Systems Analyst - Senior - Pharmacy

UPMC Senior Communities • $85K — $110K *

Pittsburgh, PA 15213In-Person

Hospitals & Medical Centers

Less than 5 years of experience

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Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience or 2 years with a preferred certification/Master's degree
Experience in Data Analytics, Data Science, Software Development, and Business Intelligence
Preferred degrees in Data Science, Health IT, Pharmacy, or related fields
Familiarity with Data Visualization, Statistics, and Machine Learning
Certification in Epic systems (Willow, Cogito) is highly valued

Responsibilities

Lead data analytics projects focused on antimicrobial stewardship
Develop and maintain departmental dashboards for executive reporting
Analyze data to identify trends and support decision-making processes
Coordinate with technical teams across various departments
Manage multiple projects effectively, ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence
Stay updated on trends in data analytics and healthcare industries
Serve as a data expert and provide recommendations based on analysis

Benefits

No required evening, weekend, overnight, or holiday coverage
Opportunities for professional development and certification
Collaborative work environment with supportive teams
Potential to enhance work culture through analytics initiatives

Full Job Description

In this role, you will lead data analytics and visualization projects for antimicrobial stewardship and develop departmental dashboards. Your work will support analysis, monitoring, investigation, and planning activities, and you will produce professional deliverables for an executive audience. You will also lead investigative activities and coordinate with technical resources across departments.

No scheduled evening, weekend, overnight, or holiday coverage is required.

Department Goals:

Reporting analytics and data analysis to support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives
Ability to pull code and write custom reports (notably PowerBI, Qlik dashboards)
Manage multiple projects on time and within budget.
Enhance culture through analytics.
Increase capabilities for full population testing.
Meet productivity goals and proactively seek additional tasks.
Lead special projects and build collaborative relationships.
Maintain expert-level advice on technical matters.
Monitor changes in Data Analytics and Healthcare industries.

Skills:

Serve as primary data support for management level leadership of the system antimicrobial stewardship team
Analyze and interpret data using statistical modeling software (e.g. R, Python, SAS) and apply statistical methods, analysis, and models (i.e. hypothesis testing, logistic and linear regression, correlation, parametric and non-parametric methods) to detect improvement opportunities.
Report/dashboard creation (Tableau, Qlik)

Technology Expertise:

Expert in data validation, analysis, and visualization techniques.
Proficient in programming languages (ACL, Python, R, SAS, SQL).
Understand software development techniques.
Distribute technical knowledge and identify training needs.
Stay current with new technologies and IT systems.
Extract and combine data from various sources.
Serve as a subject matter expert and collaborate with peers.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 5 years related work experience OR 2 years of experience and preferred certification or Master's degree
Experience: Data/Business Analytics, Data Science, Software Development, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Information Technology/Information Security/ Auditing, Informatics Pharmacy
Degree Preferences: Data Science, Business Analytics, Health Information Technology, Information Technology/Systems, Information Security, Computer Forensics, Computer Science, Pharmacy
Experience Preferences: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Programming/Software engineering, Statistics, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Auditing, Information Technology, Health Care, Database Management, Pharmacy, ETL (Extract, Transfer and Load), SQL.
Certification Preferences: Epic Willow, Epic Cogito, PGY-2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Preferred Licensure:ACBT - Avaya CBTCXADMIN - AVST Cert CX AdminITIL - IT Infrastructure Library

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