Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sentara Health is hiring a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst to support their research mission within the Research Analytics and Data Literacy team. This fully remote role involves collaborating with clinical leaders and research stakeholders to conduct healthcare data analysis, ensuring compliance with data governance standards, and developing publishable outputs.
Responsibilities
- Assess research feasibility and translate clinical questions into analytic plans
- Extract, validate, and manage data from Epic, Databricks, and other sources
- Perform data cleaning, quality assurance, and statistical analyses
- Support IRB submissions and ensure compliance with data governance standards
- Generate tables, figures, and visualizations for manuscripts and presentations
- Collaborate with investigators on interpretation, abstracts, and dissemination
Skills
- Bachelor's degree
- A minimum of 3 years of healthcare analytics or research experience
- Strong SQL skills
- Knowledge of EHR data (Epic), clinical coding, and research methods
- Bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, or related
- Master's Degree in a related field
- Experience with Excel, Databricks, Python, or R
- Experience with REDCap, IRB processes, and manuscript support
- Background in academic medicine or health system research
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Company Overview
Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. It was founded in 1988, and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.sentara.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Sentara Health has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 9 in 2026, 30 in 2025, 7 in 2024, 1 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.