Senior Healthcare Data Analyst - Remote

City/State
Virginia Beach, VA
Work Shift
Multiple shifts available
Overview:
Sentara is hiring a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst!
This position is fully remote!
Overview
The Senior Healthcare Data Analyst serves as a key member of the Research Analytics and Data Literacy (RAD) team within Sentara Enterprise Analytics, supporting Sentara's research mission in partnership with the Sentara Health Research Center (SHRC). This role specializes in retrospective clinical and population health research, delivering end-to-end analytic support from study conception through manuscript development and dissemination.
The Senior Analyst collaborates closely with physician investigators, clinical leaders, and research stakeholders to assess feasibility, extract and curate data, perform statistical analyses, and develop publishable outputs. This role requires strong expertise in healthcare data (EHR, registries), research methodology, and advanced analytics, combined with a service-oriented mindset.
Key Responsibilities

• Assess research feasibility and translate clinical questions into analytic plans
• Extract, validate, and manage data from Epic, Databricks, and other sources
• Perform data cleaning, quality assurance, and statistical analyses
• Support IRB submissions and ensure compliance with data governance standards
• Generate tables, figures, and visualizations for manuscripts and presentations
• Collaborate with investigators on interpretation, abstracts, and dissemination

Education

• Bachelor's degree (Required)
• Preferred field of study - bachelor's degree in public health , epidemiology, biostatistics, or related
• Master's Degree in a related field (Preferred)

Certification/Licensure
No specific certification or licensure requirements

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years of healthcare analytics or research experience
  
  
• Strong SQL skills; experience with Excel, Databricks, Python, or R preferred .
  
  
• Must have Knowledge of EHR data (Epic), clinical coding, and research methods
  
  
• Experience with REDCap, IRB processes, and manuscript support preferred
  
• Background in academic medicine or health system research preferred
  

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is:$80,204.80-$133,681.60. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Keywords Talroo - IT, Talroo - Health plan, epidemiology, biostatistics, R, EPIC, population health, REDCap, IRB, Institutional Review Board, Python, Databricks, EHR, Clinical coding
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
•Pet Insurance
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.