Data Analyst, CAADSI

Join our team as a Data Analyst at Fraser Health's Centre for Advanced Analytics, Data Science, and Innovation (CAADSI)! Use your leadership and consultation skills to provide senior consulting to Fraser Health executives in systems management. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders for innovation and success.

We are currently hiring for a Full-Time Data Analyst position. This position is flexible, hybrid (remote/in-office) positions based out of Fraser Health headquarters at Central City in Surrey, BC.

Key highlights of the position include:

• Collaborates with business units and stakeholders to identify reporting needs, analyze current procedures, and ensure data gathering and reporting processes support corporate strategies and business objectives.
• Designs and develops BI reporting solutions using combination of statistical and reporting tools such as T-SQL, Power BI, and R/Python
• Provides detailed analysis, advice, insight, and interpretation from complex data across multiple sources.
• Designs and develops BI reporting solutions using combination of statistical and reporting tools such as T-SQL, Power BI, and R/Python 

A bit about you:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or related applied quantitative scientific field
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of related experience in decision support, data analysis, performance reporting, and/or health care management
• Proficiency in T-SQL and Power BI is preferred.

• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

Experience some of the benefits of working with us, including:

• Career advancement and growth opportunities
• Comprehensive health benefits including extended health and dental, 100% paid by us, that cover you and your whole family
• Health and well-being resources, including an employee and family assistance program
• Generous vacation time: eligible employees can earn up to four (4) weeks of vacation per year, with the possibility of accruing extra time based on their tenure with us
• Access to exclusive staff discounts and perks with various partners, including a Transit Incentive Program
• A defined pension plan

Join our team at Fraser Health - where cared for people, care for people.

Fraser Health is the second largest health system in Canada with over 48,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers, and is the largest of five regional health authorities in British Columbia, providing hospital and community-based health services to nearly 2 million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Effective October 26, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines).  Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:
The Data Analyst provides leadership and analytics support to the CAADSI department. Applying expert knowledge, the Data Analyst performs business intelligence (BI), data extraction, data analysis, and performance reporting to provide evidence-based review of service utilization, health interventions, technology and performance assessments. The Data Analyst plans and develops BI reporting by engaging with healthcare stakeholders across the organization, analyzing operational, clinical, financial, and human resource data and applying knowledge in performance measurement and benchmarking methodologies.

1. Collaborates with business units and stakeholders to identify reporting needs, analyze current procedures, explore opportunities, reduce redundancies and ensure data gathering and reporting processes support corporate strategies and business objectives.
2. Designs and develops BI reporting solutions using reporting tools such as SQL, Power BI, or Tableau.
3. Provides detailed analysis, advice, insight, and interpretation from complex data across multiple sources.
4. Conducts performance reporting benchmarking and best practices research, makes recommendations for improvement, and facilitates the adoption of emerging analytical methodologies and technologies.
5. Develops and seeks continuous improvement to the performance reporting processes, including report automations and the coordination of reporting inputs, analyses and distributions.
6. Provides quality assurance and a value-added review of reporting inputs to promote high standards for quality and insight. Ensures the analytics solutions are aligned with CAADSI production standards and guidelines, such as data definitions and UI/UX visualizations.
7. Provides expertise across different phases of system implementation life cycle to ensure reporting requirements meet established guidelines and standards, and performs corrective action as required.
8. Prepares strategic business cases and supporting documents, briefing papers, strategic and tactical reports for an assigned area and/or portfolio for submission to Fraser Health Executive, Board of Directors and other stakeholders.
9. Collaborates with members of the CAADSI department, senior management, staff of various organizational units and other internal and external stakeholders in support of the mission, philosophies and goals of Fraser Health.
10. This includes synthesizing and analyzing data on patient services, interpreting information, participating in the development of recommendations for improvements in a continuous agile partnership, and performing tasks such as assisting in selecting appropriate outcome measures and furthering understanding of patient reported experience and outcome metrics.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or related applied quantitative scientific field, plus five (5) to seven (7) years of related experience in decision support, data analysis, performance reporting, and/or health care management, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Experience with T-SQL and Power BI is preferred.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Demonstrated understanding of the relational multidimensional database concepts.
• Working knowledge of big data analytics and statistics.
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently.
• Ability to plan, organizer and prioritize work and deadlines.
• Working knowledge of PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma and other flow process improvement concepts.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the health care system.
• Knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role within healthcare.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.