Analytics Associate

UnityPoint Health is seeking a full-time Analytics Associate to improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes using data and analytics. The role involves developing analytics solutions, creating visualizations, and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 2 years of experience in analytics or healthcare operations. The position is remote, offering competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.
• Remote: Yes
• Area of Interest: Business Professionals
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
• Department: Data Management
• Shift: Normal day shift
• Job ID: 166662

Overview

Anlytics Associate

Days, Full-time

Location: Remote

We're seeking an Analytics Associate to join our team! In this role, you'll be responsible for enabling clinical, operational, and financial outcomes improvement through consultative partnerships and the use of data and analytics. The team members are leaders in transforming UPH into a data-informed, continuous-improvement organization with highly reliable and sustainable results.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:    
• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities
• Commit to delivering objective, unbiased analytics solutions that support the mission of UnityPoint Health.
• Aid in the development of analytics solutions that are solution-focused, customer-led, and built with standard tools and processes including scoping documentation, narrative and viz guidelines, and data governance standards.
• Make data a joy to use in decision-making through the creation of visualizations and user interfaces grounded in design-thinking, using UX studies and observations to guide software development.
• Inspire your peers to do their best work by establishing a culture of innovation, communication, and trust through design sessions, code reviews, and other open feedback.
• Build a working knowledge of core data sources and healthcare operations to accurately and efficiently analysis findings in a meaningful and understandable manner.
• Provide project status updates, feedback, and escalate issues when appropriate.
• Collaborate effectively with teammates, customers and partners.
• Demonstrate initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.
• Establish and maintain effective mechanisms of communication to foster an environment of openness, trust and teamwork.

Qualifications

Education:

Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Healthcare Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Actuarial Science or related field.

Experience:

Required:

At least 2 years working in an analytics or healthcare operations setting that includes demonstrated efforts to drive improvements using data and analytics methodologies and techniques.

1 or more years of education and experience focused on using data to improve outcomes and decision-making.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
• Understanding of operational, financial and quality measures.
• Writing queries with SQL or other querying tools.
• Business intelligence visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI).
• Communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Scripting in the R or Python ecosystems.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access.
• Requires the ability to synthesize data using Excel and similar tools.
• Ability to continuously learn and adopt new methods and technologies.