Data Analyst - ED Job Listing at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC (Job ID 1361943700)

Description

Emergency Room Clerical  
Full Time
AM Shift 
8a-5p

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state's first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer's care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Under the general direction of the Emergency Department's management, advises, supports, and assists in the use of data through advanced statistical analysis, data mining and data visualization techniques, creates solutions that enable enhanced operational efficiency and clinical effectiveness.  Will also manage projects in support of the department to leverage and synthesize large volume and variety of data in order to improve decision points and outcomes.

Minimum Education: Master's Degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): A Master's Degree may be substituted for one of the following combinations:

A Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field with 2 years of related experience working in database management and analysis;

An Associate's Degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field with 5 years of related experience working in database management and analysis.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: Experience with database querying languages such as SQL;

Able to understand various data structures and common methods in data transformation;

Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and PowerPoint. 

• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets data to draw conclusions and/or make recommendations that support business objectives and optimize operations.
• Summarizes information in a logical format and develops communication channels that summarize findings in a clear and concise manner to senior management and key stakeholders.
• Utilizes and analyzes data in various approaches for projects including but not limited to; workflow assessments, best practice evaluations and implementation, operational efficiency evaluations, and performance reporting and action plan development.
• Ability to work as team leader on projects, responsible for planning, implementation, and integration of assigned tasks and directives.
• Identifies potential process improvements, economies of scale and productivity enhancements.
• Participates in working sessions with stakeholders to obtain necessary project information or assist in project execution.

• Works with senior leadership to design and develop reports that assist with the decision making process.
• Stays abreast of best practices regarding methods of statistical analysis, data management, and databases responsible for. Makes recommendations on system enhancements and workflow.
• Stays cognizant of current challenges and trends in assigned field and anticipates how these changes impact past, current, and future operations.
• Audit databases and data to ensure data integrity. Identify potential errors and works with appropriate parties to ensure data is validated and reliable.
• Entering data into appropriate databases to support data collection and analysis process.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.