MHN Data Analyst

Marshall Health Network, Inc.

Position Title: Data Analyst 

Position Summary:
The Data Analyst s responsible for performing work related to creation of performance measurement and operational, financial, and clinical analytics. This role produces critical information for all levels of management, on both a regular schedule and ad hoc as requested, to understand performance at the project, department, and organizational level, and to compare performance with internal and external benchmarks.

The position requires a professional degree with training that supports a strong understanding of math, statistics, analytics, and logic-based processes. The Data Analyst focuses on turning data into information, information into insight, and insight into key business decisions.

System-Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide thought leadership and act 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 toward 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 and prioritizing work items for the analytics team.

• Stay informed and keep up with industry trends and best practices by attending data conferences, workshops, and seminars, subsequently imparting that data to other analytics team members.

• Serve as a mentor for other team members, teaching best practices and techniques.

Organizational Relationship:

• Reports to: Director of Data Analytics, Marshall Health Network

• Supervises: None

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required

Experience:

• 5 years of position-related experience

Position-related experience includes:

• Minimum of five years of experience with data analysis and working knowledge of database reporting.

• Obtain basic expertise in system reporting tools and data modeling solutions specific to Marshall Health Network within one year of accepting the position.

• Strong technical background and advanced math and problem-solving skills.

• 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.

• Strong SQL skills, including manipulation and management of data.

• Assist in creating databases, including designing and implementing extract, load, and transform (ETL) procedures.

• Strong intuition about data and ability to communicate findings to technical and non-technical resources.

• Proficiency with:

  • SQL (Cerner CCL experience preferred)

  • Visualization tools: Tableau, MS Power BI, DA2 / Business Objects, etc.

  • Enterprise data warehouse construction tools (dbt preferred)

  • Procedure creation for Snowflake, Cerner CCL, and MS SQL Server

  • ETL process creation tools such as MS SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

  • Programming in Python or R for data manipulation and API data retrieval (i.e., FHIR)

• Experience with ambulatory software or other core clinical information systems preferred.

• No additional certifications or registrations required.