Sentara Health is a healthcare organization dedicated to improving health every day. They are seeking a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst to provide advanced data analysis and reporting support to drive operational, clinical, and strategic decision-making, while also mentoring junior analysts and collaborating with internal teams.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions that monitor program performance and support business objectives
- Partner closely with stakeholders to define reporting requirements and perform ad-hoc analyses
- Promote self-service analytics capabilities
- Support key service lines such as Hospital Medicine, Stroke Regulatory Reporting, and Neurosciences, ensuring alignment of provider reporting and performance metrics across the portfolio
- Contribute to data quality, data stewardship, and the identification of new metrics to enhance reporting accuracy and insights
- Leverage strong analytical and technical skills to provide data-driven recommendations, support regulatory reporting, and enable performance improvement across clinical and operational domains
- Mentor junior analysts and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to deliver impactful analytics solutions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Healthcare Administration, or a related field (Required)
- Strong proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis
- Experience developing dashboards and reports using Power BI or similar visualization tools
- Experience in healthcare analytics, including clinical, operational, or regulatory reporting
- Ability to perform ad-hoc analysis, define business requirements, and deliver actionable insights
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate data into meaningful recommendations
- Relevant certifications in data analytics, SQL, or BI tools (Preferred)
- Experience working with Databricks or similar data platforms (Preferred)
- Experience supporting hospital medicine, stroke regulatory reporting, neurosciences, or related service lines
- Knowledge of healthcare data domains such as quality reporting, population health, or regulatory compliance
- Experience mentoring junior analysts and supporting analytics best practices