Consultant Data Analytics - Kelowna, Canada - Interior Health Authority

Interior Health Authority
Interior Health Authority
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Kelowna, Canada

1 month ago

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Interior Health is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, and self-motivated individual who is seeking to develop their career as a permanent full-time

Consultant, Data Analytics. Having Experience with Discharge Abstracts (DAD) data is a strong asset for this position.


The Consultant, Data Analytics is responsible for supporting all data and analytics for decision support within a defined portfolio (customer).

The Consultant will work closely with customer leaders enabling health system improvements through information and data analysis.

In addition, the Consultant will be responsible for supporting customers both directly and indirectly on items associated with data quality, stewardship, interpretation of data, data documentation, visualization, and reporting.


Some Typical Duties and Responsibilities Include

  • Provides timely, relevant, reliable, and clear information with appropriate supporting data analyses and review of alternatives to inform planning and decisionmaking. This will include population, service utilization, outcomes analyses, operational and realtime data for use by internal and external partners.
  • Provides data analysis and interpretation using key data sources (population, clinical, organizational, operational and administrative) in response to customer requests include data linkage, descriptive information, statistical analyses, and statistical tests of significance.
  • Reviews planning and evaluation documents as well as plans for allocating resources and provides appropriate information and feedback on health services plan and program planning documents prepared by internal and external partners. Information and feedback will include providing assistance with population and utilization data as well as feedback on planning assumptions.
  • Provides input and identifies opportunities for information support activities to Data & Analytics Services leadership. This will include providing suggestions and advice on important data development and future projects/analyses.
  • Develops a strong working relationship with customers, program Managers, Directors, Senior Executive members, Business Support, and others who require information for planning, managing, and evaluating services. Project support may include planning project deliverables and identifying data sources and appropriate methods to support data analyses, writing summary reports, and preparing presentations.
  • Responds to data and information requests from staff at all levels of the organization. Provides support and technical advice to staff on the use of data and information resources and analytics tools.
  • Works with provincial and national representatives on data and analytics projects. This may include working with the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Ministry of Health priority projects. The focus of this work will be to review key assumptions and methods, provide data, and assist with interpretation of findings.
  • Works with representatives of other Health Authorities and other data custodians to support data, analysis, interpretation, and reporting initiatives.
  • Provides advice, analysis, and recommendations on initiatives related to data collection, database development, and data extraction and analysis to internal and external partners.
  • Works with Data Services and Information Management/Information Technology and other IH staff to support timely, reliable, and consistent data reporting and analysis.

Some Benefits of Joining Interior Health


Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you.

Together, we create great workplaces.

  • Honouring Interior Health's commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who selfidentify as Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit)._

Education, Training and Experience

  • A postsecondary degree with completed course work in a healthrelated discipline, and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A Master's degree is preferred.
  • A minimum of two years of experience in data management, linkage, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.
  • Experience working in a complex computerized environment.

Skills and Abilities

  • Teamwork and strong interpersonal skills due to the amount of communication required.
  • Collaborative leadership in order to both work as a member of a team and provide leadership in developing partnerships amongst multiple partners.
  • Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
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