RN Clinical Data Analyst

UnityPoint Health

About the Role

• Shift: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm
• Leads the collection, validation, analysis, and submission of clinical data for national registries and quality reporting programs.
• Serves as a resource on clinical measures and registry participation, translating reports and benchmarks into actionable insights for clinicians, physicians, and administrators.
• Queries databases to produce accurate performance summaries, identifies trends and opportunities, and communicates results to stakeholders.
• Partners in multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives, using evidence and data to inform practice changes and enhance patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Works with IT, physician experts, and other staff to coordinate development, implementation, and ongoing management of NCDR and other clinical registries and measures.
• Accurately abstracts, cleans, validates, and submits data to meet regulatory and program requirements within established timelines.
• Responds to requests for information including clinical interpretation of data element definitions, submission processes, data quality, and comparative reporting.
• Develops and maintains policies and procedures for data abstraction, validation, and submission.
• Serves as the primary contact for registry operations and site administration.
• Administers registry platforms, including user access and site profiles, and maintains current knowledge of specifications and updates.
• Assembles and distributes routine and ad hoc reports from registries and local databases.
• Interprets comparative institutional outcomes and performance.
• Provides feedback to physicians, management, and staff on measures, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Acts as a resource on report interpretation.
• Develop materials and presents findings to quality improvement committees and administrative teams.
• Organizes regular communications on results and initiatives.
• Participates in committees and multidisciplinary teams to analyze contributing factors and recommend documentation or practice changes.
• Prepares and delivers education and training to support accurate data collection and interpretation.
• Validates Hospital-Acquired Conditions and Patient Safety Indicator Composite measures and collaborates with physicians on Present on Admission documentation prior to billing.
• Works with Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement to query providers and update coding to ensure data accuracy and alignment with specifications.
• Ensures external benchmarking submissions contain complete and accurate demographic and provider information.
• Identifies and corrects data integrity issues.

Qualifications

• Education: Completion of an accredited RN nursing program, BSN preferred.
• Experience:
• Healthcare experience with previous experience in nursing or data management.
• Data collection, analysis, and reporting experience preferred.
• Injury coding experience preferred.
• Quality/Performance Improvement experience preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid Iowa RN license.