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At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.
Job ID: LP_00022278-621
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.
The Analytics & Clinical Effectiveness (A&CE) Specialist at Stanford Medicine Children's Health is a key contributor to the Analytics & Clinical Effectiveness Department within the Center for Pediatric & Maternal Value (cpmV). This role involves collaborating closely with interdisciplinary teams and serves as an analytical thought partner to a successful clinical effectiveness program, emphasizing efficient and effective care management and innovative clinical process redesign. The specialist is responsible for in-depth data discovery, curating and analyzing comprehensive healthcare data to reveal impactful insights and support data-driven decision making and improvements. They translate complex business questions into effective analytics solutions, such as Business Intelligence reports, statistical models or interactive data visualizations, serving as a steward of data integrity and best practices.
With a high sense of curiosity and keen attention to detail, the specialist integrates project management and improvement science to interpret analytic findings, communicate insights effectively, and support clinical performance improvement. The specialist identifies opportunities for improvement via evidence-based practices, regulatory and accrediting agency requirements, and current performance in Quality, Safety, Service and Equity Key Performance Indicators. Quality, Safety, Service and Equity Key Performance Indicators.
The specialist will collaborate with various business units for key elements of SMCH's Quality portfolio. Some examples include Clinical Effectiveness Programs; Quality Improvement; Performance Improvement; Patient Safety; Peer Review function; Infection Prevention & Control; Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance; Patient & Family Experience; Health Equity; IS-Analytics; IS-Clinical Informatics, Financial Planning & Decision Support and various Patient Care Service lines/units/clinics.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
Must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the hospital's policies and procedures, including its Service Standards and its Code of Conduct.
*Develops, implements, and automates reporting solutions by working with stakeholders in their design, planning, and implementation while ensuring consistency and coherency; evaluating and summarizing data and results; creating summary statistics; developing data reports, visualizations, and/or interactive Business Intelligence (BI) reports; reporting to stakeholders on key findings; identifying needs for the development and implementation of additional reporting solutions; and preparing documentation as appropriate.
*Interprets data analyses by applying findings to contextual settings; and developing insights, reports, and presentations telling a compelling story to stakeholders to enable and influence decision making; and providing context related to data interpretations and/or limitations as appropriate.
*Drives strategic data-informed decisions by consulting with stakeholders to identify and clarify key business needs; developing outcomes and process measures; translating business requirements; determining data/information needs and data collection methods; developing analysis plans; measuring the impact of business decisions on clients, customers, and/or members; working with stakeholders to identify opportunities and methods to improve efficiencies with analysis; supporting and training end-users; and documenting processes and deliverables.
*Develops analytical and/or statistical models enabling informed business decisions by determining data and analytical requirements; creating models leading to actionable insights; and testing, refining, and validating models.
*Researches and designs effective and innovative analytics strategies to measure and improve departmental and organizational goals.
*Works collaboratively with quality & performance improvement teams to develop measures for monitoring and reporting clinical outcomes and process improvement.
*Provides consultative and analytic expertise to cpmV and to interdisciplinary clinical effectiveness initiative teams in SMCH data models and systems. Acts as a resource in the interpretation and use of data generated by the department and utilized throughout the organization.
*Represents and serves as an authority on Quality, Safety, Service and Equity related analytics at meetings, initiatives and on committees.
*Collaborates within the hospital and clinics, the School of Medicine, medical and patient care staffs, and with external agencies and stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes and improve clinical performance.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.
*Education: Bachelor's degree in a work-related field/ discipline from an accredited college or university. Master's degree preferred.
*Experience: Three (3) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience. Five (5) years of experience preferred.
*Licensure/Certification: None required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES
These are the observable and measurable attributes and skills required to perform successfully the essential functions of the job and are generally demonstrated through qualifying experience, education, or licensure/certification.
*Ability to use statistics to evaluate and interpret data, summarize results, make judgments, and recommendations regarding quality & process improvement work, including, but not limited to resource utilization, clinical practice patterns and clinical pathway effectiveness
*Demonstrated ability as highly creative, highly motivated, high-energy self-starter, who also possesses excellent tact and judgment for handling confidential and/or sensitive issues
*Expertise in advanced quantitative and relational database tools (i.e. advanced Excel, SQL, statistical packages: R/Python/SAS/STATA)
*Expertise with Business Intelligence reporting and data visualization tools (i.e. SAP BusinessObjects, Power BI, Tableau)
*Outstanding organizational and project planning skills. Ability to perform complex tasks, prioritize multiple independent projects and meet challenging deadlines
*Experience with electronic health record (EHR) data highly desirable
*Knowledge of and experience with healthcare improvement science methods and tools (i.e. Cause and Effect Analysis, Statistical Process Control Chart, Key Driver Diagram).
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
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Pay Range
Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role.
Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Typically, new team members join at the minimum to mid salary range.
Minimum to Midpoint Range (Hourly): $58.28 to $75.76
Stanford Medicine Children's Health (SMCH) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SMCH does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements, and where applicable, in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.