Data Analyst I - Pandemic Public Health (DH6420)

Navajo Preference Employment Act

In accordance with Navajo Nation and federal law, TCRHCC has implemented an Affirmative Action Plan pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act.  Pursuant to this Plan and corresponding TCRHCC Policy, applicants who meet the necessary qualifications for this position and (1) are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe will be given preference in hiring and employment for this position, (2) are legally married to enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and meet residency requirements will be given secondary preference, and (3) are enrolled members of other federally-recognized American Indian Tribes will be given tertiary preference.
Overview

POSITION SUMMARY

The incumbent is responsible for utilizing database systems to enhance surveillance, tracking, and monitoring of the health status of the population served by the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC). In close collaboration with the Epidemic Response Team, incumbent performs population health analytics to identify public health problems and trends. Incumbent is responsible for public health and healthcare service data to ascertain changing patterns of health and illness related to the mission of TCRHCC. Incumbent performs data management and data cleaning and conducts statistical and epidemiological analyses related to disease outbreaks, health services and population health. Additionally, the incumbent helps prepare findings for dissemination. Incumbent works under the direction of Public Health Director and Program Manager with support from the Epidemiologist/Evaluator. Incumbent may work remotely as directed by supervisor.

Qualifications

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Baccalaureate degree in data science, statistics, or other healthcare data-related field.

 

Experience:

Must have at least one year of experience in public health or healthcare data analysis utilizing clinical management systems and/or databases of clinical data to create actionable reports using tools such as SQL, PowerBI, and R studio. 

 

Certification:

Must have and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by the American Heart Association or obtain within six months of date of hire

Other Skills and Abilities:

A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers.  All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:

• Skill with tools needed to perform all activities within scope of work, such as statistical software (R studio, PowerBI,) and visual analytics software..
• Knowledge of analytics and metrics including visual geographical display, exploratory data analysis, tabular analysis and displays, statistical process control.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for measuring and analyzing data
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to set priorities and manage work within a designated time frame
• Positive working relationships with others
• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Completion of and, above-satisfactory scores on all job interviews, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the interviewees and TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading, or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical:

Positive involves long hours of sitting, must also be able o occasionally stand, walk, drive, and bend. Must be able to push, pull and lift up to 10lbs occasionally. Must have ability of near and color vision, seeing fine details, hearing normal speech and occasionally far vision, depth perception, hearing overhead pages, and telephone use. Must have ability of simple/firm grasping and prolonged use of keyboards.

Mental:

Must be able to prioritize and use good judgment; must have critical thinking skills to problem solve and plan, identify and question issues and information in order to make appropriate assumptions, inferences, implications, and decisions; and must be able to communicate with staff, providers, senior leaders, and external entities. Must be able to continuously concentrate, handle high degree of flexibility and work alone, frequently cope with high levels of stress, make decisions under high pressure, handle multiple priorities in stressful situation and occasionally demonstrate high degree of patience. Must accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.

 

Environmental:

May occasionally be exposed to infectious diseases, dust, fumes, and gases.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Imports, exports, and cleans data from various sources, including the electronic health record (EHR), patient tracking software, and other software systems to collect data. Manages data and ensures robust quality assurance. Develops sustainable plans and tools for quality assurance.
2. Prepares and analyzes data for the purpose of population health assessment, Community Health Assessment publication, and other diverse TCRHCC health care and public health needs. Creates reports on population health data and trends from electronic health record and other data sources, analyzing data using statistical software. Statistically analyzes performance, outcomes, and health status across characteristics of people, place, facilities, and over time.
3. Collaborates as appropriate with tribal, county, state, regional, and federal partners.
4. Applies quantitative methods to develop data collection tools for the review, evaluation, survey, and improvement of public health programs and healthcare services, including infectious disease testing, case investigation, and contact tracing.
5. Establishes and maintains an integrated system of information gathering and reporting.
6. Develops and organizes measures and measurement plans.
7. Produces dashboards, reports, and presentations on data using visual analytics software.
8. Works collaboratively with Information Technology department and other stakeholders to ensure accurate collection, quality and validated data is generated for all public health program project purposes.
9. Adheres to all TCHRCC Policies and Procedures.
10. Develops and prepares periodic special and standard reports, using effective methods for data presentation to diverse audiences. Fulfill data analysis requests from internal and external partners. Interfaces with non-technical users to assist with data interpretation and understanding of results.
11. Reviews and appraises adequacy and validity of public health data, identifying problem areas. Provides guidance on data limitations.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.