Nursing Department Data Analyst - Onsite
About The Position
The Nursing Department Data Analyst supports Nursing Administration by collecting, validating, analyzing, and presenting clinical, operational, quality, staffing, and patient flow data. The position turns complex information into accurate, understandable, and actionable reports to support nursing leadership decision-making, performance improvement, resource planning, regulatory readiness, and safe, efficient, high-quality patient care. Working collaboratively with the CNO, nursing leadership, clinical departments, and other organizational stakeholders, the analyst develops and maintains dashboards, recurring reports, and ad hoc analyses. The role promotes consistent data definitions, reliable reporting processes, appropriate data governance, and responsible handling of confidential information. The position is 100% onsite at Montefiore Nyack Hospital in Nyack, New York, and works a day schedule, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, healthcare administration, health informatics, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including formulas, pivot tables, data validation, lookups, charts, and data organization.
- Ability to create clear visualizations and concise written interpretations of analytical findings.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Ability to translate operational questions into measurable definitions and analytical requirements.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with clinical, operational, technical, and executive stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across departments.
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills; ability to manage competing priorities and respond appropriately to urgent operational requests.
- Discretion in handling confidential patient, employee, and organizational information.
- Ability to prioritize demands and requests; professional manner and appearance; excellent interpersonal skills, concentration, and customer sensitivity.
Nice To Haves
- Healthcare or hospital experience.
- Experience working with clinical, nursing, staffing, patient flow, quality, or workforce data.
- Experience developing reports or dashboards for leadership and operational users.
- Experience with a business intelligence or data visualization platform such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, or an equivalent system.
- Experience extracting or analyzing information from an electronic health record, staffing system, patient flow platform, or healthcare data warehouse.
- SQL or comparable data-query experience.
Responsibilities
- Create clear visualizations and concise written and verbal interpretations of analytical data for the Nursing department, CNO, and other team members.
- Create and produce accurate data for Nursing department indicators, scorecards, and projects within required timelines.
- Present and communicate data findings to clinical, operational, technical, and executive stakeholders.
- Collaborate daily with Nursing leadership to determine operational needs.
- Extract and collate data from EPIC (EHR).
- Support Nursing Administration with data collection, validation, analysis, and presentation across clinical, operational, quality, staffing, and patient flow areas.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, recurring reports, and ad hoc analyses.
- Promote consistent data definitions, reliable reporting processes, appropriate data governance, and responsible handling of confidential information.
- Participate in activities that support the hospital’s mission and in department- or hospital-wide process and outcome improvement activities.
- Complete projects and assignments within projected time frames and expectations.
- Demonstrate positive customer interactions, communicate positively across cultures and beliefs, acknowledge customer concerns, take corrective action, comply with customer service behaviors, and escort customers when necessary.
- Use equipment and supplies fiscally prudently and use the charge process for supplies and equipment.
- Maintain self-development and knowledge, comply with applicable licensure or certification requirements, and participate in annual competency assessment.
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Job Type
Full-time
