Senior Research Associate - Health Services - Research & Analysis
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Rockville
Posted on: May 5, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation
providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as
well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments.
Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than
2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near
Washington, DC.Westat is committed to building a diverse workforce
and a culture of inclusivity, belonging and equity for all. We
believe that our greatest strength draws on the different
backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and experiences of our
employees.Job Summary:Westat has an immediate opening for a Senior
Research Associate conducting health services research analysis,
healthcare economics, statistical programming, reporting, and task
management. The successful candidate will work with a
multidisciplinary team on a variety of health services research
projects focused on health care delivery, payment, and
policy.Remote work arrangement available.Job Responsibilities:
- Serve in various technical roles using quantitative research
methods for a variety of large, complex projects related to data
validation and evaluation for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) and other federal clients.
- Independently conduct programming and analysis activities using
SAS, R, and or Python to ingest, link, clean, create, and
manipulate complex datasets.
- Conduct quantitative analysis, interpret results, and prepare
internal and client reports.
- Provide some project management support including preparing
progress reports and managing timelines.
- Share quantitative results verbally and in writing for a
variety of internal and external audiences through reports,
presentations, peer-reviewed literature, and data
visualizations.
- Collaborate with team members with various levels of experience
and subject matter expertise.
- Participate in business development activities, as needed.Basic
Qualifications:
- PhD in economics, statistics, health services research, or a
related field focused on health and 2+ years of research experience
working in a health-related field with progressively increasing
responsibilities OR master's degree in economics, statistics,
health services research, or a related field and 6+ years of
experience working in a health-related field with progressively
increasing responsibilities.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing healthcare claims data,
including Medicare, Medicaid claims and assessment data,
- Demonstrated experience conducting health services research
independently and on multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience with quantitative research expertise,
SAS, R, Python.Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience cleaning, integrating, and analyzing
clinical (e.g., registry data, claims, vital statistics), survey
and/or social determinant of health data.
- Demonstrated experience working for federal or state healthcare
contracts, health focused Foundations, or health care delivery
systems.
- Ability to summarize or synthesize information for different
audiences and purposes.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively to
coordinate completion of projects and tasks.Other Required
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated communication skills.
- Collaboration with teams, managers and/or clients.
- Organization skills, including time management ability.
- Detail oriented.Westat offers a well-rounded and comprehensive
benefits program focused on wellness and work/life balance. Subject
to plan requirements, employees may participate in:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Vacation Leave(15 days per year)
- Sick Leave(10 days per year)
- Holiday Leave(7 government holidays plus 2 floating
holidays)
- Professional Development
- Health Advocate
- Employee Assistance Program
- Travel Accident Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short Term Disability Insurance
- Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings AccountThis opportunity will be posted for a
minimum of 5 days and applications will be accepted on an ongoing
basis.Westat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status,
sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, gender
identity or expression, or any other protected status under
applicable law.#LI-WST1#REMOTE
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