Data Analyst

Company: Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital
Location: Montgomery
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Responsibilities

Under the Administrative Director for Quality, Safety and High Reliability within the Center for Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality (CSQ), the Senior Healthcare Data Analyst will turn data into actionable information and insights to drive safety, quality, experience and clinical operational decisions in assigned support areas.

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Meets all standards of the Patient Satisfaction Initiative Criteria to make Abington Jefferson Health (AJH) the hospital of choice for Patients and Employees
• Develop trusting relationships with customers and become the go to resource for analytic capability as evidenced by:
  • Identify, develop and deliver analytical solutions that provide impactful insights and critical business decision support
  • Use advanced knowledge of healthcare key performance indicators to identify drivers of physician enterprise, quality, safety, patient satisfaction, and business/service line operations
  • Manage client expectations and communicate plans for delivering solutions
  • Work fluidly analyzing and pulling data from Vizient, Press Ganey, and various other data warehouses internal to Jefferson.
  • Use wide variety of analytical tools including data visualization and interactive discovery tools (e.g., Qlik, Tableau, etc.), MS Office applications, SQL programming, and statistical/mathematical programming tools (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, python, etc.).
  • Document definitions and structure of clinical operational data in order to ensure governance
  • Conduct database management and analyze metrics that support Patient Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience projects, through report generation, scorecard production, data analysis, trend identification and translation of outcome results using data visualization.
  • Responsible for the submission of external data to the Leapfrog Group, Vizient and other agencies as appropriate. Ensure data accuracy in collaboration with the key data owners
  • Develop and Manage databases appropriate to the needs of the CSQ. Trains end users on standardized practices to ensure ongoing data integrity. Performs audits to ensure data is correctly entered into all CSQ databases.
  • Analyzes data and provides feedback to the improvement teams in anticipation of board and organizational reporting. Acts as a project partner/developer between Safety Quality Specialists and other parties to ensure integrity of data systems.
  • Produces monthly data reports for patient safety, quality, and pt experience indicators using appropriate data management/analysis/visualization methodologies.
  • Performs other duties as assigned. Education:
    • Bachelors degree or equivalent required
    • Masters Degree in public health, biostatistics, healthcare administration, business administration, health care administration is preferred AND
      
      Experience:
      • 3-5 years experience in research, data analysis and visualization or other data-related fields.
      • Experience with Microsoft Office applications required.
      • Experience with report writing statistical analysis and computer analysis - required
      • Experience using a wide variety of analytical tools including Qlik, Tableau, MS Office applications, SQL programming, and statistical/mathematical programming tools (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, python, etc.) - required
      • Experience preparing data analysis reports for presentation to variety of key stakeholders at varying levels of the organization preferred Additional Information
        • Strong organizational, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
        • Ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization and with key stakeholders.
        • Able to handle multiple data analysis projects independently. Conditions of Employment
          
          Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jeffersons clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.
          
          Closing Statement
          
          Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
          
          Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
          
          Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
          
          Jeffersons mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.
          • OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
          • OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
          • OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing
            As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

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