Data Steward

Clinical Data Steward

On-going Contract to Hire

Hybrid (Bloomfield, CT)

Brooksource is hiring Clinical Data Steward for their Fortune 12 health insurance provider client. This Data Steward is a member of a cross-functional EDG team who partners with business, technical, and regulatory stakeholders to ensure the implementation of industry and business data standards and its documentation is accomplished. The Data Steward leads complex, cross-organizational efforts to ensure data is fit for organizational use – including but not limited to risk assessment, metadata management, data quality monitoring, issue management, and knowledge management. Candidates should have a strong data management background and understanding of how data may be organized and of relationships maintained between/among data domains across multiple enterprise systems with a strong drive towards improving data quality and governance.

Responsibilities (related to Clinical Data Domain)

• Serves as Data Steward dedicated to health care payer Clinical data operations & initiatives
• Works collaboratively with other enterprise and business data stewards to align standards and share best practices; represents Clinical data domain in enterprise workgroups and data steward communities of practice
• Leads Data Governance initiatives and collaborations with business and IT operational stakeholders to:
• Document, define, maintain, and manage data standards and assets, e.g., Critical Data Elements (CDEs), business terms, definitions, reference data, and business rules
• Ensure the implementation of the data governance program, tools, best practices, and compliance with data standards
• Assesses and monitors data quality metrics, analyzes trends, and proactively promotes remediation and preventive action efforts
• In conjunction with the business owners:
• Defines and communicates metrics to gauge the health and quality of data across enterprise systems
• Identifies and presents recommendations on business process improvements and efficiencies, including business case and implementation options
• Provides consultative stewardship services to delivery and issue resolution teams, as needed, to ensure efficient and accurate flow of data.

Skills:

• 5+ years professional work experience in:
• Data Governance, Data Management and Data Quality practices
• Healthcare payer data products and processes
• Clinical data standards and operations, including:
• Clinical terminology, concepts, business processes and data management lifecycle related to Health Services, Care Management, and Health / Wellness programs (e.g., utilization management, case management, demand management, medical review, care plans, health care coaching, incentives, etc.)
• Health Profiles / History (e.g., health assessments, electronic medical records, etc.)
• Health Measurement (population health, evidence-based medicine, episodes of care, gaps in care, health risk scores, next best actions, HEDIS, performance guarantees, etc.)
• Clinical operational source systems (e.g., TruCare, Evicore, MDLive, etc.) and related operational and analytic reporting systems
• Healthcare Interoperability, HIE / EDI data exchange, and EMR standards and solutions (e.g., HL7, FHIR, OHDSI / OMOP, Epic, Arcadia, etc.)
• Strong communications skills (verbal, listening, written, and presentation) with management teams and peer groups
• Strong leadership skills to motivate others to achieve goals and inspire change; ability to engage business and data stakeholders to resolve questions or issues; demonstrate ability to create professional relationships and effectively influence cross-functional teams
• Must have the ability to handle multiple and sometimes competing priorities in a fast-paced environment; ability to organize and develop project plans supporting near and long-range goals and actions; able to strategize across complex, cross-functional projects and initiatives
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Must be able to think creatively, innovate and flex where needed - quick/adaptive learner and collaborator/team player
• Self-motivated and able to function with minimal direction
• Intermediate to Advanced skills in data analysis and data governance tools (e.g., SQL, SAS, TOAD, Python, Hadoop, Teradata, Databricks, Snowflake, Tableau, Collibra, Infosphere, Alation, etc.)
• Project management and Six Sigma skills are a plus
• Experience in Agile Methodology and tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, etc.)