Job Description

Jr. Healthcare Data Analyst

• Remote
• Long-term Contract
• Due to government client requrirements, must be a US Citizen (living in the US the past 3 years) and able to obtain a Federal Public Trust Background Check in addition to passing a Federal Drug Screen.

We are seeking an entry level Data Analyst to join our client's team supporting various CMS data projects.

Responsibilities

• Trend data to identify potential opportunities (e.g., variances, significant outliers, percentile ranked groups) for quality improvement or focused investigations.
• Aid in design data analysis strategies to identify potential areas for quality improvement or focused investigation.
• Analyze data, draw conclusions, and summarize into quality indicator values
• Develop tabular and graphical presentations of data, which clearly and concisely illustrate current levels of care.
• Populate tabular and graphical presentation of data.
• Contribute to the development of interventions (i.e., develop educational materials for doctors and nurses) which will improve healthcare processes and outcomes.
• Facilitate design re-measurement strategies (after intervention) of healthcare processes and outcomes to effectively quantify impact of interventions for improvement.
• Analyze re-measurement data and summarize into quality indicator values.
• Support development of reports concerning all of the above.
• May mentor junior Data Analysts in technical aspects of their work.
• Assist in preparing findings for publishing in peer reviewed journals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health or related discipline (e.g., Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science) required. Master's Degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on SAS or other statistical programming work experience, or demonstrated combination of education and experience.
• 6 months experience with health related analytic research and quality improvement methodology (ISO, CQI, TQM, Six Sigma, Lean, Etc.) preferred.

What will set you apart

• Python experience.
• Experience working with Medicare or Medicaid data (Medicaid a huge plus).

Since 1988, The ACI Group, a Baltimore-based staffing firm, has been committed to hiring the industry's leading professionals, and presenting exciting career opportunities. We have access to varied types of contract, permanent and contract-to-perm positions and offer a choice of employment options including a full benefits package.