Quantitative Analyst. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Company Information: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is committed to enhancing the lives of children and teens through excellence in patient care, research and education. Managing more than half a million patient visits each year, Children’s is the largest pediatric clinical care provider in Georgia—and one of the largest in the country. We offer access to: • More than 1,600 pediatric physicians • 30-plus pediatric specialties • A comprehensive inpatient electronic health record system (Epic) • 520 staffed beds at three hospitals—the recently renovated Children’s at Egleston and Children’s at Scottish Rite, and the newly built Children’s at Hughes Spalding • 17 neighborhood locations in metro Atlanta, including four Immediate Care Centers, one Primary Care Center and Marcus Autism Center Children’s is constantly striving to raise the bar in healthcare and employee satisfaction, and our efforts have not gone unnoticed: • Nationally recognized for excellence in cancer, cardiac, emergency, neonatal, orthopaedic and transplant services • One of the best hospitals for children in the United States—U.S.News & World Report • One of the 100 best companies to work for in America—Fortune magazine • One of the 100 best companies for working mothers—Working Mother magazine

Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Statistical & Data Analysis • Creates analytic date sets and coordinates ad hoc analyses to address client inquires and resolve anomalies. • Demonstrate proficiency in quantitative problem-solving and data analysis. • Extracts, transforms and processes complex data sets using data mining and analytic tools such as SPSS, STATA, SAS, R, etc. 2. Technical Best Practice Standards • Understands and effectively follows technical guidelines and best practices for area of specialization (e.g. application development, semantic layer & metadata, etc.) • For more senior levels, develops technical guidelines and best practices for area of specialization (e.g. application development, semantic layer & metadata, etc.) • Analyzes and provides recommendations for improving data flows and/or operational work flows. • Maintains current knowledge of industry accepted best practice practices and trends. • Maintains professional development through training and seminars.

Position Qualifications: . MS degree in biostatistics, health informatics, public/behavioral health, epidemiology, or statistics. 2. At least three to five years of experience in Healthcare data modeling, analytics, or report development role is preferred but at least some familiarity with healthcare data is required. 3. Three to five years of experience in statistical software such as SAS, STATA and SPSS. 4. Experience in quantitative analysis, including regression and logistic regression modeling, ROC curves, decision analytics, analysis of large datasets, Cox regression, propensity scores, and other types of analysis or association studies. 5. Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong ability to develop statistical programs to manage and analyze data required

Web Site: www.choa.org

Application Address: emily.colton@choa.org

Contact Email: Emily Colton

Application Deadline: 01/04/2013 (dd/mm/yyyy)