Must-have skills: statistical data analysis; SAS programming; SQL; Health care experience, training experience working in government health agencies
Additional information: The candidate should be able to provide an ID if the interview is requested. The candidate interviewing must be the same individual who will be assigned to work with our client.
Requirements
- Experience with statistical data analysis and manipulation of large datasets (3+ years);
- Experience working with relational databases (3+ years);
- Experience programming in SQL or Structured Query Language (3+ years);
- Experience programming in SAS (3+ years);
- Experience working with data analysis tools and the organization of data analysis in Word, Excel, Access, SAS (2+ years);
- Experience with requirement elicitation techniques to gather and document requirements from stakeholders (2+ years);
- Experience with design and implementation of data quality improvement initiative (2+ years);
- Experience with the delivery of training in related field (2+ years);
- Experience using medical data standards (ICD-10/SNOMED/RxNorm) (2+ years);
- Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields, biostatistics, informatics, health services research, management information systems, information technology.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To The Following
- Conduct meeting sessions with internal and external stakeholders to gather existing and needed data requirements for pre-hospital, hospital and post-hospital stroke data as directed by the Department;
- Conduct analyses (gap, implementation, process analyses) of current state of Florida's existing pre-hospital (Emergency Medical Services - EMS) stroke data collection methods and quality of data collection;
- Compile and analyze medical data using the Department's EMSTARS/Biospatial applications and analytical tools;
- Analyze and identify the data requirements and methodology to link EMS pre-hospital data with the Florida Stroke Registry;
- Create datasets/queries/reports of needed pre-hospital (EMS) data to support linkage efforts to the Florida Stroke Registry (FSR);
- Prepare reports, data summaries, and other written documentation of stroke surveillance activities as directed by the Department;
- Conduct quality improvement process analysis activities of the data collection processes of EMS stroke data collection or other related stroke data sources;