Population Health Analyst

Join our mission to help individuals with mental illness and addictions to lead healthy and productive lives. Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) is seeking a Population Health Analyst to perform business and data analysis to support both business operations and behavioral health care clinical functions.

POSITION SUMMARY: Serves as the Population Health Analyst for the agency, providing support to the Business Operations Manager, senior leadership team, and clinical staff. Performs business and data analysis to support both business operations and behavioral health care clinical functions. Extracts data from various databases and other data sources to create datasets for analysis. Creates annual reports for specific grant-funded programs to maintain funding and improve service delivery. Uses data driven approaches to provide business intelligence to support decision making. Provides not only data, but graphical representations, observations, conclusions, and insights (where appropriate). Responsible for implementing population health management reports and dashboards. Where appropriate, assists and monitors quality improvement projects.

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Full-time position at 40 hours per week

MINIMUM QUALIFACTION REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; such as Biomedical Informatics, Business Analytics, Public Health, Social Work, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Healthcare Administration. Experience extracting data from database systems, manipulating/summarizing data, and performing data analysis. Experience creating informative and effective data reports and graphs. High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and its data functions.

ADVANTAGEOUS QUALIFICATIONS BUT NOT REQUIRED: Experience with SQL. Experience in healthcare or Electronic Health Records systems. Experience performing population health analysis. Master's degree in a relevant field. Experience with R, Python, or similar coding language.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides technical support in the execution of GCBHS's population health strategy through the development of data pipelines, quality measures, reports, and dashboards
2. Assists with preparation of comprehensive written reports through presentations of charts and tables based on research and analysis of data
3. Monitor trends across various sub-populations to rapidly identify gaps between individuals' needs and organizational program offerings
4. Serves as subject matter expert for client survey process, population health measures, quality measures, and quality improvement initiatives related to population health
5. Audits collected client survey data for correctness and completeness. Promptly works to address inconsistencies
6. Communicate complex analytical findings effectively to non-technical stakeholders
7. Monitor and evaluate the accuracy, precision, and effectiveness of new or existing quality improvement initiatives and make analytical adjustments as required
8. Develop and report on quality measures as needed for grants, value-based projects, or contracts
9. Assess quality metrics and develop strategies to analyze and enhance the quality of care provided and reported
10. Assist with the maintenance of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting functions for clinical leadership
11. Build and maintain report automation capabilities as needed
12. Stay abreast to industry trends and best practices in population health management while continuously refining enhancements to existing data infrastructure to support population health analytics

SKILL COMPETENCIES: Strong data, detailed analysis, and problem-solving skills. Microsoft Excel skills to manipulate data, create formulas, calculations, and visual graphs. SQL skills to pull, join, and summarize data from various databases. Reporting skills to develop intuitive, concise dashboards, presentations, and reports that can be understood by non-technical audiences. Coding skills to develop automated approaches to data pulling and reporting. Demonstrated analytical and research skills to gather, assess, and synthesize data. Excellent analytical and math skills. Ability to interact with all levels of staff in a professional manner and as part of a team. Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision

Why Work at GCBHS?

As the region's most comprehensive community behavioral healthcare organization, GCB seeks to make life better and brighter for those challenged with severe mental illness and addiction. Specifically, GCB is a non-profit behavioral health agency with over 650 staff serving over 30,000 persons annually.

• GCBHS is a pioneer in the field of behavioral health treatment for adults, children, and families
• Top Workplace every year since 2010
• Paid Time Off and Sick Time
• Flexible work schedules
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• Comprehensive health insurance
• 403(b) Retirement with Match
• Tuition Benefits ($1,250 per semester for BSW or $2,500 per semester or quarter for MSW or MA-Counseling ($750 for other Master's Degree))
• Internship and Practicum opportunities for MSW and MA-Counseling students

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