Health Equity Analyst - Diversity and Inclusion - Full Time 8 Hour Days (Exempt) (Non-Union)

The Health Equity Analyst will support the advancement of clinical quality outcomes and patient experience improvement initiatives across the health system by ensuring health equity is embedded in all strategies and actions. This role involves analyzing and interpreting healthcare data to identify disparities in clinical processes outcomes and patient experiences and working closely with crossfunctional teams to implement evidencebased practices that improve health equity for all patient populations.

Essential Duties:

• Data Analysis & Reporting: Analyze clinical and patient experience data to identify health disparities across different patient populations with a focus demographic socioeconomic characteristics and other social drivers of health. Prepare and present detailed reports to leadership highlighting areas of improvement disparities and opportunities for intervention. Develop and maintain dashboards that track key health equity metrics across clinical quality outcomes patient experience initiatives and financial impact.
• Health Equity Strategy Development: Collaborate with clinical quality community benefit and patient experience teams to design and implement health equity strategies that aim to reduce disparities and improve care for all patients. Support the integration of health equity principles into the development of clinical pathways quality improvement projects and patient experience initiatives. Provide recommendations for evidencebased interventions that promote health equity in clinical care and patient interactions.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with multidisciplinary teams including physicians nurses social workers and administrative staff to promote health equity in patient care practices and policies. Act as a liaison with community partners and advocacy groups to understand the needs of underserved populations and inform health equity initiatives. Assist in the development of training and educational materials related to cultural competency health disparities and patientcentered care for staff across the organization.
• Quality Improvement & Performance Monitoring: Support the design and implementation of quality improvement initiatives aimed at reducing health disparities in clinical outcomes and patient experience. Monitor performance on key quality and patient experience measures identify trends and recommend corrective actions to achieve equitable outcomes. Contribute to the evaluation and improvement of policies and practices that impact vulnerable or underserved populations within the health system.
• Compliance & Accreditation Support: Ensure that health equity initiatives are aligned with accreditation requirements and regulatory standards including those set by the Joint Commission CMS HCAI and other relevant bodies. Support the preparation of reports and documentation related to health equity for regulatory compliance performance audits and accreditation processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelors Degree In Public Health Healthcare Administration Health Policy Health Equity Nursing Sociology or a related field.

• Req 4 years Experience in healthcare analytics quality improvement public health population health or a related field with a strong focus on advancing health equity and improving patient outcomes and experiences.
• Req Experience with healthcare data analysis tools (e.g. Excel Tableau Power BI SAS SPSS) and electronic health records (EHR) systems.
• Req Familiarity with clinical quality measures patient experience surveys and accreditation standards (e.g. HCAHPS NCQA TJC DNV).

• Req Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Req Excellent communication skills including the ability to present datadriven insights to both clinical and nonclinical stakeholders.
• Req Knowledge of health disparities social drivers of health and strategies for addressing health inequities in a clinical setting.
• Req Ability to work independently and as part of a team to implement improvements across the health system.
• Req Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref Masters degree
• Pref Familiarity with equityfocused frameworks and models for healthcare improvement such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvements (IHI) Triple Aim or the Health Equity Framework.
• Pref Experience with patient experience tools such as Press Ganey or NRC Health is a plus.
• Pref Certification Job Relevant Certification in healthcare quality (e.g. CPHQ Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality).

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

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