Data Analyst I or II (massgeneralbrigham)

Job Description

Site: The General Hospital Corporation

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

The Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients and their families in a respectful, efficient, and safe environment; to communicate openly and directly; and to recognize and value the contributions of every individual. We are dedicated to advancing the diagnosis and treatment of disease through research and education. We strive for innovation, work as a team, and lead by example.
Our Division includes the research Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI), which is also associated with the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. The mission of the Center for Aging and Serious Illness (mghagingandseriousillness.org) is to better understand the needs of those living with serious illness and their caregivers, develop new interventions, improve current treatments, and explore new questions at the intersection of aging and serious illness. The research team is responsible for a growing number of clinical studies, observational studies, investigator-initiated primary care, hospital-based and community-based implementation studies. It supports the MGH Continuum Project (mghcontinuumproject.org) and Division program evaluation needs.
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The Data Analyst (I or II) reports to the CASI Research Administrative Manager, the CASI Center Director, and Division Leadership. Strong candidates for this role will have experience conducting observational data analyses, working with raw data from a variety of sources (e.g., administrative claims, electronic health record, etc.), and using large longitudinal datasets. The ideal candidate has strong analytic and methodological skills, excellent communication skills, and a personal mission to improve care for older adults or those living with serious illness.
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Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
• The Data Analyst will work collaboratively with CASI and the Division to perform a variety of activities including assisting with program evaluation, statistical analysis, and reporting results for a variety of internal and external projects and constituents, database development, software programming, data management, dashboard creation.
• This detail-oriented, motivated, and independent individual will work with large national survey, electronic health record (EPIC), and administrative claims datasets.
• The Data Analyst will use SAS or other analytical software and other technical tools to clean data, build datasets, and run statistical analyses for multiple projects.
• They will be responsible for translating evaluation questions into analytic plans, constructing analytic datasets by extracting raw data, including medical claims data, from electronic data warehouses and other sources as necessary, producing appropriate data summaries, and conducting valid data comparisons and statistical tests.
• They will have the opportunity to evaluate health care delivery models, contribute to scientific discovery and scholarship and grow in knowledge and expertise.
• They will be encouraged to learn new methodological skills to advance science and program evaluation using state of the art approaches.
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Skills & Competencies Required:
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytic and data management skills, especially with clinical and biostatistical analyses
• Practical problem-solving and ability to move forward in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prioritize work, operate under tight deadlines, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail. Proficiency with software packages, including Microsoft Office suite.
• Resilient, collaborative, flexible, innovative, and curious.
• Strong programming skills in SAS and/or other analytic software and willingness to learn other programming languages as necessary.
• Basic knowledge of statistical testing and multivariate modeling required (e.g., logistic, and linear regression, longitudinal models) used in Biostatistics/Epidemiology
• Experience transforming and analyzing administrative healthcare data (e.g., Medicare/Medicaid, other claims-based or electronic medical records databases (EPIC)) is preferred.
• Experience with compiling longitudinal datasets for analysis is preferred.
• Is knowledgeable and compliant in all hospital, State and Federal regulatory requirements, including the Division’s code of conduct, the MGH mission, credo and boundaries, hospital policy and procedures (where applicable to the performance of the job), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
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Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred.
• 2 or more years of healthcare bioinformatics, and/or statistical analysis experience.
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Working Conditions
• Fast paced and dynamic healthcare administration office.
• Typical work hours are Monday through Friday days, but may vary based upon individual event demands, up to and including periodic evenings and weekend days.
• MGH Main Campus, but periodic travel to other Mass General Brigham Healthcare system and event locations will be necessary.

 

Job Summary

Summary<br>Responsible for extracting knowledge and insights from data in order to investigate business/operational problems through a range of data preparation, modeling, analysis, and/or visualization techniques.<br><br>Does this position require Patient Care?<br>No<br><br>Essential Functions<br>-Collects, analyzes, and reports data to support decisions on day-to-day operations, strategic planning, and/or specific business performance issues. <br>
-Collates, models, interprets, and analyzes data. <br>
-Explains variances and trends in data. <br>
-Identifies and documents enhancements to modeling techniques. <br>
-Completes thorough quality assurance procedures, ensuring accuracy, reliability, trustworthiness, and validity of work. <br>
-Performs data validation of source-to-target data for data visuals and dashboards. <br>

 

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Analysis required or Bachelor's Degree Related Field of Study required

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?

• Yes

Licenses and Credentials

Experience

• Experience working with data, preferably healthcare data 2-3 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Healthcare knowledge, particularly as it pertains to electronic medical record data, is preferred but not required.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, data visualization, and Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau.
• Knowledge and application of statistical analyses, including variance analysis and statistical significance, are preferred.
• Project management skills and/or experience are a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

 

Physical Requirements

• Standing Occasionally (3-33%)
• Walking Occasionally (3-33%)
• Sitting Constantly (67-100%)
• Lifting Occasionally (3-33%) 20lbs - 35lbs
• Carrying Occasionally (3-33%) 20lbs - 35lbs
• Pushing Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Pulling Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Balancing Occasionally (3-33%)
• Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)
• Kneeling Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Crouching Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Reaching Occasionally (3-33%)
• Gross Manipulation (Handling) Constantly (67-100%)
• Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)
• Feeling Constantly (67-100%)
• Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
• Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
• Talking Constantly (67-100%)
• Hearing Constantly (67-100%)

 

Onsite

 

125 Nashua Street

 

40

 

Regular

 

Day (United States of America)

 

The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

 

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