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Neonatology TIPQC
Job Summary:
The Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC) is the state’s perinatal quality improvement collaborative, founded in 2008 through a grant from the Governor’s Office to engage hospitals, practitioners, payers, families, and communities in order to promote meaningful change, improve health outcomes, and improve the quality of care through pregnancy, delivery and beyond for all Tennessee families.
In your pivotal role as Research Data Analyst, you will be responsible for providing support for complex qualitative and quantitative research projects in health policy, public health, or related disciplines under occasional guidance. You also will utilize intermediate level research skills to perform a variety of quantitative research activities including data management, analysis of quantitative data, report preparation, and management of project budgets and schedules for proposals and projects. Your duties will be:
o Collaborate with faculty and the data team to support the creation, implementation, testing, and revision of initiative data forms and reports across the project lifecycle.
o Manage data systems and datasets, including data cleaning, monitoring data entry status across participating teams, preparing analysis-ready datasets, and coordinating with TIPQC staff and faculty.
o Gather, organize, manage, and statistically analyze data to support implementation of perinatal QI projects and monitor progress toward maternal and infant health outcome goals.
o Conduct quality improvement data analysis using statistical analysis software and spreadsheet/database tools; produce routine and ad hoc reports for multiple QI projects.
o Design data collection tools, survey instruments, and related protocols (including data dictionaries/definitions and validation procedures) to support reliable and standardized data capture.
o Perform day-to-day management of databases and datasets, including data cleaning, monitoring data entry completeness/timeliness, preparing analysis-ready datasets, and coordinating with other analysts as needed.
o Monitor and respond to stakeholder and pa