Research Scientist I
About The Position
The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a full-time Research Scientist I position in the Office of the Chief Medical Director, Office of Population Health & Evaluation, Population Health Interventions. The portfolio of the Bureau includes analytic support of the PSYCKES application, PSYCKES project interventions, Crisis System Monitoring, and State Operated Psychiatric Center monitoring and reporting. Current PSYCKES Projects include the Hospital Connections Project, High Risk Quality Collaborative in Emergency Departments, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Use of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use disorder, and Engagement of High-Risk Clients in Mental Health Clinics. Selected grants projects are also managed in this bureau.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and two years of professional research experience in an appropriate field, or a master's degree in the appropriate field and one year of professional research experience in that field.
- Appropriate fields include Psychology, Sociology, Mathematics/Statistics, Public Health, Epidemiology, Economics, Biostatistics, or a related social science field.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with NYS OMH Medicaid data or other large state or federal databases.
- Expertise in using SAS and/or SQL.
- Expertise in sophisticated data modeling techniques.
- Experience with mental health populations and providers.
- Knowledge of psychotropic medications.
- Experience presenting to both scientific and lay audiences.
- Experience in developing federally funded grants.
Responsibilities
- Work with large administrative data, perform data extraction, data cleaning and merging with other data sources to create analytical file using statistical software such as SAS and SQL.
- Conduct/Support analysis on assessing quality of mental health and physical health using New York State Medicaid data, and other datasets with SAS/SQL.
- Conduct analytical support on selected grant project.
- Create reports using visualization software such as Tableau, SAS Viya to monitor trend
- Participate as a member of the Bureau of Population Health Interventions Data Analytic Workgroup.
- Conduct data analysis to support PSYCKES application in updating service settings, adding quality indicators/flags, monthly indicator run, and monthly application QA.
- Provide ADHOC reports as needed.
Benefits
- Excellent Benefits Package.
- Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
