Data Analyst II (Center for Child Health Services Research) - Mindich Child Health & Dev. Institute

The Data Analyst II oversees activities related to data integrity, security and enhancement of the value of data. The Data Analyst II will also develop and execute reports that will be important assets of the practice as they continue to develop and evaluate a new model of care. Your duties include, but are not limited to the following:

In your role as Data Analyst II at the Center for Child Health Services Research, you will be expected to collaborate with Center faculty and staff, supporting them in all manner of funded and unfunded research, including to, but not limited to:  cleaning, linking, analyzing, and presenting data associated with Center projects, developing and preparing analyses, communicating results, and assisting in abstract, manuscript, and grant writing as needed. Your duties may be modified from time to time by your Director based on Center/Institutional needs.

Position will report directly to the Director of Analytics and the Director of the Center for Child Health Services Research.

• Collaborate with peers and interdisciplinary partners across the institution 
• Support data cleaning, linkage, and integration, including data capture, as necessary
• Develop and maintain protocols for and records of data storage, cleaning, and analyses, following all appropriate institutional, state, and federal data security, ethical, legal, and institutional review board requirements
• Support center investigators and staff in analyzing data and preparing data for presentation according to the study design (e.g., hierarchical modeling, survival analyses, weighted analyses, difference-in-difference, simulation, etc.), including the development of tables and figures and manuscript writing
• Accurately and appropriately interpret and communicate results
• Detect and address issues in data and analytic results
• Clearly communicate processes used and results achieved, and suggest new and alternative approaches
• Assist in writing and editing manuscripts for publication and grants for submission
• Develop analytic reports that are easily understandable by clinical and administrative staff.
• Use modeling techniques and tools in analyzing and specifying data structure
• Implement best practices in data management to ensure the integrity of the data, the quality of data processes and deliver analyzable or analyzed data to a variety of internal and external clients of the affiliated practice
• Maintain data integrity and completes data analysis as necessary
• Complete data capture, data extraction and analysis
• Document, implement, maintain or recommend operating methods to improve processing, distribution, data flow, collection, database editing procedures
• Work closely with IT management and staff
• Cultivate deep familiarity with methodological approaches and data
• Help to build and perpetuate a practice environment and culture of collaboration, respect, learning, and flexibility among all team members
• Perform other related duties as needed to support the Center.

• Bachelors degree in computer science, statistics and/or related field required, or combination of equivalent work experience and education. Masters degree in relevant field of study preferred (e.g., statistics, epidemiology, computer science, etc.).
• 3+ years of analytics experience including report development and database application/management experience, preferably in a large medical center or healthcare environment
• MS Office, Advanced knowledge of database applications / management, SQL and /or SAS. Knowledge of computer programming preferred.
• Proficiency in STATA, SAS, R, or other statistical programs

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

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