The Innova Group Hiring for Healthcare Analyst/Consultant at Austin, TX Full Time

Consultant/Analyst/Healthcare Planner II

The Innova Group is searching for a qualified Consultant/ Analyst/Healthcare Planner II to join our multidisciplinary planning team and support all aspects of project research, analysis, and deliverable development. The selected candidate for this position will analyze, assist, and develop innovative planning solutions for strategic, operational and/or facility planning issues for a multitude of service lines with healthcare system clients. The most successful candidates will demonstrate skills and experience in a blend of data science, analytics, data management, and healthcare planning.

The Innova Group is a Healthcare Planning Consultancy with offices and staff in Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, St. Louis, Tucson, and Washington DC. Since 1995, we have been developing innovative solutions in healthcare strategy, operations, and facility planning, both nationally and overseas. We offer a small, entrepreneurial team culture with direct leadership mentoring, training, and involvement.

We work primarily on the “pre-design” portion of a capital investment project to build healthcare facilities —working with clients to ensure the project meets strategic, financial, and operational goals— setting the table for architectural design and real estate acquisition process. The Innova Group is a source of strategic healthcare planning and consulting services for large private systems such as Kaiser Permanente and Dignity Health, academic medical centers such as the University of New Mexico, community hospitals, and public sector systems such as the Military Health Service, Indian Health Service, and Veterans Affairs. More information on our firm is available at www.theinnovagroup.com.

Salary Range: Level II: $65,000-100,000, dependent upon experience and qualifications

Job Description

• Acquire, normalize, and analyze multi-sector medical data (patient/facility/physician) utilized in modeling healthcare delivery and developing operational alternatives for healthcare systems
• Forecast future healthcare utilization through trend analysis and extrapolation
• Present and display data, analysis, and findings to help clients make decisions
• Demonstrate expertise utilizing healthcare strategy, planning metrics, and emerging trends to define operational processes and resource requirements (capital, space, and staff) in healthcare planning documents for clinical staff, administrators, and architects
• Assist and conduct strategy, operations, and facility evaluations
• Assist and conduct Facility Master Plans and Regional Health Care System planning
• Lead, facilitate, guide, and oversee analysis and planning on multiple project types and client sectors

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in one of the following programs: Healthcare, Business, Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Architecture, GIS, or other data/analysis intensive major
• Level II: 5 -10 years of experience in healthcare analytics, strategy, clinical operations, and/or facility planning
• Broad knowledge of healthcare services, delivery models, data sets, related codes, and facility, finance, and/or operation related planning metrics
• Ability to create and communicate relevant solutions to complex problems through thoughtful and analysis
• Public Speaking
• Demonstrated team player with mentoring and/or leadership skills

Technical Skills Considered

• MS Office: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (intermediate proficiency required – Pivot tables, complex “if” statements, conditional formatting)
• SQL: intermediate proficiency (import data, indices, query/table development, CTE creation, etc.).
• GIS Experience
• Graphics capability (Graphic Design/Media/Other Dimensions)
• Business Intelligence Tools like Tableau or Power Bi
• Experience related to Innova core sectors (healthcare strategy/operations/facility planning)
• Familiarity with CAD standards/procedures, as well as Revit, are desirable but not required.

Location/Benefits/Travel

The Healthcare Planner II position requires an in-office presence in Austin, TX, with remote flexibility as needed. We offer paid vacation, healthcare, healthcare savings account, 401K, and profit-sharing benefits. Compensation will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Six to ten days travel per month may be required of this position.

Application Requirements

Interested individuals should submit an electronic (word or pdf) copy of their resume with a cover letter. A cover letter is essential and should clearly identify your career goal, your rationale for applying, a summary of your education and past work experience, and why you are a good fit for the position. Submissions without a cover letter will not be accepted.

• When attaching your resume, please use following filename style: ” last name_first name_resume.doc/pdf” (for example, if your name was Chris Miller and you were submitting a pdf file, your resume would be saved as “miller_chris_resume.pdf”. Your cover letter may be copy/pasted directly into the box provided in the Indeed.com submission process.
• The Innova Group does not compensate candidates for travel expenses associated with interviewing, unless otherwise indicated at the time of call for interview.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 – $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities

Application Question(s):

• Are you comfortable with public speaking?
• How many years of healthcare operations experience do you have?
• How many years of healthcare strategy experience do you have?
• How many years of facility planning experience do you have?
• Are you willing to relocate to Austin, TX?

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Preferred)

Work Location: Multiple Locations