Job Description
A nationwide hospital is seeking a fully remote Clinical Analyst to join the team to works with stakeholders to document data needs, test data to ensure validity, map clinical data, and ensure interoperability of clinical data. The analyst will serve as a subject matter expert on data quality and availability, build data concepts, and provide technology solutions.
-Act as a quality consultant and subject matter expert, performing testing and validation of the mapping of data elements to standards
-Tests clinical content to ensure the appropriate data modeling, vocabulary, terminology and code-set standard for representing and harmonizing clinical data
-Collaborates with technical resources to perform root cause analysis and complete remediation of data quality issues
-Works with customers to clarify and plan for their current and future technology needs. Determines and maps existing business processes/functions and recommends changes required to fit a tightly integrated system.
-Designs and implements projects requiring systems integration, small teams and multiple technical platforms.
-Conducts Return on Investment (ROI) and other financial analysis to support project funding/prioritization.
-Collaborates on driving improvement activities to achieve department and organizational goals.
-Coordinates with functional team to assure consistency and optimization of overall work product
-Assumes a proactive role in driving improvement activities to achieve department and organizational goals to deliver value.
-Maintains current knowledge of industry and business process trends and is able to apply that knowledge to existing business processes.
-Provides subject-matter expertise of Health Ministry processes, policies and requirements in support of functional area process design, testing and implementation
-Identifies opportunities for process improvement and makes recommendations that lead to improvements
-Monitors task assignments to ensure they are performed on schedule, within intended scope and to a defined level of quality.
-Escalates process and project issues that cannot be resolved
Required Skills & Experience
Experience with healthcare/clinical terminologies and code-sets that comprise measure value sets including SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD9-10, CPT4/HCPCS, RxNorm, CVX and other code systems.
Must have a working knowledge of relational databases/database structures, SQL experience desired
Must understand how data is collected and used in electronic medical records, and experience navigating EMRs in particular with Cerner and Athena, then will move into AllScripts, Epic, Meditech in the future
Knowledge and experience with ambulatory and acute clinical workflows and clinical information systems.
Experience with detailed policies and related data/exchange standards including the ONC Interoperability Advisory Standard, U.S. Core Data for Interoperability initiative, ONC Certification Rules
Experience with using/implementing HL7 standards and processes including Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR)
Complexity of work: Within the scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.