Researcher Health Services
About The Position
The Researcher Health Services conducts prospective and retrospective health services, health economics, and epidemiologic research for Elevance Health, Carelon, and external clients. Focus areas include implementation sciences, population health, evidence-based care involving drugs, procedures, vaccines, and medical devices, and policy research. The role leads or supports scientific work across proposal development, research design, methodology, analytical techniques, data analysis, and reporting. It applies subject matter expertise to develop protocols, statistical analysis plans, analyses, reports, and publications; defines study database and analysis-file specifications; and conducts or reviews analyses using administrative claims, electronic medical records, and survey data. The position is accountable for the quality and accuracy of study deliverables, presents findings, facilitates collaboration among project team members, and manages relationships with study champions and internal and external stakeholders. This hybrid position requires associates to work in an office 1–2 days per week. Candidates must live within reasonable commuting distance of a posting location unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. Locations listed are Illinois and Massachusetts.
Requirements
- Master’s degree, MPH, or PharmD in epidemiology, health sciences, or a related field, plus at least 3 years of experience in health services research, epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field; equivalent combinations of education and experience are also accepted.
Nice To Haves
- Degree or research experience in health economics.
- Ph.D.
- Postgraduate or postdoctoral training, or relevant experience conducting observational and/or prospective research studies.
- Understanding of the U.S. health care system, population health, and social determinants of health or health-related social needs.
- Proficiency in statistical software such as SAS, STATA, R, and/or Python.
- Proficiency in data management tools, including SQL.
- Experience with large healthcare datasets, such as claims data, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), or the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
- Experience in implementation sciences.
Responsibilities
- Lead or support scientific aspects of research activities, including proposal development, research designs, methodologies, analytical techniques, data analyses, and reporting.
- Use subject matter expertise to lead or support development of protocols, statistical analysis plans, analyses, reports, and publications.
- Develop detailed specifications for study databases, analysis files, consistency checks, tables, and figures, and communicate requirements to the programming group.
- Analyze administrative claims, electronic medical records, and survey data, and review statistical output to ensure the quality of research activities and client deliverables.
- Ensure the final quality and accuracy of study deliverables, present deliverables, and facilitate collaboration among project team members.
- Manage relationships with study champions, communicate scientific decisions, and present key study insights to senior leadership, internal decision makers, and external stakeholders or clients.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase.
- 401(k) contribution.
- Merit increases.
- Paid holidays.
- Paid time off.
- Incentive bonus programs, unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Stock purchase plan.
- Life insurance.
- Wellness programs.
- Financial education resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
