Public Health Data Scientist II — VBP Analytics

Health Research, Inc; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition support

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Health Research, Inc. seeks a Research Scientist II to analyze NYS DOH and other data sources for planning and evaluating Value Based Payment initiatives.

You will draft measure specifications, analyze project data, and share findings with internal and external stakeholders through presentations, reports, and manuscripts. Requirements include advanced degree in Public Health/Statistics, plus experience with R/RStudio, SAS, SQL, and large datasets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or a related field and three years of research experience; OR a Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or a related field and two years of such experience; OR a doctorate degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or a related field.
• Master's degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or a related field. R and/or RStudio programming experience. Advanced Statistical Analysis Software (SAS)/Structured Query Language (SQL) programming skills. Experience in data management and/or analysis using large databases.
• Familiarity with quality measures used in primary care. Experience with or knowledge of New York State public health insurance programs. Experience with Microsoft Access and/or Excel.

Responsibilities

• The Research Scientist II will be responsible for conducting analyses from existing New York State Department of Health, state and federal data sources that can be used to plan and evaluate Value Based Payment (VBP) related initiatives.
• The Research Scientist II will be responsible for executing draft measure specifications, analyzing data collected as part of new and ongoing projects, summarizing the results to members of the Department of Health and external project teams, and disseminating findings through presentations, reports, and manuscripts.

Skills

R/RStudio

Data analysis

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or related field

Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or related field

Doctorate in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or related field

Tools

SAS

SQL

Microsoft Access

Excel

Job description

Health Research, Inc. seeks a Research Scientist II to analyze NYS DOH and other data sources for planning and evaluating Value Based Payment initiatives.

You will draft measure specifications, analyze project data, and share findings with internal and external stakeholders through presentations, reports, and manuscripts. Requirements include advanced degree in Public Health/Statistics, plus experience with R/RStudio, SAS, SQL, and large datasets.