.
• Contribute towards the future technology, process, and financial needs of the health system.
• Deliver data insights for management that reflect strategic direction and KPIs for the health network.
• Assess and assist with the adoption of toolsets that drive innovation.
• Participate in various committees to influence data capabilities and competencies.
• Connect each daily task back to a strategic goal showing the value for each deliverable.
• Build, maintain and improve analytics tools across the organization.
• Oversee initiatives to meet or exceed clinical and financial performance expectations and key metrics.
• Assist with managing work queues, prioritizing work items for the analytics team.
• Stay informed and keep up with industry trends and best practices by attending data conferences, workshop and seminars subsequently imparting that data to other analytics team members.
• Be a mentor for other team members, taking time to teach best practices and techniques to other team members.

Work setting: This position has the opportunity to work remotely.

Reports to: Director of Data Analytics, Marshall Health Network

Education:

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience required

Experience:

• 5 Years of Position-Related Experience

The kind of position-related experience includes:

• • A minimum of five years of experience with data analysis is required along with working knowledge of database reporting.
  • Analyst must obtain basic expertise in system reporting tools and data modeling solutions specific to Marshall Health Network within one year of accepting this position.
  • Analyst must have a strong technical background and advanced math and problem-solving skills.
  • Analyst must have strong analytic skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Good documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills are required.
  • Analyst should have strong SQL skills, including the manipulation and management of data.
  • Analyst will also be expected to assist in the creation of databases including designing and implementing extract, load, and transform procedures.
  • Analyst must have great intuition about data and be able to communicate their findings to both technical and non-technical resources.
  • Analyst should be proficient with the following technologies:
    • Strong SQL skills (prefer Cerner CCL experience as well)
    • Familiarity with visualization tools including Tableau, MS Power BI, DA2 / Business Objects, etc.
    • Experience working with enterprise data warehouse construction tools (dbt preferred).
    • Procedure creation for Snowflake, Cerner CCL, and MS SQL Server.
    • ETL (extract, transform, and load) process creation tools such as MS SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
    • Experience programming using Python or R for data manipulation and API data retrieval (i.e. FHIR).
  • Experience with ambulatory software or other core clinical information systems is preferred.
  • No additional Certifications/Registrations are required.