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Job Description
Join one of the nations most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as an Analyst, Data and Analytics. This is a remote, work from home opportunity and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.
Job Summary
Under general direction, the Analyst, Data and Analytics is accountable for the accuracy and integrity of system-level data for the entirety of the reporting life cycle. Develops organization/system-wide reporting and presents work and guiding executive decision making as it relates to data quality and improvement efforts across the network. Develops and maintains stored procedures leveraging production-level data required for the sustainment of reporting. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across the care continuum and is a steward of data and data best practices. Has a full technical knowledge of the data sources and systems across the UCM network.
Essential Job Functions
- Data Pre-Processing: Manipulate data from source systems to define rules for reporting. This includes cleansing of data and datasets necessary for the creation of datamarts.
- Report Development: Works in collaboration with Report Sponsors to meet the need and specifications of reporting requests. Create complex reporting suites that provide insight for the purpose of action and improvement.
- Mentorship and Validation: Serves as a mentor to Analysts within the team and across the organization regarding report writing and development best practices. Provides validation for data queries and report outputs. Provide constructive feedback in a professional manner.
- Data Specifications and Definition Documentation: Creation of measures for reporting purposes. This includes defining populations (inclusion and exclusion criteria), appropriate variance of performance, setting organization targets.
- Project Management: Leading responsible work through to completion. Working with interdisciplinary teams to continue large scale projects and ensure the timely completion of work. Ability to hold oneself and others accountable for responsibilities as assigned.
- Report life-cycle review and maintenance: Maintain an appropriate portfolio of work. Updating reports and queries to match the most appropriate specifications and versions of technology available.
- Data Quality Management: Develop and own the rules necessary in order to diagnose the health and stability of system-wide reports and measures, complementary to enterprise-level rulesets and activities.
- Ad-hoc analysis and Other Duties as Assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, business decision support/statistical analysis, healthcare administration or a clinically associated health care field with strong statistical analysis. Masters Degree preferred
- Minimum 3 years directly applicable experience in data systems, analysis, programming, and technical design preferably in a healthcare setting, programming in one or more language (SQL minimum, others applicable)
- Minimum 3 years report-development experience, leveraging the most current BI tools (Tableau minimum, others applicable)
- Advanced skill in the most current BI tools
- Demonstrated advanced technical skill and knowledge of data systems and query languages
- Requires technical creativity and strong understanding of information technology in health care
- Knowledge and application of the principles of continuous improvement including methodologies, data collection and analysis, and reporting
- Requires knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards such as CMS Conditions of Participation, IDPH, MACRA and others as needed
- Experience with project management and demonstrate proven project management skills
- Must work well in a team environment and be able to partner with both business and technical team members and translate technical language to the non-technical need
- Demonstrated ability to identify areas for improvement, capable of making recommendations and implementing solutions
- Demonstrated ability to lead group discussions
- Demonstrated skills in conflict resolution
- Demonstrated ability to self-direct, multi-task and partner with technical staff from different departments
- Strong organizational and consensus building skills
- Demonstrated ability for public speaking
Position Details
- Job Type/FTE: Full-time
- Shift: Day
- Unit/Department: Data Science & Analytics
- CBA Code: Non-Union
Must comply with UCMCs COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.
Why Join Us
Weve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment with patients and with each other. Were in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If youd like to add enriching human life to your profile, The University of Chicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, were doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.
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The University of Chicago Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.
