Description:
Internal Posting Period: 2/13/08-2/15/08 If
you are a Colorado internal employee, you must place
your bid on the bid line 303-614-1510, not online.
Job
Summary: Participates in a variety of regional (Denver/Boulder
and Colorado Springs local markets) and national (Care
Management Institute [CMI]) projects/initiatives. Provides
leadership and assistance to physicians, managers,
and other providers in the Disease Management, Quality
& Resource Management, and other clinical/service
departments in the evaluation of interventions aimed
at improving care to defined patient populations.
Position
Requirements: Bachelor's degree in business/health
care administration, health services with an emphasis
in epidemiology, biostatistics, finance, information
systems or public health, or related field. Master's
degree preferred. Minimum of two to four years analytic
experience in project management, program evaluation,
quality improvement, practical use of research analyses
and methods, data or statistical analysis, or cost
benefit/effectiveness analysis. Proficient in the
use of personal computer spreadsheet and presentation
software and experience in developing applications
for analytic processes; general knowledge of mainframe
computer applications desired. Experienced with analysis
of large electronic databases and use of statistical
software. Experience with SAS required. Must possess
excellent organization and presentation skills, including
the ability to express complex analytic and technical
information to non-technical as well as technical
audiences; experienced in communicating with staff
at all levels of an organization in the conducting,
presenting, and implementing of strategic projects.
Essential Duties: Develops and maintains
chronic condition registries and performs regional
data collection and analyses for the CMI national
outcomes studies, per Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with CMI. Provides analytic support in the
development of measures and targets for MOU with
CMI and produces quarterly reports of progress against
those targets. Designs analytic strategies to assess
project/initiative requirements and impacts, including
measurement of clinical, service and utilization
outcomes, patterns of care, cost benefit/effectiveness,
and tracking of performance trends over time. Develops
technical specifications for local outcomes measurement
and assists in their development for national outcomes
measurement. Initiates development of PC-based databases;
uses computer programming skills to extract data,
construct and edit data sets, and perform complex
queries in mainframe, PC, and network environments.
Designs and coordinates data collection processes,
including independent data collection. Prepares reports
to document evaluation strategies and present results
of analyses to local and national audiences; uses
reporting graphics and statistical application software.
Coordinates with IT regarding automation of registries
and implementation of process improvements. Conducts
studies to determine validity of analytic processes,
including disease identification algorithms. Coordinates
and conducts measurement of clinical outcomes and
other performance indicators across clinical, service
and analytic departments and groups both locally
and nationally; facilitates the assurance of consistency
in data collection, definitions, analyses, and reporting.
Assists in the identification of industry trends;
reviews literature to understand key clinical and
technological issues; conducts research to determine
feasibility and effectiveness of applications in
the local health care delivery environment.
Functional
and Environmental Factors available upon request.
Schedule: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Starting
Salary Range: $5612-$7154 (Monthly)
• Kaiser Permanente is
an AA/EEO employer -
