Data Analyst II - Institute for Health Equity Research - Mount Sinai Health System : Job Details

Job Description The Institute for Health Equity Research (IHER) is seeking a Data Analyst II to support research focusing on health and health care disparities using survey and health systems data. The ideal candidate will have a strong quantitative data analysis skills and experience working with SAS, SPSS, STATA, Oracle, Python, R or a similar statistical software package and the ability to work collaboratively to support IHER in the effective evaluation, interpretation and communication of research findings. Experience and/or interest in public health or epidemiology is preferred. Responsibilities

• Work closely with IHER management and research staff to define data analysis and reporting needs.
• Develop and carry out data analysis plans for research projects using diverse healthcare and population data using statistical software, such as SAS and/or R
• 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 IHER research teams
• Manipulate and analyze project-related datasets; create or provide data sets and subsets for specific analyses; and transfer data as imports or downloads between different systems to facilitate data analysis
• Maintain data integrity and completes data analysis as necessary
• Complete data capture, data extraction and analysis
• Develop, maintain or implement procedures for data entry, data cleaning, documentation and other administrative tasks
• Document, implement, maintain or recommend operating methods to improve processing, distribution, data flow, collection, database editing procedures
• May define parameters for file or space utilization
• Access data in the Data Warehouse, as required
• Provide technical assistance in the development of manuscripts, reports, grants, presentations, and data analysis
• Design and write custom applications needed to ensure the database meets requirements for the entry, management and reporting of data
• Identify and recommend solutions to data management issues
• Maintain knowledge of the current regulations and technologies related to data management
• Write and prepare manuscripts and other materials for internal and external audiences
• Perform other related duties
• Help to build and perpetuate a practice environment and culture of collaboration, respect, learning, flexibility and fun among all team members

Qualifications

• 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 (5 years preferred) including working with survey data, electronic medical record and/or health systems data
• Data management experience in an academic and/or healthcare environment (preferred).
• Experience with GIS programming and analysis a plus.

About Us 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. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history! 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. EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans