Decision Support Specialist - Mississauga, Canada - ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development

ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Permanent Full Time

Mississauga Site

37.5 Hours/Week

Work Arrangement: 2 days' onsite / 3 days' remote
ErinoakKids is currently seeking a talented and dynamic individual to fill the role of
Decision Support Specialist at our Mississauga location. Reporting to the Supervisor,

Decision Support, the Decision Support Specialist will leverage their strong technical, analytical, and communication skills to support evidence-based decision making and ongoing monitoring of quality and performance related to ErinoakKids' clinical & autism services.

Key Responsibilities:

Provides meaningful analysis, insights and presentation of data, while ensuring sound methodology and technical specifications
Produces accurate and reliable reporting and analytics to support internal and external reporting commitments
Communicates and interacts regularly with clinical team leaders reviewing data, assessing performance and responding to questions; gains a fulsome understanding of clinical areas, processes and service delivery models to provide meaningful information that maximize performance and resource utilization
Leverages business intelligence tools, where appropriate, to support dissemination of valuable, realtime information that results in evidencebased decision making
Extracts, transforms and analyzes complex information to produce meaningful and insightful information to support strategic, operational and quality improvement initiatives across the organization
Ensures data quality is top of mind and investigates anomalies and proposes recommendations for resolution to support continuous improvement initiatives
Implements innovative reporting tools and visualizations to maximize interpretability and usage of performance reports
Identifies areas of opportunity to increase efficiency and reduce manual work for standard reporting requirements
Independently completes assigned projects and ad hoc reports as assigned
Collaborates with and supports clinical and nonclinical teams with a variety of analytical needs (i.e., development of metrics/performance indicators, indepth analysis, data quality investigations and adhoc reporting)
Collaborates regularly with Decision Support team members providing guidance and leadership, as well as with Finance and Information systems staff to support knowledge sharing and teamwork

Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in an applicable field, such as Health Informatics, Engineering, Biostatistics/Statistics, Math, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical discipline with training in data collection, analysis and data management; Master degree considered an asset
Minimum five years of experience in a decision support, analytical or business intelligence environment; healthcare experience preferred
Strong data analysis and problem solving skills and the ability to synthesize large amounts of data into meaningful reporting
Demonstrated expertise utilizing advanced SQL data extraction and manipulation tools (i.e., MS SQL)
Ability to effectively translate complex data analysis into meaningful, useable and simplified terms to clinical team leaders; ability to understand data requests and provide reporting that meets the needs of clinical team leaders
Experience working in a complex data environment such as enterprise data warehouses and other relational databases
Experience with balanced scorecard reporting, indicator development and performance measurement
Experience with Business Intelligence tools development (i.e., Cognos)
High attention to detail and data accuracy a requirement
Ability to multitask effectively, prioritize workload and meet deadlines
Resultsoriented individual with experience working under tight deadlines in a high pressure working environment
Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Ability to work independently and in a team environment, while developing and maintaining effective working relationships with others

Why should you join us?

Competitive salary and benefit plan which includes Health and Dental options for you and your loved ones
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

WorkPerks

Discounts for you and your family to enjoy an array of different services and amenities
Employee Assistance Program / People Connect (Mental health supports available 24/7)
Wellness Program
Learning & Development opportunities
We are ready to work with you in pursuit of your goals There are plenty of ongoing internal and external learning opportunities that are available to all our staff, as well as professional supports in place from day one
Mentorship Opportunities
Direct observation from a mentor to help new graduates develop into skilled clinicians
The people and most of all the KIDS

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