WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
The Quality Improvement Analyst III (QIA III) will serve as an advanced-level analyst supporting the development and administration of a health system-wide quality and operational analytics. Works under minimal supervision to produce expert-level analysis, analytics, reports, dashboards, and other resources in support of Health System Quality & Operational Excellence Department’s goals and objectives.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  Associate’s Degree in healthcare, computer science, nursing, or mathematics

• Experience
  4 years of relevant experience.
  Equivalent years of work experience may substitute for educational requirements.

Preferred

• Education
  Master’s Degree

JOB DUTIES

• Design, develop, and automate clinical quality and performance metrics. Maintain knowledge base of data requirements and measure definitions.
• Serve as a content expert for clinical quality measures by keeping current with national healthcare quality program guidelines.
• Implements analytic approaches and technical methodology under supervision; executes work plan tasks as assigned.
• Uses judgement to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information.
• Uses factual data to produce and deliver credible and understandable reports.
• Participate on multi-disciplinary teams and provide comprehensive analytical support for clinical performance improvement initiatives.
• Extract, validate and summarize data from different large databases using data management and querying skills.
• Analyze and organize data using appropriate analytical and statistical methods to efficiently track clinical processes and outcomes.
• Assist in the interpretation of data to identify opportunities for improved healthcare delivery.
• Participate in special projects as needed.
• May provide mentoring and guidance to less experienced staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.