Role Description The Data Analyst supports the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) through advanced data analytics, reporting, visualization, and database management activities utilizing multiple Department of Defense healthcare data systems. - Extract, analyze, validate, and present complex medical and operational data to support clinical research, performance improvement initiatives, leadership reporting, and strategic decision-making. - Ensure compliance with DoD, DHA, HIPAA, and Joint Trauma System standards and procedures. Responsibilities - Summarize data by applying descriptive statistics and data visualization techniques using Microsoft Excel as the primary tool. - Provide updates to EACE leadership and oversight groups on the status of progress and challenges to specific analytics project tasks. - Work with internal and external clients to identify analytical and report requirements and handle special analytical projects as needed. - Run queries on the EACE-Registry data. - Produce standard weekly and monthly reports on the EACE’s population of interest and respond to ad hoc data requests. - Develop, modify, or provide input to data analytics project plans, and implement project plans to meet or exceed objectives. - Run periodic integrity checks and analyze results to ensure data accuracy. - Identify gaps in data comparisons between the EACE-R, MDR, DoDTR, and MOTR. - Provide presentations or briefings on all aspects of the data analysis. - Maintain analytics project SharePoint libraries and implement quality control processes. - Make improvements, solve problems, or take corrective action when problems arise. - Evaluate, monitor, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures. - Adhere to Joint Trauma System (JTS), EACE, and DHA data information and data release standard operating procedures. - Provide analytic support and coaching with clinical community customers. - Report any discovered HIPAA violations to EACE leadership. - Manage all system access requests and coordinate EACE leadership approval. - Develop and update dashboards in Tableau software or similar applications. - Extract, manipulate, analyze, and array data for easy understanding. - Respond to requests for information as approved by EACE leadership. - Coordinate and integrate data analytics project activities. - Identify problems, determine accuracy and relevance of information, and make recommendations. - Other duties as assigned. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Health Informatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Information Systems, Public Health, or related field. - Minimum four (4) years’ professional experience in healthcare data analytics. - Minimum three (3) years’ experience in reading and interpreting medical diagnosis and procedure coding systems including ICD9, ICD10, and CPT. - Minimum two (2) years’ recent experience in SAS and SQL. Preferred Qualifications - Possess an active T3 confidential clearance. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Ability to work independently with little to no support. - Proficient in Structured Query Language (SQL). - Experience using Tableau or similar business intelligence/data visualization applications. - Possess advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites, particularly Microsoft Excel. - Experience in constructing and manipulating pivot tables and advanced Excel analytic functions. - Experience in one or more analytical tools such as Python, SAS, SAP Business Objects, or R. - Experience with conducting data quality checks. - Experience with pulling and manipulating data from the Military Health System Data Repository (MDR). - Ability to present data analysis to various groups/individuals. - Ability to interpret medical data from medical records and effectively communicate findings. - Possess strong background in medical diagnosis codes (ICD 9/10, CPT). - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation experience. - Knowledge and understanding of commercial off-the-shelf products and components. - Ability to travel. Physical Demands - Minimal travel may be required. - Regularly required to sit and talk or hear. - Occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. - Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. - Specific vision abilities required include close vision. Teleworking Permitted? Yes, with the possibility of 100% remote at the site’s discretion. Estimated Salary/Wage Up to USD $39.87/Hr.