Analytics Lead - Toronto, Canada - University Health Network

University Health Network

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Toronto, Canada

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Full time

Description

ANALYTICS LEAD

Job Posting #:922097

Union:
Non-Union

Site:
Toronto General Hospital, Downtown Toronto Location

Department:
Cross-appointed Data & Analytics & The Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, University Health Network

Reports to:
Senior Manager and Program Lead, Data & Analytics

Hours: 37.5 hours/week

Status:
Permanent Full-Time

Salary Range:
$89,815 - $103,000 (based on experience & UHN Compensation Policy)

Work Environment:
Hybrid - work from home & onsite

Posted Date:
June 30, 2023

Closing Date:
Until filled

The University Health Network, where "above all else the needs of patients come first", encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute of Education at UHN.

The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education.

With a long tradition of ground breaking firsts and a purpose of "Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning", the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,200 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers.

UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

UHN Data & Analytics supports UHN's growing demand for data, data-driven insights and helps TeamUHN ensure the needs of the patients come first. Our collective goal is to better see, understand and use data to help UHN become a data-driven organization, which will help us achieve UHN's strategic goals and ultimately advance care, research and education. UHN Data & Analytics supports UHN in data-driven decisions, data literacy, performance improvement, data governance, data infrastructure/tools, advanced analytics, and automation. The Performance Improvement & Excellence (PIE) team works under the direction of the Chief Data & Analytics Officer and in tight partnership with clinical & administrative leadership, to lead and manage performance improvement and transformation initiatives, using data, to accomplish measurable outcomes.

Position Summary:

The Analytics Lead applies advanced knowledge and skills to provide analytical and research support towards this goal through the collection of data that inform program priorities and evaluate program outcomes.

Cross-appointed between UHN's Data Analytics and Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine programs, the Analytics Lead will play a critical role in shaping the initiatives within the Social Medicine program that seek to improve the delivery of care for marginalized and underserved populations.

The Analytics Lead will work closely with the evaluation team at the Population Health Analytics Lab based at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health to support research and evaluation.

As a member of the Data & Analytics team, the Analytics Lead exercises considerable judgment and independence in supporting corporate, strategic and operational initiatives.

Duties:

Design data collection processes, collect and analyze data, lead data reporting and data visualization activities
Work closely with program team to conduct surveillance and reporting activities that respond to public health and population health needs and emerging issues, including the COVID19 pandemic
Execute computer programs for data extraction, data set creation and analysis using spreadsheets and statistical software packages (e.g., Excel, Stata). Problem solve or troubleshoot when syntax or software is not performing
Analyze and interpret data from large public health information databases such as iPHIS, the provincial CCM system, IC/ES, the Canadian Community Health Survey, the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, and IntelliHealth
Plan, implement and coordinate all aspects of data collection
Identify appropriate analytics solutions through stakeholder engagement, literature review and requirements gathering
Translate complex, technical information about public health population health and the social determinants of health into written reports and summaries for various audiences
Engage relevant clinical, business and leadership teams to understand problems and current state and identify opportunities for improvement
Develop and implement analytics solutions through predictive analytics, modeling, simulation, dashboards and reports
Visualize complex organizational data to tell a story, derive datadriven insights and demonstrate value
Evaluate analytics solutions implemented to ensure sustainable value and improvement
Assists in interpretation of results and preparation of material for presentation, publication, and/or grants
Representing Data & Analytics and the Gattuso Centre in a professi