Quality Analyst

WVU Medicine; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition program

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

GRMC Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland seeks a data analyst to collect and analyze healthcare data, identify trends, and recommend actions to improve safety and quality across the organization.

The role supports compliance and reimbursement initiatives, with a focus on accurate data abstraction and performance improvement across departments.

Qualifications

• Exellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists with collection of data through chart reviews, aggregates data, analyzes data for trends, recommends actions and measures success.
• Assists with data collection and analysis to maintain certifications or ensure optimal reimbursement of services.
• Supports development and implementation of patient safety or quality improvement initiatives and uses tools to problem solve and benchmark; identifies opportunities to improve screening, chronic disease management and customer satisfaction.
• Assists with core measure and registry abstraction, analysis, improvement, and data submission.
• Helps analyze performance data and trends to achieve enterprise-wide Performance Improvement goals; ensures data is accurate and interpretable.
• Demonstrates attention to detail in abstracting clinical information and using data abstraction tools.
• Interprets data definitions and communicates to leaders to facilitate improvements.
• Tracks and validates data accuracy and timeliness.
• Performs assurance tasks such as inter-rater reliability.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master degree

Job description

Collects multifaceted data, analyzes information and makes recommendation which drive decision making.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Master degree

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Assists with collection of data through various methods such as chart reviews of patients, aggregates data, analyzes data for trends, recommends alternative courses of action, and measures success of changes.
2. Assists with the collection of data and analysis as required to maintain certifications or ensuring optimal reimbursement of services provided.
3. Assists with development and implementation of patient safety or quality improvement initiatives and assuring success of through the use of appropriate tools to help problem solve and benchmark. Identifies strategic opportunities for improving preventative screening rates, chronic disease management, and customer satisfaction through rigorous data analysis.
4. Assists with core measure and registry abstraction, analysis, improvement, and data submission.
5. Provides assistance in analyzing performance data and trends to achieve enterprise-wide Performance Improvement goals ensuring that data is accurate, meaningful, and easily interpreted.
6. Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy in abstracting clinical information and proficiency in the required data abstraction tools.
7. Accurately interpret data definitions and communicate both verbally and in writing to key leaders to facilitate improvements.
8. Track and validate data accuracy and timeliness.
9. Perform assurance tasks such as inter-rater reliability.

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

1. Frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping are necessary body movements utilized in performing duties through the work shift.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Office and hospital setting.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Exellent written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Compensation Range:

$51,979.20 - $77,958.40

Compensation Range is based on 100% FTE. Salary will be prorated if hired at less than 100% FTE.

Company:

GRMC Garrett Regional Medical Center

Cost Center:

405 GRMC Quality Management

Address:

251 N 4th Street

Oakland

Maryland

Benefit eligible employees classified as at least 0.5 eligible for: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability Coverage, Tuition Program, Retirement, Paid Time Off, Wellness Program

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively “WVUHS”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.