Decision Support Analyst

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Unity Health Toronto Full time

Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St. Michael's Hospital, works to advance the health of everyone in our urban communities and beyond. Our health network serves patients, residents and clients across the full spectrum of care, spanning primary care, secondary community care, tertiary and quaternary care services to post-acute through rehabilitation, palliative care and long-term care, while investing in world-class research and education. Join our team in our mission to continue to put patients and families at the centre of everything we do, in the role of Decision Support Analyst - Decision Support.

The Decision Support team provides analytical support to programs/services across Unity Health, as well as to key strategic, quality, performance and financial initiatives. Decision Support is a team of highly trained, experienced and diverse professionals across the domains of analytics, data management and health information. The team employs various analytical methods to support our clients in achieving their strategic and operational goals.

Reporting to the Manager, Reporting & Analytics, the Decision Support Analyst will leverage their strong analytical skillset, and understanding of healthcare data sets to support clients in evidence informed decision making, performance monitoring and improvement. The Analyst will work in collaboration with the broader team to provide in depth analysis, insightful interpretation and presentation of data, while maintaining the appropriate technical specifications/documentation.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Work closely with a team of Decision Support members to provide analysis, insights, and presentation of data; as well as maintain technical specifications. Conducts validity and data quality checks as needed on outputs.
- Support clinical and non-clinical clients in a variety of analytical needs including: development of robust analytical plans, statistical analysis, key performance indicators, benchmarking, data visualizations, and routine and ad hoc reporting.
- In partnership with clients, provides insightful interpretation to support strategic, operational, quality and improvement plans. The analyst will incorporate data and information from a variety of sources (quantitative and qualitative) to improve insight generation.
- Extracts, transforms and analyzes complex information from a variety of database servers and clinical systems.
- Supports reporting to and from external agencies and data portals (MOHLTC, funding agencies, CIHI and etc.).
- Adherence to internal policies & procedures, including the protection patient/employee confidentiality.
- Under the direction of the manager, and senior staff to consult with clients on analytical needs related to a variety of projects including: strategy, business cases, quality improvement, performance, funding, research, evaluation etc.
- Liaises with individuals at all levels of the organization on projects, reports and other ad-hoc requests.
- Provide expert advice and educates end users on data results and interpretation, with the goal of improving data literacy in the organization.
- Makes connections between the data and core business and clinical concepts.
- Engages in data quality and other internal process improvement initiatives to support continuous improvement.
- Collaborates with key partners (IT, Coding, Clinical Informatics, Finance, HR, Research, etc.) and peers to identify new data sources to incorporate into various analysis, as well as innovative analytical/statistical techniques (predictive, simulation, optimization models) that will generate new insights.
- Identifies areas of opportunity with respect to routine reporting to increase efficiency and reduce manual work.
- Commitment to learning and growth and contribution to share team educational goals.
- Contributes to process standardization and tool development to support improvement within the department.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Undergraduate Degree in applicable field required (Health Informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Statistics, Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Science, etc.).
- Master's Degree (completed or in progress) in a related discipline is an asset.
- Three (3) or more years of experience in a decision support or analytical environment; healthcare experience is preferred.
- Experience with hospital data (e.g. DAD, NACRS, OMHRS); knowledgeable within the health care environment and of industry.
- Experience working in a complex data environment, including with enterprise data warehouses and other relational databases.
- Demonstrated competency within qualitative and quantitative data analytics, visualization, and reporting.
- Ability to analyze data and present complex information and recommendations in an easy to understand manner; excellent interpersonal, verbal and presentation skills.
- Strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skill.
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