Assistant Staff Analyst

Salary Range: $35.23-$50.83 per hour

SUMMARY

The Assistant Staff Analyst position will support our facility in conducting detailed analyses and offering recommendations on resource utilization and the improvement of operations and programs across the facility.

This position will drive strategic initiatives aimed at increasing clinical productivity, improving access, and enhancing performance on publicly reported clinical quality metrics.

This position requires specific expertise to perform these strategic operational analyses, collaborate with all hospital departments, and provide recommendations to senior management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS


* Leads key process improvement projects related to improving access, productivity, efficiency, and performance on clinical outcome measures.


* Tracks and monitors data on patient access to key specialty services, prioritizes areas for intervention and works with relevant departments on improvement plans.


* Supports patient experience improvement projects to improve Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores by interfacing with internal hospital teams and external agencies such as Leapfrog and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.


* Ensures that programs implemented continue to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of deliverable services after implementation.


* Represents the facility in DHS-wide discussions of improvement priorities.


* Analyzes departmental operations and workflows and makes recommendations on improving efficiency, productivity, and throughput.


* Helps hospital administration set strategic priorities that will improve system-wide efficiency and patient access by providing clear data, impact and feasibility analyses.


* Collects and tracks data on productivity in procedural areas including Interventional Radiology, Gastrointestinal, Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Operating Room and works with local leaders to improve efficiency.


* Works with inpatient and outpatient areas to optimize provider and patient scheduling to balance workload and access.


* Analyzes multiple existing data streams and dashboards under the purview of the Quality Services Team and makes recommendations on strategic priorities for improvement.


* Performs comprehensive analysis of Quality and Safety measures that contribute to hospital ratings.


* Serves as the local expert in data sources and vendors for publicly reported data, including Vizient, Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, NHSN and patient safety indicator coding workflows.


* Prepares recommendations for prioritization of improvement efforts across 200+ metrics tracked by the Quality and Safety Department.


* Prepares written reports and presentations summarizing data analysis and improvement work for use in key departmental and leadership meetings.


* Analyzes the impact and feasibility of improvement efforts across all publicly reported clinica...