Sentara Health celebrates a 130-year history of innovation, compassion, and community benefit. Based in Norfolk, VA, Sentara is a diverse not-for-profit family of 12 hospitals, an array of integrated services, and a team of nearly 30,000 strong on a mission to improve health every day. This is pursued through a disciplined strategy to achieve Top 10% performance in key measures through shared best practices, transformation of primary care through clinical integration and strategic growth that adds value to the communities we serve in Virginia and North Carolina.

Sentara Health is seeking a passionate Data professional to join our team as Healthcare Data Analyst!

This position is 100% remote but candidates must have a current residence in one of the follow states or being willing to relocate: AL ,DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, LA, ME, MD, MN, NE, NH, ND, NV, OK, OH,PA, SC, NC, SD, TN, TX, WA, VA, WV, WI

Job Description

The Healthcare Data Analyst provides data analysis support to the customer by assisting with the development of reports and/or dashboards to monitor program and operational performance. Promotes self-service analytics for customer adoption, understanding and use of data. Supports design of programmatic analyses and reporting capabilities in addition to business requirement definition for new analyses and performs ad-hoc analysis as directed. This position supports data quality and data stewardship functions to maintain data accuracy and identify new metrics. As a subject matter expert, the Healthcare Data Analyst uses analytic skills to offer data-driven conclusions and recommendations to business partners.

Responsibilities

Responsible for developing and maintaining a program to improve data literacy across the enterprise, and help the organization use data to drive operational and clinical improvements. Works with operational and clinical leaders across the enterprise to understand business needs, guide leaders in the use of current key analytic models, dashboards, and strategic reporting tools. Develops a learning and development program within the analytics community, to promote the continuing development of skills within analytic teams.

To be successful in this role, individuals must display an in-depth understanding of both technical perspectives surrounding data management & data analytics, as well as the business drivers & imperatives for data-driven solutions. This is a role with shifting responsibilities across a wide array of functions – data literacy, data strategy, business and data analysis, and analytics consulting.

Domain knowledge in the following areas preferred. While all are not required, the ideal candidate will demonstrate understanding of the following: methods to support adult learning, data literacy, data exploration & visualization techniques; database structure and querying methods, healthcare electronic medical record systems and billing systems.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor Level Degree
• Knowledge of SQL and Tableau
• Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Problem Solving
• Consultative Engagement Skills