Department:

SOM Department of Population Health

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Population Health - Mueller Research

Position Title:

Research Data Analyst

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

The Research Data Analyst will contribute to a multi-year assessment of health service utilization and outcomes in the south-central Midwest/Great Plains in collaboration with a multidisciplinary research team of demographers and health services researchers. In this position, the data analyst will contribute to the quantitative analysis of large scale federal administrative data sets (Medicare, Medicaid claims), as well as report, manuscript, and grant preparation.

Job Description:

Job Duties Outlined:

Perform descriptive and model-based analyses to support health service utilization and outcomes assessment(s).
Generate clear, publication-quality visualizations and tables to communicate analytic findings to a wide audience, including policy audiences and community stakeholders.
Identify analytic needs of research questions; design and execute analyses that provide meaningful and actionable answers.
Clean, organize, and link multiple large datasets and ensure reproducibility and data integrity.
Assist with interpretation of results and dissemination of findings through preparation of reports, journal articles, presentations, and other scholarly outputs. Specifically, contributions towards analytic design and support.
Assist with IRB and other regulatory requirements (e.g., data use agreements)

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications:

Work Experience:

Six (6) years of experience working with large secondary datasets (E.g. administrative claims data (Medicare, Medicaid), national survey data). Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
Experience and proficiency with one or more statistical software packages (SAS, R, Python, STATA), including data visualization.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Master’s degree in biostatistics or statistics, data science, epidemiology, sociology, economics, health services research, public or population health, or a related field.

Work Experience:

Applied experience with or substantive knowledge of the U.S. health care system and U.S. health policy landscape, including baseline understanding of state and federal health insurance programs inclusive of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Evidence of scholarship in rural health service delivery, rural health, health services research, health policy.

Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite.
Organization.
Analytical thinking.
Communication.
Attention to detail.
Time management.

Required Documents:

Resume/CV
Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Rate Type:

Hourly

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range:

$29.23 - $43.85

Minimum

$29.23

Midpoint

$36.54

Maximum

$43.85