Healthcare Data Specialist

The Health Plan Quality Improvement Solutions team is looking for a talented Healthcare Data Specialist who understands how to use data to tell a story to non-technical audiences using business intelligence tools and presentations. In this fully remote role, you’ll participate in quality improvement conversations with business partners across the company and provide data-driven insights that improve the health outcomes and satisfaction of our Medicaid members in Tennessee.

Experience with SQL (ex: SAS programming, SSRS, other SQL tools) and dashboard development (ex:  Tableau, Microsoft Power Bi) is required.

Job Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain good working relationships throughout the corporation to support department, division and BCBST corporate goals and objectives
• Organize and prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines among multiple concurrent projects, project teams, and or management staff
• Partner with internal customers to define business needs, issues, and translate ideas into effective strategies and action plans for various types of business owners across the company
• Develop metrics, execute research designs and reports using business rules and requirements provided by business owners

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree OR Master's Degree with 2 years of work experience

Experience

• 4 years - Experience in analytics, reporting and data utilizing industry-standard tools

Skills\Certifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Strong analytical skills with understanding of basic statistics and algebra required

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