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Posted: 18-Mar-23
Location: Akron, Ohio
Salary: Open
Categories:
Allied Health
About Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital has been caring for children since 1890, and our pediatric specialties are ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report. With two hospital campuses, regional health centers and more than 50 primary and specialty care locations throughout Ohio, we're making it easier for today's busy families to find the high-quality care they need. In 2020, our health care system provided more than 1.1 million patient encounters. We also operate neonatal and pediatric units in the hospitals of our regional health care partners. Every year, our Children's Home Care Group nurses provide thousands of in-home visits, and our School Health nurses manage clinic visits for students from preschool through high school. With our Quick Care Online virtual visits and Akron Children's Anywhere app, we're here for families whenever and wherever they need us. Learn more at akronchildrens.org.
OUR PROMISES
- To treat every child as we would our own
- To treat others as they would like to be treated
- To turn no child away for any reason
Prior to the start date, full COVID-19 vaccination is required for employment. Full vaccination is defined as 14 days after the last received vaccination. Boosters are excluded from this requirement.
We are seeking people who are committed to fostering a diverse environment in which patients, family and staff from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed, included and can thrive.
Full Time
40 hours per week
Days
Remote
Summary:
Laboratory Data Analyst report to the Laboratory Quality and Compliance Manager and work as an integral part of the Laboratory Quality team. The analyst will support the laboratory's reporting, data analysis and data visualization efforts to expand our existing reporting capabilities, business intelligence and data mining capabilities. Data collected and reported by the analysts will support projects and hospital partnerships throughout the organization, help identify areas of growth and concern and drive operational projects from the laboratory.
Responsibilities:
- Data collection, analysis, compilation and visualization in support of clinical improvement:
- Works with operational leaders, physicians and clinical staff to design analyses that identify opportunities for improvement in care, evaluates adherence to clinical best practice, and measures outcomes.
- Synthesize data into useful and insightful, timely information that is clear and easily understood.
- Interprets data to suggest creative solutions.
- Provide Ad Hoc data as requested from the laboratory and other hospital departments to aid and implement additional projects throughout the entity
- Data mining and extraction including the application and writing of queries, development of dashboards and scorecards and reports to enhance operational efficiency and data driven decisions.
- Communication:
- Clearly, concisely communicate using a variety of methods including verbal, written and electronic methods
- Design and build data visualizations (i.e. graphs, tables, etc.) using diverse data sets of structured and unstructured data in a simplified manner that is appropriate to the audience requesting the data
- Quality Improvement:
- Responsible for identifying, collecting, validating, compiling and assisting in the evaluation of performance improvement indicators.
- Compiles data and identifies trends and problems in performance data
- Assists with regulatory preparedness, including provision of performance indicators and coordination of readiness efforts
- Miscellaneous assignments and projects as assigned
Other information:
Technical Expertise
- Ability to statically analyze and interpret raw data into actionable recommendations is required.
- Experience creating reports from a data source is required.
- Experience in working with key stakeholders to understand business problems or questions translating them into analysis, reports and visualizations that are actionable and understandable is required.
- Ability to present data in front of a professional and technical audience including the use of presentation tools and software is required.
- Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
- Experience in healthcare is preferred.
- Experience with Webi, QlikSense or similar reporting tool is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Power Point and Word] or similar software is required. Understanding of SQL and relational databases is required. Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and business intelligence best practices is preferred.
Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Informatics/Analytics or a relevant field is required. Master's degree is preferred.
- Years of relevant experience: 1 year in healthcare or analytics required, 3 to 5 years using the various hospital systems (SCC, Epic, etc.) preferred.
- Years of experience supervising: None.
Full Time
FTE: 1.000000
Status: {lpl:JobRequisition. ReqRemoteWorkerACH}
Akron Children's Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities.
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