Healthcare Data Analyst: Dashboards & Insights

Marshall University; Huntington (WV); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Marshall University’s MURC invites applications for two Data Analyst positions supporting clinical and research programs addressing chronic diseases. The role involves managing program data, building performance dashboards, and coordinating data reporting to support health interventions and continuous improvement.

You will work with clinical teams, program leaders, and external partners to turn complex healthcare data into actionable insights across telehealth and value-based care, with emphasis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, public health, economics, information systems, or a related quantitative field.
• At least one year’s of professional experience in data analysis or business intelligence.
• Understanding of rural healthcare delivery and the access barriers, provider capacity constraints, and community factors relevant to West Virginia.
• Proficiency in SQL and Excel; demonstrated experience developing dashboards in Power BI, Tableau, or a comparable visualization platform, and using R, Python, SAS, or a comparable tool for analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to validate complex datasets, document analytical methods, interpret statistical results, and manage multiple reporting deadlines with close attention to accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain findings to nontechnical audiences and collaborate with clinical, program, technical, and external partner teams.
• Knowledge of healthcare data privacy, confidentiality, secure data handling, and data governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Data Management and Quality: Manage and maintain data across several initiatives, integrating approved sources such as program records, electronic health records, claims, enrollment files, and partner submissions as available.
• Data Management and Quality: Develop repeatable processes to extract, clean, transform, link, and validate data. Investigate missing values, duplicates, inconsistencies, and reconciliation issues with data owners and program partners.
• Data Management and Quality: Maintain data dictionaries, measure specifications, source documentation, and version-controlled analytical code to support consistent definitions, reproducible results, and reliable reporting.
• Dashboards and Performance Measurement: Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards using tools such as Power BI or Tableau to monitor key performance indicators, service utilization, access, quality, and program outcomes.
• Dashboards and Performance Measurement: Collaborate with the intervention team to define measures, baselines, targets, denominators, and reporting periods. Establish dashboard refresh schedules appropriate to source availability and clearly display data currency and limitations.
• Dashboards and Performance Measurement: Analyze trends and variation across initiatives, populations, providers, and geographic areas. Assess rural access barriers and disparities while applying appropriate safeguards for small populations.
• Federal and State Reporting: Lead data collection, validation, analysis, and preparation of required federal and state reports. Coordinate internal review, approval, and timely submission according to terms, reporting specifications, and program deadlines.
• Federal and State Reporting: Maintain reporting calendars, submission instructions, validation checks, and supporting documentation. Reconcile reported results to source data and retain an auditable record of submissions, revisions, and approvals.
• Federal and State Reporting: Monitor changes to reporting requirements with program and compliance staff, translate them into data specifications, and help resolve reporting discrepancies and follow-up requests
• Data Governance and Partner Collaboration: Support data-sharing agreements and exchange protocols in collaboration with legal, privacy, security, and information technology teams.
• Data Governance and Partner Collaboration: Follow approved data-use restrictions, access controls, secure transfer procedures, retention requirements, and applicable privacy policies. Escalate data access, quality, or security concerns through established channels.
• Data Governance and Partner Collaboration: Provide technical assistance and training on data submission specifications, dashboard use, measure interpretation, and basic data literacy. Work with partners to improve completeness and consistency of submissions.
• Analysis and Program Improvement: Use appropriate statistical and analytical methods to identify trends, service gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Distinguish descriptive findings from causal conclusions and communicate limitations, including data lags and incomplete coverage.
• Analysis and Program Improvement: Translate findings into concise reports, presentations, and recommendations tailored to clinical, operational, and executive audiences. Partner with program teams to evaluate changes and monitor progress toward established goals.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

R

Python

SAS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, public health, economics, information systems, or a related quantitative field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Marshall University’s MURC invites applications for two Data Analyst positions supporting clinical and research programs addressing chronic diseases. The role involves managing program data, building performance dashboards, and coordinating data reporting to support health interventions and continuous improvement.

You will work with clinical teams, program leaders, and external partners to turn complex healthcare data into actionable insights across telehealth and value-based care, with emphasis