DATA ANALYST, RESEARCH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Key Responsibilities:

(Consultancy roles)

1. Registry Framework & Data Architecture

• Architect and deploy multi-dimensional clinical registry frameworks to integrate real-time patient outcomes, surgical performance, and operational data across hospital departments.
• Diagnose data system gaps and identify platform vulnerabilities within existing pipelines to optimize data completeness, governance, and interoperability.

2. Clinical & Treatment Performance Monitoring

• Design live executive dashboards to evaluate treatment efficacy, post-operative complication rates, and longitudinal Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
• Develop risk-stratification models to track high-risk patient cohorts and provide actionable clinical decision support for department heads and chief medical officers.

3. Health Economics & Revenue Optimization

• Bridge clinical performance with financial metrics, analysing length of stay (LOS) anomalies, procedure cost variations, and readmission trends to protect hospital profit margins.
• Conduct market and growth analysis across specialty lines to identify patient catchment trends, referral patterns, and untapped clinical service opportunities.
• Deliver executive diagnostic briefs and strategic recommendations to C-suite leadership  (CEO, CFO, Medical Director) to inform resource allocation and capital investment.

4. Stakeholder Advisory & Research Integration

• Serve as the primary liaison between clinical specialists, hospital executive management, and IT teams to translate complex biomedical data into strategic business intelligence.
• Lead C-suite handover briefings and train internal clinical informatics personnel on maintaining dashboard integrity and interpreting high-level data outputs.

(Managerial roles)

1. Research Administration & Governance

• Develop, review, and implement research policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with institutional, regulatory, ethical, and funding agency requirements.
• Manage research records, databases, and documentation.
• Coordinate research ethics and governance processes.

2. Research Grant Management

• Identify and disseminate internal and external funding opportunities.
• Facilitate the preparation, submission, and administration of research grants.
• Monitor grant utilisation, project progress, and reporting requirements
• Provide advisory support to researchers on grant-related matters.

3. Research Performance Management

• Monitor and analyse research performance indicators, including grants, publications, citations, and innovation outputs.
• Prepare institutional research reports, statistics, and dashboards for management and external stakeholders.
• Support strategic planning initiatives to enhance research productivity and impact.

4. Research Capacity Building

• Organise research training, workshops, seminars, and professional development programmes.
• Support academic staff and researchers in strengthening research competencies.
• Promote a culture of research excellence and continuous improvement.

5. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish and maintain relationships with funding agencies, healthcare institutions, industry partners, and academic collaborators.
• Facilitate research partnerships, memoranda of understanding (MoUs), and collaborative projects.
• Represent the University in research-related meetings and engagements.

6. Leadership & Department Management

• Lead and supervise Research Officers and administrative staff within the department.
• Manage departmental budgets, resources, and operational plans.
• Ensure effective service delivery and achievement of departmental objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Research Management Department.