Analyst, Data at Amery Hospital & Clinic in Bloomington, MN

Summary: Amery Hospital & Clinic is a nonprofit, integrated health care organization committed to providing simple and affordable healthcare. They are seeking a Data Analyst who will drive adoption and use of data and analytic services, collaborating with teams to build scalable solutions for data visualization and analysis. Responsibilities: - Partners with domain experts, business groups, and data engineers to frame problems, model, clean and integrate data, and determine the best way to leverage that data in service of a goal - Works with business partners to understand and create their “user stories;” they support opportunities to leverage data analytics in service of customer or business value - Partners with other analysts to create, deploy, monitor, and maintain highly interactive data visualizations - Participates in strategic measurement activities, including Return on Investment (ROI) analyses, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) development, risk assessment and indexing, as well as domain-specific measurements (example: readmission rates) - Works with their teams to ensure data accessibility, accuracy, and quality - May provide consultative, data-driven support on product and business strategy development - Executes test cases to validate that analytic and software solutions meet the business acceptance criteria - Data analysts leverage internal and external sources to validate data accuracy and benchmark results - Promotes and champions our security and de-identification standards, while they handle sensitive administrative data (medical and pharmacy claims, clinical data, and other sensitive organizational data assets) Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in economics, mathematics, business, computer science, data or social science, operations research, statistics, or a related quantitative field. Alternate experience and education in equivalent areas is acceptable - One year experience using data visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, etc - Must have the ability to tell stories using data - Basic knowledge of SQL and relational database design - Familiarity with Python, R, etc. (“or similar”) - Some working knowledge or training using technical and analytical skills to extract, integrate, layout and interpret complex and disparate data sources - Demonstrated ability to present findings and actionable recommendations - Must be motivated, self-driven, curious, and creative - Ability to communicate and work with development teams, end users and business partners - Demonstrated ability to support and complement the work of a diverse development and / or operations team Preferred Qualifications: - Knowledge of health care operations - Exposure to agile/scrum (including tools like JIRA) - Some knowledge of programming skills using Python, R, etc. (“or similar”) - Willingness to learn medical terminology, medical coding systems; ICD-10, CPT4, DRG, GPI - Familiarity with software development, data and integration architecture Required Skills: Data visualization tools, SQL, Python Important Skills: Data analysis, Health care operations Nice-to-Have Skills: Curiosity Benefits: Health, Time off, Retirement planning, Continuous learning opportunities