Jr. Healthcare Data Analyst
- Remote
- Long-term Contract
- Due to government client requrirements, must be a US Citizen (living in the US the past 3 years) and able to obtain a Federal Public Trust Background Check in addition to passing a Federal Drug Screen.
Description
We are seeking an entry level Data Analyst to join our client's team supporting various CMS data projects.
Responsibilities
- Trend data to identify potential opportunities (e.g., variances, significant outliers, percentile ranked groups) for quality improvement or focused investigations.
- Aid in design data analysis strategies to identify potential areas for quality improvement or focused investigation.
- Analyze data, draw conclusions, and summarize into quality indicator values
- Develop tabular and graphical presentations of data, which clearly and concisely illustrate current levels of care.
- Populate tabular and graphical presentation of data.
- Contribute to the development of interventions (i.e., develop educational materials for doctors and nurses) which will improve healthcare processes and outcomes.
- Facilitate design re-measurement strategies (after intervention) of healthcare processes and outcomes to effectively quantify impact of interventions for improvement.
- Analyze re-measurement data and summarize into quality indicator values.
- Support development of reports concerning all of the above.
- May mentor junior Data Analysts in technical aspects of their work.
- Assist in preparing findings for publishing in peer reviewed journals.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health or related discipline (e.g., Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science) required. Master's Degree preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on SAS or other statistical programming work experience, or demonstrated combination of education and experience.
- 6 months experience with health related analytic research and quality improvement methodology (ISO, CQI, TQM, Six Sigma, Lean, Etc.) preferred.
What will set you apart
- Python experience.
- Experience working with Medicare or Medicaid data (Medicaid a huge plus).
Since 1988, The ACI Group, a Baltimore-based staffing firm, has been committed to hiring the industry's leading professionals, and presenting exciting career opportunities. We have access to varied types of contract, permanent and contract-to-perm positions and offer a choice of employment options including a full benefits package.