Renal Data Specialist

**Posting Period**:
Open: May 21, 2025

Deadline: May 30, 2025

Non-Union

**Department Name**:
Renal Data Specialist

The role leads and co-leads projects (involving stakeholders from other departments and hospitals) using business intelligence and project management tools required to improve the accuracy and automation of data collection, improve operational processes and to develop patient reported outcomes and measures of success for quality improvement initiatives. The role participates in working groups required to establish measures of success and patient reported outcomes and experiences. Expertise in quality assurance, project management, change management and strong critical thinking skills are essential. The role develops solutions to manage changes to how information is collected to meet the changing needs of the Ontario Renal Network, LHSC finance and Renal Quality Initiatives. The role optimizes existing technology and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to automate current manual reporting processes for improved efficiency and effectiveness.

The Renal Data Specialist educates and supports clerical and clinical staff/providers at LHSC and partner hospitals in the collection and management of patient information required for data reporting purposes and clinical workflows. As well, educates and supports the data administrator and clerical staff in the daily collection, validation, organization and submission of data.

The role prepares reports and tools to support providers to align with ORN funding guidelines, which has a direct impact on improving renal revenue. The role develops, codes, tests, debugs and supports the creation of new reports and data collection spreadsheets.

Regular Full-Time

Rate of Pay: $34.22 per hour - $42.78 per hour

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

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**Qualifications**:

- Minimum three (3) years' experience working in related field
- Successful completion of an Undergraduate Degree in a Health Information Management, Commerce, Healthcare Analytics, or Statistics
- Knowledgeable and proficient with funder requirements and data requirements of LHSC finance department
- Advanced proficiency in data collection and management
- Time management and organizational skills with the ability to plan for and meet funder and stakeholder timelines
- Analytical thinking and strong attention to detail
- Ability to prepare and analyze complex reports; optimize existing technology to automate current manual reporting processes for improved efficiency and effectiveness
- Change management skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Project management skills including relationship management
- Ability to analyze data pertaining to quality gaps and develop action plans for quality improvement
- Ability to investigate and analyze data from various sources
- Develop and maintain instructions for data collection and detailed documentation of data sources and methodology
- Awareness and understanding of medical terminology used by renal providers/staff
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel
- Excellent interpersonal communication, time management and conflict resolution
- Achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values, and evidence
- Flexible, team oriented, ability to work autonomously and responsible for own professional development
- Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making
- Demonstrated clinical excellence experience including high quality and safe patient care and exceptional patient/family experiences
- Demonstrated computer proficiency with automated clinical system
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to patient and staff safety at LHSC
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to LHSC vision, purpose and values
- Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

**Teaching, Learning and Research**

London Health Sciences Centre is proudly one of Canada?s largest acute-care teaching and research hospitals. LHSC has an unwavering commitment to lifelong learning, with education agreements in collaboration with over 55 schools, hospitals, and community agencies from across Ontario, Canada and internationally; among our many education partners, our three regional partners are Western University, Fanshawe College, and Thames Valley District School Board. LHSC provides students with a place that they can learn and discover knowledge and skills to take them forward in their careers as health care professionals. Approximately 1400 Nursing, Allied Health and other students ranging from secondary school to university graduate level programs receive training at LHSC every year. As an employee of LHSC, you will be expected to engage in role-related teaching, professional development, and research activities in addition to standard position duties and responsibilities.