King County, WA · 1 day ago
Epidemiologist II (Healthcare Services Data Analyst)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expKing County, WA is seeking an Epidemiologist II (Healthcare Services Data Analyst) with experience in analyzing and visualizing large healthcare services data sets. The role involves developing new analytic concepts, maintaining data visualizations, and providing data request services to partners.
Enterprise SoftwareBig DataHealthcareHospitalProfessional ServicesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Information SystemsBusiness IntelligenceHealth Care
No H1B
Responsibilities
Prepare and conduct in-depth analyses using large datasets to guide and support public health priorities (e.g. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Healthy Youth Survey, Medicaid claims, Medicare claims, electronic health records, birth certificate, death certificate, hospitalization, Census, criminal justice system data, housing provider data, firearms violence-related data, public health program data, etc.)
Identify key findings, interpret results, and develop/maintain data visualizations that highlight meaningful data to inform needs assessments and evaluations
Prepare information to clearly communicate findings, and develop presentations, reports, websites, and data visualizations for technical and non-technical audiences and stakeholders
Develop conference abstracts and manuscript(s) for peer-reviewed journals highlighting key findings from healthcare services data analyses
Develop, implement, and monitor automated and manual quality assurance procedures that assess the accuracy and completeness of analytic-ready data sets, including healthcare services data
In collaboration with subject matter experts and other analysts, develop and validate new analytic concepts using healthcare services data
Serve as lead analyst on one or more data analysis projects at any given time
Provide guidance and technical assistance to both internal and external analysts seeking to use healthcare services data and contribute to guidance documentation as needed
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in public health, informatics, or related field
Advanced knowledge of public health and healthcare services data gained through lived, professional, academic, or volunteer experience
Deep knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices; lived experience with and/or understanding of the effect of place-, race- and policy and systems inequities on communities and populations
Knowledge of statistical methods to use quantitative data to answer program evaluation and research questions
Strong ability to use sophisticated statistical software (such as SAS, Stata, R, SQL, Python) to perform a myriad of data functions, such as creating data sets, conducting quality assurance, analyzing text narratives, creating coding efficiencies, recoding data values, creating date/time calculations, applying formats to variables, merging data sets, and transposing data
Demonstrated ability to develop interactive data visualizations that meet the needs of audiences. This includes development of templates and novel visualizations, as well as maintenance of existing dashboards
Demonstrated oral and written communication ability to write and present information in multiple formats, including presenting data, findings and conclusions in clear and concise reports, presentations, infographics, etc. for general and technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple projects requiring attention to detail and coordination of effort, working independently and as part of a team
Demonstrated ability to work with, successfully collaborate, and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including community members, agency representatives and partners
Skill and demonstrated proficiency in: Microsoft Office products (such as Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams); database creation and maintenance, project management, and software for quantitative analysis (such as Stata, R, SQL, Python, Tableau, GitHub)
Demonstrated experience in cleaning, re-formatting, merging, and linking across large administrative data systems using SAS, Stata, R, SQL, or Python
Demonstrated experience conducting quality assurance activities, developing healthcare services data analytic concepts, and conducting both descriptive and multivariable analyses
Demonstrated experience interpreting numeric results and communicating findings to diverse audiences
Preferred
3+ years of experience wrangling, visualizing, and analyzing complex, large, line-level administrative data systems (e.g. health care claims, electronic health records, vital statistics, hospitalization, public health program data) using one or more sophisticated statistical software (e.g., SQL, Stata, R, Python, SAS)
3+ years of experience of developing reports and data visualizations that clearly articulate methods, results, and implications of quantitative analyses
Benefits
Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options: King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what’s best for themselves and their eligible dependents
Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
Retirement: eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays
Generous vacation and paid sick leave
Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves
Flexible Spending Account
Wellness programs
Onsite activity centers
Employee Giving Program
Employee assistance programs
Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
Training and career development programs
Company
King County, WA
King County is one of the best places to work in Washington and one of the state's largest employers with 14,000 dedicated employees.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Laura Federighi
Chief Financial Officer
Dan Bernard
Communities of Opportunity (COO) Employment Manager
Recent News
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