IT Principal Professional (EPIC/PACS Data Management and Analytics Specialist)

University of Colorado • Aurora, CO

80d • $78,810 - $100,247

About The Position

The Department of Radiology seeks a Data Analytics Specialist with emphasis on Epic and PACS data management. This position focuses on data management, healthcare informatics, and clinical analytics within the Department of Radiology. Core responsibilities include extracting, curating, validating, and structuring large datasets from Epic and PACS; developing databases; and building analytic solutions to support clinical, operational, and financial performance. The role requires advanced technical skills and the ability to translate healthcare data into actionable insights. The incumbent will apply knowledge of radiology workflows, coding standards, and productivity measures (cFTEs, wRVUs, CPT/ICD codes) to optimize decision-making. The position operates at an advanced level and serves as a subject matter expert, collaborating with faculty, administrators, and clinical leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, data science, healthcare informatics, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of experience in database development, data analytics, or healthcare data management.
• Demonstrated experience with Epic or another Electronic Health Record system and/or PACS.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, informatics, or a related field.
• Experience with SQL Server, SSRS/SSIS, or other data warehouse tools.
• Experience in Python, R, or other statistical programming languages.
• Experience with healthcare productivity metrics (wRVUs, cFTEs) and coding standards (CPT, ICD/diagnosis codes).
• Experience with radiology workflow, clinic utilization analysis, and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Extracting, validating, and structuring clinical datasets to support reporting on turnaround times (TATs), wRVUs per shift, productivity metrics, and capacity planning.
• Building reports and dashboards to integrate operational, financial, and clinical metrics.
• Supporting analysis of radiology workflow, clinic utilization, and departmental performance.
• Advising leadership on data-driven decision-making through accessible and accurate analytics.
• Working knowledge of healthcare data for data manipulation, analysis, and report presentation.
• Captures, analyzes, and documents requirements for analytics solutions and updates datasets for reports & visualizations as needed.
• Experience with data quality tools for data profiling, cleansing, and standardization.
• Collect, analyze, abstract and report on data using information technologies to support clinical and operational processes and organizational initiatives.
• Designs data queries based on customer inquiries and needs.
• Extracts, validates and analyzes desired data.
• Collaborates on the design, implementation, and evaluation of data analysis processes, including determining metrics and methodologies to be used.
• Trends patterns and recognizes relationships within data.
• Builds automated reports and dashboards with the help of Power BI providing insights to improve decision-making.
• Create multiple dashboards, reports and applications within the Power BI platform to automate clinical operational processes.
• Document Power BI report design and technical specs.

Benefits

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees