Data Scientist - Center for Health Systems Research

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Job Summary

Under minimal supervision, the Data Scientist is responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of multiple projects simultaneously. This includes gathering business requirements, extracting data, conducting statistical analyses, creating reports and visualizations, and developing system solutions. The Data Scientist readily displays the ability to diagnose issues, identify appropriate resources and escalations, and propose creative solutions to complex problems.

Under general direction, the Data Scientist is knowledgeable in the Epic Cogito suite of tools (Epic Certification/proficiency, preferred), who is responsible for the support, analysis, design, build, configuration, implementation, and workflow documentation of the assigned Epic application or third-party software, in alignment with organization's policies, procedures, and business operations.

Initially, this position will support the grant-funded Vaccine Safety Datalink project at Denver Health, which seeks to ethically involve its diverse patients in high-quality vaccine safety research that benefits individuals, clinicians, communities, and researchers. This position will join a synergistic team of 6 other Denver Health staff and over 150 individuals across 13 health systems and the CDC to pull data and produce rigorous datasets for use in vaccination safety, coverage, and effectiveness studies. With one year, this position will be given advancement opportunities within the Center for Health Systems Research to diversify their work and assist with data collection and analyses on a range of grant-funded community and individual health projects.

Essential Functions:

• Project Planning: Meets with stakeholders to identify business requirements, expected outcomes, and pertinent data sources. Collaborates with information technology teams, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to locate, evaluate, integrate, and validate new and existing data sources. Documents business requirements, data requirements, data sources, and programming logic pertaining to data requests. Conducts literature reviews.
  
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• Project Management: Manages projects as a lead or supporting team member. Periodically reviews processes, coding, and requirements for opportunities for improvement and automation. (10%)
• Data Management, Modeling and Analysis: Queries databases. Designs database structures and data models to facilitate the acquisition, management, integration, and reporting of data and information using industry standards and guidelines. Compares models using statistical performance metrics. Creates and utilizes programs or tools to ensure data accuracy and integrity. Analyzes data using statistical software. (40%)
• Reporting: Creates graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis. Makes formal and informal presentations to leadership and end users both orally and in writing. (30%)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Health Informatics, Computer Science, Health Services Research, Public Health, Mathematics, Science, or closely related field Required

Work Experience:

• 1-3 years of professional experience working with relational databases, summarizing data, and reporting meaningful results to end users. Prior experience with health relational databases is required. Required

Licenses:

• CABOODLE-EPIC Cogito Data Warehouse - DHHA - Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Epic Certification/proficiency in the Cogito suite of tools, preferred.
• Demonstrates data literacy with strong analytical and problem-solving skills; the ability to prepare and transform raw data to deliver insights.
• Ability to adapt and excel in an evolving technical environment; identifies and validates the appropriate technological solutions for various reporting needs.
• Demonstrates strong ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems. Can use analytical reasoning to determine root causes, define the problem, generate solutions, and implement the best option.
• Communicates in a way that builds relationships and fosters collaborative work. Tailors the mode and content of communica