Senior Healthcare Data Analyst

Sentara Health; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Student debt repayment

Life and disability insurance

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Sentara Health in Virginia Beach, VA seeks a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst to provide advanced data analysis and reporting to support operational, clinical, and strategic decisions. You will build and maintain dashboards and reports, translate business requirements, and promote self-service analytics across hospital medicine, stroke regulatory reporting, and neurosciences.

The role mentors junior analysts, partners with stakeholders, ensures data quality, and contributes to regulatory reporting

Qualifications

• 3 years of strong experience in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
• Experience in EPIC/ Clarity experience required
• Experience developing dashboards and reports using Power BI or similar visualization tools required
• Experience working with Databricks or similar data platforms (Preferred)
• Experience in healthcare analytics, including clinical, operational, or regulatory reporting
• Ability to perform ad-hoc analysis, define business requirements, and deliver actionable insights
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate data into meaningful recommendations

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor program performance.
• Provide ad-hoc analyses to support operational and clinical decision-making.
• Define reporting requirements with stakeholders and promote self-service analytics.
• Ensure data quality and data stewardship across domains; mentor junior analysts.

Skills

SQL

EPIC/Clarity

Power BI

Healthcare analytics

Ad-hoc analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Healthcare Administration, or a related field

Tools

Databricks

Job description

City/State Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift Multiple shifts available

Overview:

Overview

The Senior Healthcare Data Analyst provides advanced data analysis and reporting support to drive operational, clinical, and strategic decision-making.

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions that monitor program performance and support business objectives.

The analyst partners closely with stakeholders to define reporting requirements, perform ad-hoc analyses, and promote self-service analytics capabilities.

This position supports key service lines such as Hospital Medicine, Stroke Regulatory Reporting, and Neurosciences, ensuring alignment of provider reporting and performance metrics across the portfolio.

The role also contributes to data quality, data stewardship, and the identification of new metrics to enhance reporting accuracy and insights.

As a subject matter expert, the Healthcare Data Analyst Senior leverages strong analytical and technical skills to provide data-driven recommendations, support regulatory reporting, and enable performance improvement across clinical and operational domains.

This role also mentors junior analysts and collaborates with internal teams and external partners to deliver impactful analytics solutions.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Healthcare Administration, or a related field (Required)

Certification/Licensure

• One or all of: Power BI Certification, Epic Certification, Databricks Certified (strongly Preferred)

Experience

• 3 years of strong experience in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis
• Experience in EPIC/ Clarity experience required
• Experience developing dashboards and reports using Power BI or similar visualization tools required
• Experience working with Databricks or similar data platforms (Preferred)
• Experience in healthcare analytics, including clinical, operational, or regulatory reporting
• Ability to perform ad-hoc analysis, define business requirements, and deliver actionable insights
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate data into meaningful recommendations

Additional Qualifications (Preferred)

• Experience supporting hospital medicine, stroke regulatory reporting, neurosciences, or related service lines
• Knowledge of healthcare data domains such as quality reporting, population health, or regulatory compliance
• Experience mentoring junior analysts and supporting analytics best practices

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $106,516.80 - $157,268.80 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco‑free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.