Patient Safety Data Analyst

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment.

If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact our recruitment helpline at (775) 784-1495 or jobs@unr.edu. For UNR Med professional job postings, please contact the Office of Professional Recruitment at (775) 784-6778.

The University of Nevada, School of Medicine is recruiting for a Patient Safety Data Analyst. This position is is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data collection, reporting, analytics, and visualization solutions for the Rural Patient Safety Organization. The position works with PSO leadership, participating healthcare organizations, data stewards, and technology partners to convert patient safety data into accurate, understandable, and actionable information. The Analyst supports secure patient safety reporting, data quality, data modeling, metric development, dashboard creation, regulatory submissions, and documentation of data processes. The position develops analytical products that support organizational learning, patient safety improvement, rural healthcare benchmarking, and strategic decision-making.

The Analyst also supports the evaluation, configuration, testing, and ongoing operation of the PSO’s reporting and analytics environment. The position exercises independent judgment while handling confidential and

sensitive healthcare information and must consistently follow applicable data-governance, security, and Patient Safety Work Product requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designs and develops reports, dashboards, scorecards, data visualizations, and other business intelligence solutions that support patient safety, organizational learning, and healthcare quality improvement.
• Translates organizational and participating-provider information needs into reporting requirements, analytical products, and performance measures.
• Evaluates patient safety reports, dashboards, datasets, and analytical products to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and appropriate interpretation.
• Develops and performs data validation, reconciliation, quality-control, and user-acceptance testing.
• Supports implementation, configuration, testing, maintenance, and improvement of the PSO’s patient safety data collection and reporting environment.
• Creates user guides, data dictionaries, metric specifications, workflow documentation, report instructions, and other technical resources.
  

• Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, business administration, business analytics, Information Systems or related field and two years of related work experience; OR
• Master’s Degree in statistics, business administration, business analytics, Information Systems or related field and one year of related work experience.

• Experience creating business intelligence reports, dashboards, scorecards, or comparable analytical products and/or reports.
• Experience with AHRQ Common Formats or similar standardized healthcare reporting specifications.
• Experience communicating analytical findings to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.