A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative (MARCQI) is a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and Blue Care Network (BCN) Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) that aims to address inconsistencies and variations in patient outcomes related to hip and knee joint replacement surgery. The goals of MARCQI are to create a statewide quality improvement infrastructure by developing a consortium of hospitals in Michigan to engage in quality improvement activities for hip and knee joint replacement surgery procedures and reduce the costs of this care in the State of Michigan. We are bringing together arthroplasty practices across the state of Michigan to collaborate and share data regarding processes of care and clinical outcomes in the treatment of hip and knee replacement procedures.  We are seeking a highly skilled individual who will serve as a Statistician, Lead for our Coordinating Center full-time located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  A cover letter is required to apply. The MARCQI Coordinating Center collects and analyzes multi-sites observational data.  This position supports various statistical activities for quality improvements, quarterly reports and state-wide collaborative meetings.

This person will serve as a member of the MARCQI analytic team and be responsible for working closely with analytic team members, MARCQI Senior Program Manager, MARCQI Program Co-Directors, MARCQI Analytic Advisor, and MARCQI coordinators.

Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

Technical (80%)

• Design and conduct statistical analyses in support of MARCQI?s mission of quality improvement
  • Lead statistical quality improvement efforts & research focused on joint replacement quality improvement
  • Gather, analyze, and interpret a wide variety of data
  • Select data samples and analyze using established statistical methods
  • Explore and learn statistical methods and techniques in published literature to apply to MARCQI?s quality improvement efforts
  • Analyze, compare, and evaluate courses of action 
• Provide statistical analysis and programming for quality metric reports and longitudinal follow up.
• Communicate methods and findings for team, committee, and collaborative-wide meetings for those with and without technical knowledge
• Grow statistical knowledge to meet MARCQI?s analytic needs
• Perform data queries, develop risk adjusted reports from the database that differ from the raw data reports produced by database vendor; target specific metrics associated with data validity and reliability.
• Supply and present written documentation and summaries of analysis and methods for MARCQI staff and directors.
• Communicate analytic findings to non-technical audiences.
• Assist sites and MARCQI Coordinators with data analysis and report generation related to quality improvement projects.

Analytic Project Management (15%)

• Analytically lead quality improvement projects with outside partners
• Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge to the completion of complex projects.
• Recommend changes in procedures based on analysis of data.
• Support manuscripts preparations for publication and provide statistical support for MARCQI partners preparing manuscripts for publication.
• Develop external documentation of projects and efforts.
• Share guidance and support for data collection strategies and problems, programming issues, supplemental analysis, and reporting of MARCQI data. 

Program Support (5%)

• Attend and engage in MARCQI meetings where results of analyses are presented to the MARCQI collaborative members and best practices are shared.
• Communicate input regarding expectations for site; required data elements dictionary.  Review the development and preparation of registry report tools, data collection tools, and data system training manuals; policies and procedures necessary to assure data quality and data flow; surveillance and longitudinal follow-up protocols. 
• Actively participate in and attend all MARCQI collaborative meetings.
• Complete other assigned projects, as needed.

Statistician lead/senior would have opportunities to be part of peer-reviewed publications, grow statistical knowledge, and present their work as they would be comfortable.

Overall Required Qualifications*

• Education:
  • Master?s degree in public health or relevant quantitative field (e.g., statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, mathematics, industrial engineering, etc.)
• Technical:
  • Strong knowledge and experience in regression models, visualization tools, etc. 
  • Knowledge of or experience with or ability to learn survival analysis
  • Fluency in one or more statistical programming languages (e.g., SAS, R, Python, STATA)
  • Experience managing and working with large, complex datasets 
  • Ability and drive to independently learn new concepts and methodologies
  • Proficiency with macros 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Google Suite (e.g. Drive, Docs, Sheets), DropBox, GitLab.
• Project:
  • Independently address tasks with limited direct supervision 
  • Strong multi-tasking ability with evaluation of priorities. 
• Communication:
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral) with technical and non-technical audiences
  • Positive attitude and a willingness to identify areas needing support and providing it
  • Ability to work cohesively in a team
• Interpersonal:
  • Excellent judgment while operating in a flexible and professional manner. 
  • Discretion when dealing with highly sensitive information 
  • Focus on customer service 
  • Well-developed organizational skills 
  • Ability to be in Ann Arbor, Michigan at least 3 times a week

Statistician Lead, Requirements:

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience, including 2+ years of systems analysis / statistical programming /database in a biomedical/clinical or business environment setting

Statistician Senior, Underfill Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience, including 1+ years of systems analysis / statistical programming /database in a biomedical/clinical or business environment setting 

• Experience in survival analysis
• Fluency in SAS 

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

• This is a hybrid position that will require the ability to be in the office in Ann Arbor, Michigan 3-4 times a week.

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