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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 08/18/17

Applications Due09/01/17

Vacancy ID43174

AgencyHealth, Department of

TitleAssistant Research Scientist/Research Scientist 1 (BioStatistics) - 63495

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade14

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $44564 to $70566 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Office of Quality and Patient Safety, Division of Information and Statistics

Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12237

Minimum Qualifications G-14 – Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, mathematics, statistics, social sciences, engineering or a related field and one year of professional experience in the appropriate field. Thirty graduate hours leading to an advanced degree in an appropriate field may be substituted for the required experience.
G-18 – Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, mathematics, statistics, social sciences, engineering or a related field and two years of professional research experience in the appropriate field OR a Master’s degree in one of the above fields and one year of professional research experience in the appropriate field.

Preferred Qualifications:
Work experience or coursework in statistics, mathematics, health economics, epidemiology, health administration or health services research. Experience performing research and analyses with large administrative and/or clinical databases and presenting findings is a plus. Intermediate or better proficiency in SAS or SQL programming, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with Tableau is a plus. Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Duties Description The Research Scientist will work within the Division of Information and Statistics as part of the team providing analytical support for the NYS All Payer Database (APD). The incumbent will manipulate data from multiple sources covering all payers across all health care service types and assist higher level Research Scientists with all phases of the APD related research and evaluation, including literature review, planning, execution, analysis, interpretation and reporting of findings to internal and external stakeholder groups.
The selected candidate will develop statistical programs to abstract, cleanse and collapse data from large administrative data sources available to the Department; employ statistical programming and visualization techniques for determining health care utilization trends, chronic and acute disease burden of the NYS population, evaluate health care delivery quality and efficiency, and conduct other patient, provider and payer-centric research to inform policy decisions, public health, and health care consumers. The incumbent will collaborate with other research staff in the OQPS, and present findings on internal and external meetings.

Additional Comments If appointed as an Assistant Research Scientist, the incumbent will assist other research staff with these duties; if appointed as a Research Scientist 1, the incumbent will be expected to perform these duties under general supervision.
CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT
Appointment level will be determined based on the qualifications and skills of the selected candidate. Permanent, full-time, non-competitive appointment.

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Name Human Resources Management Group - DB/RS/63495

Telephone 518-486-1812

Fax 518-473-3395

Email Address Personnel@health.ny.gov

Address

Street Room 2217 Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12237

 

Notes on ApplyingSubmit resume, preferably in PDF format, to Human Resources Management Group, DB/RS/63495, Room 2217, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237-0012, or by fax to (518) 473-3395, or by email to resume@health.ny.gov, with Reference Code DB/RS/63495 included in the subject line. Failure to include the required information in the subject line of your email or fax may result in your resume not being considered for this position. Resumes accepted until September 1, 2017.

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