Health Data Analyst

WE ARE INSIGHT:
At Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago, we believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE! If you would like to be a part of our future team, please apply now!

These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, following the mission, values, and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and guests.


General Summary: Reporting to the Director of Quality, Risk and Patient Safety, the Data Analyst is responsible for collecting, organizing, summarizing, presenting and analyzing data so that valid conclusions can be drawn and reasonable decisions made on the basis of this analysis. The Data Analyst also assists others within the organization in the development of databases and quality assessment tools and acts as liaison to the external quality organizations in the transmission of data for public reporting.


DESCRIPTION:
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acts as the liaison with departments and the Quality and Safety Committee to ensure that reports flow in the established pattern to the Medical Executive Committee and the Executive Board. This may be accomplished through assisting leadership with accessing accurate data, determining the most appropriate presentation styles, compiling reports, and coordinating meetings.
• Presents data and creates various reports, charts and graphs that promote analysis, discussion, and identification of system improvements.
• Accesses various databases and produces standard and ad-hoc reports for internal trending and analysis.
• Maintains expert knowledge of content and structure of the databases as well as the identification of newer solutions.
• Promotes collaborative relationships with Physicians, nursing and leadership.
• Assists these individuals with the production of key reports.
• Serves as an in-house expert on the development and use of systems/databases.
• Provides computer application software support for Quality Management team.
• Accurately enters data for the various public-reporting initiatives, especially the CORE measures.
• Coordinates the public reporting activities by ensuring that cases are accurately selected, QM staff are provided with due dates for abstraction, and data is entered timely.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contributes to a healthy work environment by using conflict resolution skills, and participating in team problem-solving efforts.
• Assumes accountability for creating a culture of safety within the department.
• Collaborates with peers and staff in monitoring the environment and performance in the organization to identify potential safety issues and to address them proactively.
• Maintains awareness of hospital changes by attending scheduled meetings and hospital town hall meetings.
• Carries out other duties as assigned.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge:

• A minimum of three to four years of experience in a data analyst role
• Bachelor’s degree in a healthcare related field, computer science or industrial engineering, preferred.

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability with database systems.
• Midas Experience required.
• Proficient in the Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; working knowledge of project management and flowchart software, and graphics packages also desired.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Abilities:

• Demonstrates ability in the establishment of effective work relationships with co-workers and other members of the health care team to achieve results
• Excellent problem solving and inductive reasoning skills that manifest themselves in creative and forward thinking solutions in data management.
• Commitment to teamwork, service excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Excellent ability in data analysis and reporting.

Benefits:

• Paid Sick Time - effective 90 days after employment
• Paid Vacation Time - effective 90 days after employment
• Health, vision & dental benefits - eligible at 30 days, following the 1st of the following month
• Short and long-term disability and basic life insurance - after 30 days of employment

Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.