Sr Health Svcs Research Analyst - SQL Programmer/Developer (Hybrid Remote)

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Emergency Medicine Research

Job Summary:

In your pivotal role as Sr. Health Services Research Analyst, you will research projects in health services research, public health, epidemiology, medicine, health policy or related disciplines under occasional guidance. You also will utilize intermediate level research skills to perform a variety of research and operations-related activities including data management, report preparation, and management of project budgets and schedules for proposals and projects.
The primary responsibilities of this role will include the analysis of new and existing data sources, timely response to requests for data, development of tools to improve the acquisition of clinical data from a variety of sources, and basic statistical analysis. Scientific programming skills in languages such as java or python are helpful, but not required. A basic understanding of relational databases and the SQL programming language is required, as is a basic understanding of statistics. This position will provide the opportunity to work directly with physicians and principal investigators to learn important clinical concepts and informatics standards and skills, and will also provide the opportunity to publish findings.
Experience in SQL Programming is a MUST!

NOTE: Although this position will offer remote, work-from-home opportunities, you will need to be able to work as needed in our Nashville, TN office, so the department is seeking a local candidate!

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Vanderbilt's Department of Emergency Medicine is a leader in clinical care, education, and research. Our combined emergency departments see over 130,000 patients annually. We are the only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma center in middle Tennessee. Our Chairman and Residency Director make education their number 1 priority by teaching a morning conference 5 days a week, 52 weeks per year in addition to directing the residency’s five required hours of didactices each week.  Every faculty member and upper level resident views excellent teaching as part of his or her responsibilities.  for more information, please visit https://www.vumc.org/emergencymedicine/welcome.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provides program management for execution and operation activities of a large or complex project.
• Contributes to the design, coordination and conduct of research projects.
• Uses quantitative and qualitative research skills to lead parts of research projects.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• Presentation Skills (Advanced): The ability to prepare effective presentations in content and function, able to speak competently to the level of the audience.
• Data Analysis (Advanced): The ability to analyze data in an accurate manner.
• Peer Leadership (Intermediate): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.
• Data Management (Advanced): Interpreting, analyzing and organizing reports and metrics.
• Research Administration (Intermediate): Knowledgeable on all phases in the lifecycle of a sponsored research project. Well versed in and able to assist researchers in reducing compliance risks and assisting in routine and specialized processes.

• Study Design & Conduct (Advanced): Applies qualitative and quantitative research methods to perform preparatory, regulatory, and analytic tasking within the life cycle of a study.

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