Senior Research Data Analyst - Kansas Center for Rural Health
University of Kansas Medical Center•Kansas City, KS
•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Research Data Analyst will contribute to a multi-year assessment of health service utilization and outcomes in the south-central Midwest/Great Plains in collaboration with a multidisciplinary research team of demographers and health services researchers. In this position, the data analyst will contribute to the quantitative analysis of large scale federal administrative data sets (Medicare, Medicaid claims), as well as report, manuscript, and grant preparation.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in health services research, health policy, epidemiology, sociology, economics, biostatistics or a related field/subject area with high observational research content.
- Two (2) years of research experience managing and analyzing administrative claims data, including creation of analytic cohorts and evaluation of diagnostic and procedure codes.
- Experience and proficiency with one or more statistical software packages (SAS, R, Python, STATA), including data visualization.
Nice To Haves
- Six (6) years of related research and scientific experience.
- Experience communicating observational research information (written and oral)
- Experience managing and analyzing Medicare fee-for-service claims, Medicare Advantage encounters, and/or Medicaid claims data
- Experience with other large healthcare-related secondary datasets, including electronic medical records and national survey data
- Applied experience with or substantive knowledge of the U.S. health care system and U.S. health policy landscape, including baseline understanding of state and federal health insurance programs inclusive of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
- Evidence of scholarship in rural health service delivery, rural health, health services research, health policy.
Responsibilities
- Perform descriptive and model-based analyses to support health service utilization and outcomes assessment(s).
- Generate clear, publication-quality visualizations and tables to communicate analytic findings to a wide audience, including policy audiences and community stakeholders.
- Conducts activities in a professional and ethical manner, and in accordance with KUMC Policies and applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations.
- Performs job responsibilities in a safe and secure manner.
- Coordinate work with other University areas ensure integration and support of the University mission.
- Develops, maintains and expands job-specific knowledge and skills to keep pace with industry changes and supports the university's commitment to excellence and innovation.
- Participates in relevant committees, task force, or other similar activities.
- Maintain confidentiality of medical center, employee, and patient information.
- Manages sensitive data with discretion and in accordance with KUMC policies and legal requirements.
- Maintains the highest standards of integrity, respect, professional conduct, and ethical standards.
- Identify analytic needs of research questions; design and execute analyses that provide meaningful and actionable answers.
- Clean, organize, and link multiple large datasets and ensure reproducibility and data integrity.
- Interpretation of results and dissemination of findings through preparation of reports, journal articles, presentations, and other scholarly outputs.
- Specifically, contributions towards analytic design and support.
- Assist with IRB and other regulatory requirements (e.g., data use agreements)
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- May mentor and work as a resource for other team members in terms of quality data practice.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health expense accounts with generous employer contributions
- Employer-paid life insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- various additional voluntary insurance plans
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick
- ten paid holidays
- One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment
- paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment
- A retirement program with a generous employer contribution
- additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
