Children's Hospital Association - Lenexa, KS
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Hybrid - Lenexa, KS
101-250 employees
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
About the position
The Biostatistician at Children's Hospital Association (CHA) plays a crucial role in advancing child health by performing advanced statistical analyses on healthcare delivery, quality, and cost. This position involves collaboration with multidisciplinary health services and research teams to identify variations in clinical and operational practices, supporting hospitals in their research endeavors and contributing to the generation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.
Responsibilities
- Provide ad hoc statistical analyses for hospitals to support their research endeavors with CHA data products.
- Provide leadership to and direct operation of several physician-led research groups, contributing to manuscript generation and submissions to peer-reviewed journals.
- Develop cohort datasets based on clinical, financial, and operational criteria established by researchers.
- Provide support for private and government grant submissions.
- Assist in generating hypotheses and provide statistical analyses to support/refute research questions through the generation of tables, figures, and other statistical outputs.
- Develop proof of concept designs for data product enhancements, contributing to the implementation and providing ongoing support.
- Contribute to the overall quality of data and deliverables involving CHA data products.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field is required.
- Knowledge of research design and statistical analysis (e.g., t-tests, chi-square tests, multi-level regression techniques, non-parametric methods).
- Minimum of 3 years in SAS Programming (Base, Graph, Macros, and Stat Required); Base SAS Certification (preferred).
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate statistical principles to audiences with varying degrees of statistical knowledge.
- Strong collaboration skills to engage effectively with physician-researchers.
Nice-to-haves
- Minimum of 5 years in Business or Health Care Research (preferred).
Benefits
- Wellness program
- Commuter assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
