HealthCare Data Consultant – SAS, SQL

Description:

Under general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. This position functions both as consultant and as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.

Essential Functions:
– Designs and enhances databases.
– Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.
– Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.
– Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.
– Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.
– Builds and maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.
– Tests and maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL).
– Builds sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.
– Defines and frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.
–  Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.
– Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.
– Develops creative alternative solutions.
– Works closely with IT and outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments).
– May coordinate team/project activities and schedules.
– May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.
– May provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams.
– Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments).

Basic Qualifications:
Experience
– Minimum three (3) years of programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, .net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.
– Minimum of three (3) years of related analytical consulting experience.
Education
– Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations
research, or related field required OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
– High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
Licenses, Certifications, Registrations
– N/A.

Additional Requirements:
– Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.
– Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required
– Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.
– Microsoft Office skills required.
– Very strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.
– Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.
– Must be an independent self-starter.
– Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
– Master’s degree preferred.

– Analytical consulting experience in the healthcare field.
– Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.

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