Quality and Patient Safety Data Analyst (Open Rank, Intermediate to Principal)
About The Position
The Department of Medicine (DOM) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine seeks a Data Analyst to support its Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) mission. The successful candidate will be highly organized, motivated, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects, execute analytic plans, and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders including faculty, staff, and health system partners. Working as a key member of the DOM Quality Team, this position will operate under minimal supervision to support departmental operations, quality improvement initiatives, research, and education. The analyst will collaborate with clinicians, administrators, researchers, data scientists, and trainees to design and deliver analytics that improve patient outcomes, enhance patient experience, reduce costs, and strengthen provider engagement and system performance.
Requirements
- Intermediate Level: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- A combination of education and related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.
- One (1) year of professional-level experience with data analytics.
- Senior Level: Bachelor's from an accredited institution.
- A combination of education and related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.
- Two (2) years of professional-level experience with data analytics.
- Principal Level: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- A combination of education and related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.
- Three (3) years of professional-level experience with data analytics.
- Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision.
- Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
- Outstanding customer service skills.
- Passion for improving patient safety, quality of care, and health system performance.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook).
- Proficiency with R, SAS (Statistical Analysis System), Stata, or SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for data management, statistical analysis, and reporting.
- Obtain and maintain Epic Certification.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, data science, or related field.
- Experience with REDCap, Qualtrics, or other data collection and management tools.
- Experience with Epic data extraction and analytics.
- Experience with Vizient or other registry data.
- Experience writing queries using SQL (Structured Query Language).
- Experience developing dashboards (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) or data visualizations for quality improvement.
- Experience with institutional review boards and clinical research practices.
- Current Epic Certification.
- Experience with applying appropriate analytic and statistical techniques to healthcare quality and outcomes data.
Responsibilities
- Perform data collection and management using software packages/languages such as SQL, Microsoft Access and Excel, SAS, or other similar programs.
- Maintain data in a safe and secure environment.
- Build automated ETL (extract, transform, load) processes for ongoing data analysis.
- Become certified as an Epic Analyst
- Construct data joins, unions, and aggregations for relational data structures.
- Build interactive data visualizations on large data sets to better present and understand the data.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Educational Services
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
