Word Processor (Data Entry) - Hiring Immediately at LANTANA CONSULTING GROUP INC

Company: Lantana Consulting Group provides services and software for standards-based health information exchange. We have built our expertise through nearly two decades of development and deployment of technical specifications and interoperability solutions. As a distributed company with no single brick and mortar office, Lantana can hire the best available talent and offer a flexible work schedule. We are a rapidly growing Employee-Owned organization that takes pride in improving public health, quality of care, and research.

Primary purpose: Provides consulting, analytics, training, and development services to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Supports the development and implementation of novel digital quality measures (dQMs) for hospitals and other healthcare settings. Leverages analytical skills and public-health knowledge to provide actionable insights for Lantana's clients.

A successful candidate will:

• Access and analyze complex data from various sources.
• Conduct analyses in SAS and Python; interpret, summarize, and present findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Manipulate datasets and perform quality checks on analytic deliverables.
• Communicate analytic advice and data-science methodology to clients, management, and staff.
• Analyze client needs and translate them into formal requirements.
• Deliver project updates and presentations.
• Collaborate to plan, develop, and implement validation activities and healthcare-quality measurement programs.
• Maintain public-health expertise and stay abreast of current trends in the field.

• Bachelor's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Mathematics, or related discipline and at least twelve (12) years of relevant experience
• Experience using SAS to import data, manipulate data/datasets, and conduct analyses to evaluate data quality and accuracy
• Experience using R or Python
• Experience managing large datasets, moving and merging files from different platforms, cleaning and aggregating data, and performing quality control
• Experience working with quality-assurance testing or user-acceptance testing involving healthcare data
• Ability to learn new tasks quickly
• Attention to detail when developing materials, reviewing documentation, troubleshooting issues, and reporting results
• Ability to successfully complete a Position of Public Trust Level 5 background investigation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Mathematics, or related discipline.
• Experience importing a variety of data types (including XML, JSON, CSV, and XSLX) into SAS
• Experience working with national contracts/datasets
• Experience with data modernization and/or automation

Additional Job Information:

• This position is 100% work-from-home/remote apart from the annual company meeting, held as conditions allow.
• Lantana is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for current openings will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.
• For this position, we are not accepting applicants outside of the United States.

Compensation details: 90000-110000 Yearly Salary

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