At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

Work Location: On-site, Sycamore, IL

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of experience in a role querying and/or analyzing data are required to be considered for this position.

The Analytics Team at Northwestern Medicine delivers thoughtful, highly engaging analytics products to our clinical and administrative leadership. These solutions directly impact and help drive the clinical and financial performance of our health system.

Northwestern Medicine is looking for a data driven, business-minded, results oriented Analytics Consultant to join our team. The Analytics Consultant uncovers insights that drive strategy and optimal decision making for the Executive team and leaders across the organization. In this role, you will be charged with understanding the ‘who, what, and whys’ of our business - working cross-functionally to dig into trends and surface value-creating opportunities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

To succeed in this role, you must be innately curious, deeply analytical, highly driven, and a strong communicator. Some of those qualities include but are not limited to: 

• Be a Data Champion! Effective analysis is only possible with good data - be an advocate of data accessibility, accuracy and quality.
• Be Curious! Find data nuggets, trends and other analytical goodies that help support our mission, vision, and values and advance our department as a whole.
• Be a Team Player! Collaboration is what makes us great – come prepared to work with a diverse cross-section of technical and business professionals.

Some of the core functions of the Analytics Consultant include defining, extracting, analyzing, and presenting data cogently to answer the questions being asked. Synthesize raw data into actionable information in the form of reports and presentations. Serve as a functional and content expert user of EDW, including but not limited to, Epic Clarity data. Work with the business to define requirements, formulate queries, validate results, and generate reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. Evaluate data quality and interpret results in a clear, concise manner. Own analytics projects and be accountable for gathering customer requirements, execute analytics work efforts, and exceed customer expectations. Work collaboratively with and support multi-departments efforts and projects. Provide training and support through the organization on the use of analytics tools.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• 2+ years of experience in a role querying and/or analyzing data
• Experience working with business users to determine analytical solutions to meet business needs
• Experience using SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and reporting
• Demonstrated competency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and/or Access
• Effective problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
• Effective problem solving and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred:

• Previous experience working with Epic Clarity data
• Experience using the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack (SSRS, SSMS, SSIS, SSAS)
• Experience using a software package for statistical analysis (R, Python, etc)
• Previous healthcare experience, ideally with a health system
• Previous experience working in an Agile environment

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.  Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. 

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.