Clinical Transformation Business Analyst

General Summary

Ensures clinical transformation initiatives are guided by rigorous data, analytics, and financial insight in support of the Quadruple Aim and WellSpan's population health and value-based care strategies. This member of the team combines deep expertise into Population Health data analytics and process improvement science to advance quadruple aim-focused clinical improvement initiatives that reduce provider burden and make population health tools easy to use and in high demand by physicians and care teams. Working in close partnership with a Clinical Transformation Lead, this position supports a continuous cycle of opportunity identification, prioritization, implementation support, and performance evaluation across the WellSpan ecosystem. Expected results include actionable market-leading insights, reliable measurement of quality and cost outcomes, and stronger organizational capability to make data-driven decisions that improve patient outcomes and total costs of care.

Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:

• Owns the development, validation, and maintenance of metrics and analytic methods that support population health, quality, and total cost of care objectives.
• Maintains expert knowledge of WellSpan information systems to query and integrate clinical, claims, and emerging data sources—including artificial intelligence and machine learning–enabled datasets and tools—to produce routine and ad hoc analyses related to utilization, clinical variation, and performance improvement opportunities.
• Partners with clinical, operational, and analytic stakeholders and end users to define data requirements, design metrics, and develop analytic tools and models that support population health and value-based care transformation initiatives.
• Builds and maintains business intelligence solutions, reports, dashboards, and data visualizations that provide actionable insights for service lines and leadership.
• In partnership with stakeholders, develops tools, models, and decision aids, and performs program evaluation and statistical analyses to measure the impact of clinical transformation initiatives.
• Develops financial and operational impact models summarizing systemwide progress toward population health and value-based care goals, including opportunity sizing, ROI projections, and cost-benefit analyses that inform planning and decision-making.
• Supports benchmarking and variation analyses using internal and external data to identify improvement opportunities and reduce unwarranted clinical variation.
• Develops and delivers regular reports and executive summaries that summarize system and service line progress toward quality, utilization, and total cost of care objectives.
• Collaborates with the Analytics Center of Excellence, data science, actuarial, and other technical teams to develop, govern, and advance enterprise analytics capabilities, including AI and machine learning applications.
• Monitors market, demographic, and utilization trends and translates findings into insights that inform operational and strategic planning.
• Ensures data accuracy, integrity, and appropriate validation in analytic outputs and supports stakeholders in interpreting results and measuring impact.
• Identifies opportunities to improve analytic processes, data quality, reporting efficiency, and analytic sophistication, contributing to continuous advancement of population health analytics capabilities.

Common Expectations:

• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment and safety standards.
• Maintains professional growth and development.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Qualifications
Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Degree Required
• Masters Degree In related field. Preferred

Work Experience:

• 3 years Experience in business or financial analysis, with strong understanding of data structures. Required and
• 3 years Experience in Healthcare Management, Change Management, or Population Health. Required
• 3 years Experience with BI tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau) reporting software, and coding languages (SQL, Python/R). Preferred
• Experience with analytic methods such as Monte Carlo simulation, What-if Analyses and other excel macros. Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced computer skills.
• Excellent communication, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel and spreadsheet modeling skills.
• Strong understanding of data structures, data quality, and reporting workflows.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborative mindset, able to work closely with clinical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Proficient in healthcare data systems.

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Expanded Paid Parental Leave

For additional details: Benefits & Incentives | WellSpan Careers (joinwellspan.org)