Cardiac Statistical Analyst, Cardiac Services BC

Job Summary :

Reporting to the Director, Biostatistics and Data Management, the Cardiac Statistical Analyst is responsible for independent and collaborative analyses, interpretation and reporting of cardiac data for Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), the Ministry of Health Services, care providers and administrators in the Health Authorities. This position supports the monitoring of cardiac interventions and cardiac service performance indicators for planning, implementation and evaluation of cardiac care in BC. In addition to the preparation of standard regular reports, this position prepares periodic summaries and detailed analyses of trends and developments using appropriate statistical modeling tools and tests. This position is also responsible for managing data for statistical analysis to support policy and clinical research.

Duties / Accountabilities :

• Provides statistical analysis support for standard regular reports as well as a variety of documents such as briefing notes, presentations, summaries, and papers for or at the request of external organizations such as Health Canada, Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ministry of Health Services, Provincial Advisory Panel on Cardiac Health, Cardiac Services BC Steering Committee, PHSA Quality and Access Committee and regional Health Authorities.
• Supports internal and external cardiac data requests for planning and policy-making as well as research purposes by performing duties including : review of data requested, data extraction, data quality checking and cleaning, data manipulation and merging, and information summaries.
• Performs and validates data linkages between Cardiac Services BC Registry and various Ministry of Health Services data Vital Statistics, DAD, MSP, PharmaNet).
• Participates in the analysis of linked health data to evaluate health outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease and the effectiveness of cardiovascular treatments and interventions.
• Provides support for the development and maintenance of the Registry database including the design of standard and ad hoc reports and data quality monitoring.

Qualifications :

A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Masters in Statistics or Biostatistics, plus a minimum of one year recent related experience in health care and / or the health information field.

Advanced knowledge of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and modeling. Strong analytical, problem-solving and system analysis skills including the ability to comprehend complex issues and related data / information. Demonstrated ability to develop complex and customized queries for relational databases. Ability to function in a self-directed manner and handle multiple concurrent tasks. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Demonstrated interpersonal skills with a variety of people.