Data Analyst, BORN Ontario - Permanent Full-Time (1.0)

Compensation Pay Range: $35.04-$43.00

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Ranked in the top 1% of Canadian hospitals for the digitization of its clinical infrastructure, CHEO combines excellence in clinical care, research, and education to advance seamless care that's provided where, when, and how it is needed. CHEO's Research Institute is dedicated to world-class clinical, translational, and basic science research covering a wide range of children's health concerns. CHEO has been named Canada's best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and is ranked second among Canadian hospitals on its list of Canada's Best Employers for multiple consecutive years. For the 14th consecutive year in a row, the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers has recognized CHEO as a top employer in the National Capital Region. Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Data Analyst is responsible for data extraction from the BORN Ontario Information System and preparation/presentation of those data in different formats (tables, graphs, reports, slides). The analyst: provides ongoing support to BORN data requestors; develops, creates, and maintains project and analysis related documentation; supports the improvement of analysis processes; and participates in ongoing professional development

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with BORN team members, aggregate and record-level data requestors and researchers (as required) to clarify data elements needed for data requests and research.
• Write analysis queries and programs to perform data processing tasks, perform data extraction and conduct analyses.
• Test written programs and verify data analyses against other data reports from the BORN Information System.
• Interact with other project team members to ensure that data is complete, accurate, and in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Assist or develop systems for organizing data to analyze, identify and report trends.
• Prepare data output formats as requested.
• Maintain records of analysis activities, and prepare periodic and ad hoc reports, as required.
• Match/link/aggregate data from multiple sources and experience working with administrative datasets (e.g. CIHI) or other perinatal data (Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System, provincial perinatal programs).
• Make decisions about appropriate statistical tests as required and run statistical analyses.
• Perform database edits.
• Execute data validation programs and resolve data discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with BORN and institutional privacy guidelines. Develop, implement, and maintain security procedures for users and system administrators to ensure the protection of confidential hospital and patient data.
• Ensure accurate and detailed documentation concerning how and why analysis decisions are made throughout the course of a research project.
• Perform work in accordance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations and all CHEO and CHEO Research Institute corporate/departmental policies and procedures related to Occupational Health and Safety.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Criminal Record Check (Essential)
• University Degree in epidemiology or statistics or equivalent (i.e., university degree with a concentration of courses in statistics) (Essential)
• Proficient with common data management software and statistical analysis packages such as SAS (mandatory), R or other statistical software and programming languages (Essential)
• Experience with relational databases (Essential)
• Minimum 3 years experience working in an analysis position (Essential)
• Experience with calculation of basic epidemiologic measures (i.e., rates, risks, rate/risk ratios, 95% confide

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