Healthcare Data Analyst, MN and WI Remote, Minnesota

About Children's Minnesota

Children's Minnesota is the seventh largest pediatric health system in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children's serves kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, 12 primary and specialty care clinics and six rehabilitation sites. Additionally, Children's is Minnesota's only Level I pediatric trauma center inside a hospital dedicated solely to children. In 2018 Children's Minnesota was verified as a Level I Children's Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons. Children's maintains its longstanding commitment to the community to improve children's health by providing high-quality, family-centered pediatric services and advancing those efforts through research and education. This work is made possible in large part by generous philanthropic and volunteer support from individuals and organizations throughout the state and region. An award-winning health system, Children's received Magnet® recognition from The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in 2018 and is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children's hospital. Please visit childrensMN.org .

Position Summary

The Healthcare Data Analyst provides analytic support to functional business and clinical areas in order to formulate actionable insights and strategies against departmental/organizational goals and business/clinical outcomes. The Analyst will gather and interpret data from a variety of sources (e.g., the electronic health record, billing claims, cost reports, and patient satisfaction surveys) ultimately, to help deliver Value across its six domains: Effective, Timely, Efficient, Safe, Equitable, Patient Centered. The healthcare analyst will synthesize data that guides decision-making, population health management, cost containment, and quality improvement strategies. The Healthcare Data Analysts may be responsible for automating internal and external reports, creating executive-level dashboards, and presenting information to help hospital executives and others understand the operational and clinical impacts of the data. The analyst will design and produce high-quality analytic products for the appropriate audience, understand how to visualize the data in a way that communicates existing trends and patterns which guides information discovery.

Qualifications
To be eligible for this position candidates must live in MN or WI to be considered.

Education:
*Bachelor's degrees in Business, Healthcare, Computer Science, Statistics, or related field required.

Experience:
*Minimum three (3) years of experience in analytics using multiple data sources.
*Two (2) years of experience in healthcare business intelligence and analytics preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
*Excellent verbal and written communicators and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
* QI discipline, inclusive of concepts like statistical process control; financial/claims-based modeling; economic/actuarial-type insight.
*Problem solver, detail oriented and strong analytical skills required.
*Ability to engage with stakeholders to understand and respond to their needs.
*A detailed knowledge of business and healthcare processes.
*Ability to influence teams and have crucial conversations with tact.
*Ability to develop business requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
*Experience with Value Based Care strongly preferred.
*Cerner EHR, Predictive Analytics experience, strongly preferred.
*Broad knowledge of data warehouses, data marts and business intelligence solutions (SQL, QlikView and R) is preferred.
*Passionate about data and lots of it, and driven by curiosity through creative problem-solving.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Children's Minnesota requires proof of COVID-19 vaccine, and as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), immunity to vaccine preventable infectious diseases, prior to employment.

Children's Minnesota is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities to all applicants. EO M/F/Disability/Vet Employer.