[Hiring] Quality Improvement Analyst Lead @CareOregon

Role Description

This position performs data analysis and data visualization at a lead level. Essential responsibilities are aligned with practices and teams within a defined geographic area, coordinated care organization (CCO), benefit or line of business and providing guidance to less experienced analysts. This position spends substantial time using a combination of evaluation, quality improvement methods, data analysis, and data visualization to meet defined clinical performance metrics and regulatory deliverables. This position integrates quality improvement QI activities, processes, and projects with the CareOregon Quality Strategy and related regulatory and accreditation standards to promote compliance. Additionally, this position is responsible for leading people and projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in quality improvement, population health or a related field, including minimum 4 years data analytics experience (including Tableau and SQL)
• OR Bachelor’s degree in social science, science, or math with minimum 5 years’ experience in quality improvement, population health or a related field, including minimum 3 years data analytics experience
• OR Master’s degree in data analytics (e.g., health informatics, biostatics, business, data analytics, etc.), public health, or health administration with minimum 3 years’ experience in quality improvement, population health, or related field, including minimum 2 years data analytics experience
• Preferred: Experience with people and/or project leadership
• Preferred: SQL for Snowflake experience

Requirements

• Perform ongoing synthesis and analysis of performance information.
• Conduct moderate to complex analysis of key metrics and program data to identify trends, make predictions, and calculate targets.
• Lead the development of dashboards to provide visual assessment of metric performance and regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate line of business/regional priorities and develop strategic reporting systems for use at various organizational levels.
• Provide strategic recommendations to leadership based on data and analysis.
• Identify opportunities for cross-departmental or cross-regional projects.
• Present data effectively and assist others in understanding data usage for improvement.
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced analysts, particularly in Tableau, SQL, and statistical approaches.
• Lead projects with ISBI team and internal/external stakeholders.
• Coordinate distribution and prioritization of work across analysts.
• Serve as subject matter expert on technical specifications of clinical measures and key data sets.
• Support onboarding and development of new analysts through training and mentoring.
• Identify training needs around quality improvement and data.
• Coordinate regulatory deliverables across regions or teams and ensure timely submission.
• Provide leadership for a team in support of team direction and goals.
• Participate in organizing, scheduling, monitoring, and improving work.
• Contribute to the development, communication, and oversight of team and individual goals.
• Train, lead, and coach employees; facilitate team meetings.
• Perform work in alignment with the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
• Support the organization’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Strive to meet annual business goals in support of the organization’s strategic goals.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and bonus opportunity.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Health savings account, flexible spending account(s), lifestyle spending account, employee assistance program, and wellness program.
• Strong retirement plan with employer contributions.
• PTO and Paid State Sick Time based on hours worked/scheduled hours.
• Paid holidays, volunteer time, jury duty, bereavement leave, and more.