Information Technology Analyst III

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital • New York, NY

265d • $85,500 - $139,000

About The Position

Our data analysts drive the organization in the use and adoption of data in today's evolving healthcare environment. In this senior role within the Quality Analytics team, you will be part of a community of developers and analysts who work collaboratively to meet the analytics needs of our Quality and Patient Safety organization. This is a great opportunity to work in healthcare analytics for a leading health system. Our team partners with clinical and quality stakeholders to support their efforts. This senior data analyst role will be responsible for independently collaborating with stakeholders to conduct analyses to provide information and insights that contribute to sound strategic planning, decision-making, goal setting, and effective performance measurement. The senior data analyst will work closely with the internal clinical registry and regulatory team to extract data from the EHR and automate data processes. The incumbent will maintain project plans and priorities, understanding the needs and technical specifications of incoming data requests, extracting data elements from various sources, designing and building useful analyses, and sharing development and process knowledge with other analysts to eliminate redundancy and continuously build a core of analytical strength within the organization. Ideal candidates will be detail-oriented and passionate about using data to solve problems in healthcare, and able to think creatively and plan strategically. This position identifies and addresses expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions. The incumbent will work to improve data quality where possible within created analytical models and feed data quality issues back to identified data stewards to facilitate the creation of high-quality metrics. Innovative thinking and a willingness to learn and adopt new technologies will be crucial to success in this role. Come join NYP's growing hospital analytics team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Biomedical Informatics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science, Public Health, Economics, Biostatistics, Health Policy, Statistics, or Biometrics or equivalent experience.
• Proficient in SQL and database modeling.
• 3 or more years of previous work-related experience.
• Experience with healthcare data.
• Clear demonstration of technical, analytical, organizational, problem solving and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and a positive, customer centric attitude.
• Epic Module Certification (Cogito) or obtainment within six months of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree.
• Prior experience with Epic Clarity data models, or other clinical or financial data systems.
• Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relational databases and data modeling.
• Experience with Python, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata or similar software for statistical analysis and data science.
• Experience with data visualization - Power BI.
• Experience working with clinical registry data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to conduct analyses providing information and insights for strategic planning and decision-making.
• Work closely with the internal clinical registry and regulatory team to extract data from the EHR and automate data processes.
• Maintain project plans and priorities, understanding the needs and technical specifications of incoming data requests.
• Extract data elements from various sources and design useful analyses.
• Share development and process knowledge with other analysts to eliminate redundancy.
• Identify and address data complexities to mitigate their impact on analytic outcomes.
• Improve data quality within analytical models and communicate issues to data stewards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits that support you and your family in every aspect of life.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Dynamic environment that embraces every person.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree