Biostatistician/Data Analyst (On Site)

COVID vaccine will be required unless medical / religious exemption. Seeking a Biostatistician/Data Analyst for the Regional Perinatal Center in Valhalla, NY. Schedule will be approximately 8:00am-4:00pm or 9:00am-5:00pm. Pay rate will be approximately $70,000-$75,000 annual. This is not a remote position, requires On Site availibility.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze NY Statewide Perinatal Database System (SPDS) NICU Module, Electronic Birth Certificate (EBC), & New York State quality initiative data for quality measures and obstetric & neonatal outcomes, comparing against benchmarks & over time while utilizing higher level statistical methods such as:
• Multivariate Regression
• Composite predictive and outcome scores
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Kaplan-Meier & Cox Proportional Hazard
• Test for Trends
• Others as appropriate
• Export, merge, and maintain quality of SPDS NICU & EBC module data for analysis
• Analyze and present NICU infant growth, feed type, and other key measures using graphical presentation and SPC to help affect change
• Test continuous data for normality and apply non-parametric tests where necessary
• Analyze demographic information such as income & population density of maternal zip code to have higher level analyses of outcomes controlling for Socioeconomic status
• Factor unit volume & acuity of internal and affiliate NICU into analyses where applicable
• Work with Regional Perinatal Center (RPC) Associate Director & other RPC staff to provide appropriate benchmarks for data analysis
• Create reports based on data analyses for quality of data and outcomes, assessing perinatal public health, & responding to research questions utilizing SPDS NICU & EBC module data
• Lecture trainees & medical staff regarding clinical research analyses
• Utilize software to automate reports on various quality measures and outcomes
• Prepare presentations & detailed site visit reports of outcomes for Quality Assurance (QA) meetings at affiliate hospitals with statistical analysis of trends over time
• Attend and participate in off-site affiliate or NY State Department of Health meetings that may require alterations in scheduled work hours
• Enter patient data into the NICU Module
• Respond to and assist affiliate hospitals’ requests for data, outcomes, quality indicators, statistical analyses, as well as guidance with SPDS NICU module or EBC systems.
• Aid & educate affiliates regarding updates & utilization of SPDS
• Create graphs, tables, and PowerPoint presentations as needed to help demonstrate trends in data over time or by hospital
• Collaborate with NICU Module manager and birth registrars at affiliate hospitals related to data entry, review & requests
• Collaborate with Westchester Medical Center (WMC) physicians and track NICU Module data entry, quality, and requests
• Assist QA staff and others in technical and data aspects of NYS quality initiatives
• Monitor, compile, and analyze neonatal and maternal transport data by time and hospital of origin
• Work with WMC Health Information Management staff, meeting regularly to improve quality of EBC data as well as other NYS data quality initiatives.
• Monitor regional EBC & NICU public health data to help assess public health needs and advise community based organizations.
• Attendance and participation at select regional professional conferences

BCHP will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.