PURPOSEOF THE POSITION
Incumbent works for the Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) on analysis of data related to Indiana's trauma system. Incumbent reports to the Surveillance and Evaluation Director, IDOH Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention. The incumbent seeks to improve trauma care across the spectrum of trauma system activities by focusing on all aspects of the statewide trauma data collection and analysis, including trauma registry and emergency medical services (EMS)data.
DUTIESAND RESPONSIBILITIES
Conducts general analysis of trauma-related data; serves as project lead, as assigned.
Performs and documents procedures for data preparation including record linkage, data cleaning, standardization, analysis, and interpretation.
Works with Trauma System Epidemiologist to improve quality, accuracy and timeliness of data submitted to the Indiana Trauma Registry.
Queries and analyzes trauma registry and related data (e.g., emergency medical services[EMS] data) for data requests as necessary, in conjunction with the Data Release Committee.
| Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| Bachelor's degree in health data Analysis/Management, Statistics, Public Health (Epidemiology/Biostatistics), Epidemiology or related field of study | Required | | |
| Experience working as a data analyst, epidemiologist, or related role | Required | 2 | Years |
| Experience analyzing data using SAS, R, Python or other statistical software to perform data cleaning and analysis | Required | 2 | Years |
| Demonstrated experience performing data cleaning, calculating descriptive statistics, and performing appropriate statistical analyses | Required | 2 | Years |
| Experience using the MS Office Suite in a professional setting (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) | Required | 2 | Years |
| Ability to prepare reports including descriptive statistics, statistical analyses, and interpretation of findings | Required | | |
| Possess significant process and people skills to appropriately perform the duties of the position | Required | | |
| Previous experience working with health care databases is preferred | Highly desired | | |
| Experience with data visualization in Tableau | Highly desired | | |
| Master's degree in health data Analysis/Management, Statistics, Public Health (Epidemiology/Biostatistics), Epidemiology or related field of study | Desired | | |
| Working knowledge of data linkage techniques | Desired | | |
| Knowledge of database administration and/or system software such as communication, storage mgmt, operating systems or capacity planning | Nice to have | | |
| Knowledge of relational database and data warehouse design techniques and dimensional modeling processes | Nice to have | | |