City/State
Norfolk, VA
Work Shift
First (Days)
The Healthcare Data Analyst provides analytical and reporting support to internal and external
stakeholders by transforming healthcare data into actionable insights that drive business and operational performance. This role is responsible for developing reports, dashboards, and self-service analytics solutions that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization.
As a subject matter expert, the Healthcare Data Analyst partners with business leaders, operational teams, clinicians, and provider partners to identify opportunities, evaluate outcomes, and deliver meaningful recommendations through data analysis. Responsibilities include designing and supporting programmatic reporting solutions, performing ad hoc analyses, defining business requirements for new analytical capabilities, and supporting data quality and stewardship initiatives to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
As an integrated health system, Sentara delivers analytics across a broad range of healthcare domains including health plan operations, population health, ambulatory care, acute and post-acute care, quality improvement, regulatory reporting, and operational performance. The Healthcare Data Analyst will leverage advanced analytics tools and methodologies to support initiatives focused on improving patient outcomes, enhancing operational efficiency, and supporting strategic business objectives.
Areas of analytical focus may include:
Preferred:
Thank you for your interest in further growing your career at Sentara!
City/State
Norfolk, VA
Work Shift
First (Days)
Location(s)
Virginia Remote
The Healthcare Data Analyst provides analytical and reporting support to internal and external
stakeholders by transforming healthcare data into actionable insights that drive business and operational performance. This role is responsible for developing reports, dashboards, and self-service analytics solutions that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization.
As a subject matter expert, the Healthcare Data Analyst partners with business leaders, operational teams, clinicians, and provider partners to identify opportunities, evaluate outcomes, and deliver meaningful recommendations through data analysis. Responsibilities include designing and supporting programmatic reporting solutions, performing ad hoc analyses, defining business requirements for new analytical capabilities, and supporting data quality and stewardship initiatives to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
As an integrated health system, Sentara delivers analytics across a broad range of healthcare domains including health plan operations, population health, ambulatory care, acute and post-acute care, quality improvement, regulatory reporting, and operational performance. The Healthcare Data Analyst will leverage advanced analytics tools and methodologies to support initiatives focused on improving patient outcomes, enhancing operational efficiency, and supporting strategic business objectives.
Areas of analytical focus may include:
Medical expense and utilization trends
Population health and risk stratification
HEDIS, STAR ratings, and quality reporting
Clinical gaps in care and adherence metrics
Value-based care and provider performance measurement
State and federal regulatory reporting
Employer group and client reporting
Network management and contracting analytics
Quality and performance benchmarking
Research data and analytic support
Operational and financial performance reporting
Bachelor's Degree in Data Analytics, Healthcare Administration, Informatics, Statistics, Computer Science, Public Health, Business Analytics, or a related field (Required)
No specific certification or licensure requirements
Preferred:
Tableau Certified Data Analyst
Microsoft Power BI Certification
Databricks Certification
Healthcare analytics or data science certifications
Experience analyzing healthcare, clinical, financial, operational, or population health data.
Experience developing reports, dashboards, and self-service analytics solutions for business stakeholders.
Knowledge of SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Databricks, and AI/ML technologies to support data analysis, visualization, and reporting initiatives.
Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into analytical solutions and reporting deliverables.
Experience performing data validation, data quality assessments, and troubleshooting reporting discrepancies.
Strong consultative skills with the ability to communicate complex analytical findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience working with healthcare datasets, claims data, electronic medical record data, quality measures, or operational performance metrics preferred.
Experience supporting regulatory, quality, financial, or population health reporting initiatives preferred.
Knowledge of SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Databricks, and AI/ML
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Consultative engagement and stakeholder partnership skills
Data visualization and dashboard development expertise
Data quality and data governance knowledge
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is:$69,867.20-$116,438.40. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
•Pet Insurance
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work,Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 34,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, including 10 hospitals with the prestigious Magnet®️ recognition, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named a Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), was recognized by Forbes as "America’s Best-In-State Employer” (2024), "Best Employer for Veterans" (2022, 2023), and "Best Employer for Women" (2020), and named to IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems" (2021, 2018).
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