Co-op Student, Clinical Administrative Databases - Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Institute for Health Information

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Category

  • Coop/Practicum Student

City

  • Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Coop Student, Clinical Administrative Databases Operations
  • Who we are
  • We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, notforprofit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada's health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada's health care systems.
CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.

Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include

  • HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
  • Retirement Planning Program
  • Generous vacation days for permanent and longterm contracts
  • Worklife balance
  • Career Planning Program
  • Learning and Professional Development Program
  • Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and longterm contracts
Why is this role important?

  • In this role you will be supporting the development and production of automated reports and trending analyses related to public reporting of hospitalization statistics from the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB) and National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) databases. This will enable CIHI to attain comparable and actionable information on hospital stays in Canada to accelerate improvements in health care, health system performance and population health across Canada. As a coop student you will be involved in a variety of activities that support priority projects for our department, that help drive CIHI's overall mandate to deliver on better data, better decisions, for healthier Canadians. This unique opportunity will expose you to areas of improving data quality through various tools and techniques, migrating codes from SAS to Python, trending analysis, documenting processes, and gaining insight into analysis of healthcare data.
  • What you'll do
  • Use of technical tools (i.e., Python, SAS) to automate production of highquality trending analysis for annual hospitalization and childbirth indicators results.
  • Develop and document standard operating procedures
  • Assist with the preparation and validation of custom data requests, using technical tools such as SAS, Python
  • Coordinate, collaborate, communicate, monitor, report and document activities
  • Actively participate in problemsolving and execute solutions
What you'll bring to the table

  • Working towards an undergraduate or a graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Health Analytics/Informatics, and other Data Science program that require Coop as part of educational requirement
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Strong proficiency in Python, SAS
  • Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external stakeholders both verbally and written
  • Selfmotivated, high attention to detail, good problem solving skills
  • Initiative driven and gogetter attitude.
Closing StatementEmployment Equity

  • At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrierfree and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs._
Étudiant stagiaire, Analyste/Opérations des bases de données clinico-administratives

  • L'ICIS
  • L'ICIS
regroupe des leaders d'opinion passionnés par les données qui veulent apporter leur contribution au milieu de la santé. À titre d'organisme autonome sans but lucratif, nous collaborons avec nos partenaires au partage d'informations essentielles sur les systèmes de santé du Canada pour éclairer les décisions au profit de la santé des Canadiens. À titre d'employé de l'ICIS, vous jouerez un rôle déterminant dans l'évolution du système de santé canadien.

L'ICIS offre un milieu de travail exceptionnel où diversité, respect, intégrité, collaboration et innovation sont valorisés.

Consultez notre strategie sur l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion qui décrit les efforts que nous déployons pour créer un environnement plus inclusif et accueillant en misant sur nos apprentissages, notre gouvernance et nos pratiques.

L'ICIS, sachant ce qui importe à ses employés, offre une gamme d'avantages,, notamment:

  • L'adhésion au régime de retraite HOOPP (à prestations déterminées)
  • Un programme de planification
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