Healthcare Data Analyst

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

• Bachelors 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

Thank you for your interest in further growing your career at Sentara!

City/State

Norfolk VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Location(s)

Virginia Remote

Overview

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

• Bachelors 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:$69867.20-$116438.40. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials standby/on-call overtime premiums extra shift incentives or bonus opportunities.