Quality & Patient Safety Data Analyst

Sheppard Pratt Hospitals; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 58,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement program

Medical, dental and vision benefits

403b retirement match

Generous PTO

Job summary

Sheppard Pratt Hospitals in Towson, MD is seeking a Quality & Patient Safety Analyst to manage quality systems, training, testing and reporting. You will investigate cases, prepare case studies, and present data to support transparency and learning.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree with 2–3 years in quality or patient safety, and proficiency with MS Office, Excel, and data visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-3 years’ experience with quality, patient safety, or performance improvement.
• Clinical experience preferred. Masters degree in related field is preferred.
• Certificate in quality management or patient safety strongly preferred (CPHQ, CQM, ASQ certification, Six Sigma, Lean Certification).
• Demonstrated administrative experience, including creation of process maps and use of software (MS Project or Lucid Chart preferred).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 Suite, including use of MS Teams for document management.
• Proficient user of Excel, including creation/use of formulas, graphs, and pivot tables. Experience with data visualization software (Tableau, Power BI) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the management of systems under the scope of Quality & Patient Safety (e.g. adverse event management, or policy management), with duties that include user training, testing, and reporting.
• Investigates quality and patient safety case reviews, including FMEA, Root Cause Analyses and action plan management.
• Prepares and assists with presentations of case studies to promote transparency and organizational learning.
• Leads activities related to presentation of quality and patient safety data, including monthly close activities and data sets supporting workgroup/council activities and assures data transparency and integrity is maintained
• Conducts data validation exercises; collaborates with vendors and team to assure regulatory reporting requirements are fulfilled in a timely and accurate manner
• Maintains departmental data dictionaries and benchmarking resources
• Manages project requests related to quality and patient safety data and performance improvement activities
• Works with leaders and staff to integrate Safety Behaviors for Error Prevention into one’s work.

Skills

Quality management

Patient safety

Data analysis

Data visualization

Excel

Pivot tables

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree preferred

Quality certification (CPHQ/CQM)

Tools

MS Project

Lucidchart

Power BI

Tableau

MS Teams

Office 365

Job description

Sheppard Pratt Hospitals in Towson, MD is seeking a Quality & Patient Safety Analyst to manage quality systems, training, testing and reporting. You will investigate cases, prepare case studies, and present data to support transparency and learning.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree with 2–3 years in quality or patient safety, and proficiency with MS Office, Excel, and data visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau).