Senior Data Analyst (Temporary)
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Job Location:
Little Rock, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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Type of Position:
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Job Type:
Temporary (Fixed Term)
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Institution Name:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a unique combination of education research and clinical programs that encourages and supports teamwork and diversity. We champion being a collaborative health care organization focused on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans.
UAMS offers amazing benefits and perks (available for benefits eligible positions only):
- Health: Medical Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
- Holiday Vacation and Sick Leave
- Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
- Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
- Basic Life Insurance up to $50000
- Career Training and Educational Opportunities
- Merchant Discounts
- Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy
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Department:
ACHI Analytics
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Summary of Job Duties:
The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) is a health policy organization that is administratively housed within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ACHIs mission is to be a catalyst for improving the health of Arkansans through evidence-based research public issue advocacy and collaborative program development. ACHI has served as a major contributor and trusted health policy leader in statewide efforts to improve the health of Arkansans and to drive innovation and efficiency for the states healthcare delivery system.This position is temporary part-time. The Data Analyst (TEMP) will work alongside other data analysts to develop and implement advanced data and statistical analytics using private and public health care data to inform research and analytics on important health policy questions.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors Degree plus 5 years of experience in analytics health services research statistics mathematics computer science or health policy/economics or related field.
OR
Masters Degree plus 3-year experience in analytics health services research statistics mathematics computer science or health policy/economics or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
Health care utilization and cost analyses.
Knowledge and use of national data sources (e.g. ACS HCUP MEPS).
Health services research such as health care quality Medicaid eligibility Medicaid/Medicare claims health disparities or chronic diseases.
ICD-9/10 Diagnosis ICD-9/10 Procedure CPT HCPCS DRG/MS-DRG NDC Type of Service Place of Service and other codes commonly utilized in health care data sets.
Knowledge of ArcGIS or other geographical coding programs to assist in health geocoding/mapping.
Responsibilities
Assist with execution of basic descriptive and inferential statistical analyses.
Communicate and collaborate with other analysts and project teams made up of other staff who possess data policy and other skillsets to translate policy questions into initial analytic plans.
Assist with development of complex and efficient data analytic and statistical programs to manipulate healthcare data to create research-ready datasets for empirical analyses.
Create written data analytic plans using relevant background information with detailed data management procedures to transform raw healthcare data into digestible information for policy and/or research analysts.
Import and integrate large complex datasets using SAS.
Assist with writing methodological components of technical reports following accepted protocols.
Write methodological components of technical reports and maintain detailed programming documentation for all projects including annotated program code dataset codebooks and statistical output.
Additional Information:
Salary Information:
Required Documents to Apply:
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Special Instructions to Applicants:
Applicant may be required to take Basic Excel and SAS assessments if selected for an interview.
Recruitment Contact Information:
Please contact for any recruiting relatedquestions.
All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site
Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.
Pre-employment Screening Requirements:
Criminal Background Check
This position is subject to pre-employment screening (criminal background drug testing and/or education verification). A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant except as provided by law. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity. The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
Constant Physical Activity:
Hearing Manipulate items with fingers including keyboarding Sitting
Frequent Physical Activity:
Walking
Occasional Physical Activity:
Talking
Benefits Eligible:
NoRequired Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Databases
- Data Analytics
- Microsoft Access
- SQL
- Power BI
- R
- Tableau
- Data Management
- Data Mining
- SAS
- Data Analysis Skills
- Analytics
About Company
UACCB is a two-year, accredited Arkansas community college with on-campus and online classes offering a variety of degrees and technical certificates.
