Radiation Oncology Data Analyst – Analytics & Visualization

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Benefits package

Job summary

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine’s Radiation Oncology department seeks a Data Analyst to support clinical and research data in patient care and quality improvement. Responsibilities include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data to advance outcomes research and operational goals.

The role collaborates with faculty, clinical teams, Technology Services, and Enterprise Analytics under supervision, with hybrid work arrangements and a 40-hour work week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL and analytics/visualization tools.
• Strong report-writing and data interpretation for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Formulates research questions to address complex challenges in radiation oncology.
• Integrates data from health care sources to support research and strategic efforts.
• Builds software modules to handle data communication protocols in radiation oncology (e.g., DICOM, JSON).
• Identifies data sources, cleans, queries, analyzes, and visualizes data trends.
• Produces insights through data visualizations and reports for decision makers.
• Trains others in research design, statistics, and visualization.

Skills

Python

SQL

Analytics

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/Data Science/Info Systems/Health Informatics/Statistics)

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

DICOM

FHIR JSON

FastAPI/Flask/React

Power BI/Tableau

Microsoft Fabric/Data Lakes

Job description

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine’s Radiation Oncology department seeks a Data Analyst to support clinical and research data in patient care and quality improvement. Responsibilities include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data to advance outcomes research and operational goals.

The role collaborates with faculty, clinical teams, Technology Services, and Enterprise Analytics under supervision, with hybrid work arrangements and a 40-hour work week.