Nursing Workforce Analyst at Logan Health in Kalispell, Montana

Job description

• Help Us Build a Stronger Workforce Through Data, Insights, and Strategy!
• Our Mission: Quality, compassionate care for all.
• Our Vision: Reimagine health care through connection, service and innovation.
• Our Core Values: Be Kind | Trust and Be Trusted | Work Together | Strive for Excellence.
• Logan Health is seeking a strategic, data-driven professional for our newly created Nursing Workforce Analyst position!
• Our ideal candidate will have strong data analytics and Excel skills, be comfortable interpreting complex workforce information, and be able to translate findings into practical recommendations. You must be personable, collaborative, and supportive, with strong listening and communication skills and the ability to present information effectively to a variety of audiences.

Responsibilities

• This position is responsible for analyzing workforce trends, staffing capacity, labor utilization, turnover, absenteeism, and leave activity to support operational and strategic workforce planning and decision-making. The role serves as a key analytical partner to operational leaders, Human Resources, Finance, Staffing, and Talent Acquisition by translating complex workforce data into actionable insights that support workforce stability, capacity planning, and the optimization of nursing staffing across our inpatient units.
• You’ll partner with nursing leaders and other stakeholders to interpret workforce data, forecast staffing needs, identify coverage gaps, and recommend appropriate staffing levels, position openings, shift adjustments, and labor resource strategies.
• Develops and maintains workforce dashboards, reports, and key performance indicators to monitor staffing trends, labor utilization, turnover, retention, absenteeism, and other workforce metrics.
• Analyzes workforce data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and root causes, providing actionable insights and recommendations to operational and executive leaders.
• Develops workforce forecasts and capacity-planning analyses to support current and future staffing needs across the organization.
• Evaluates the impact of vacancies, leaves of absence, onboarding, workforce transitions, and other staffing factors and recommends proactive strategies to mitigate workforce risks.
• Partners with leaders to interpret workforce data, identify staffing challenges, and support data-driven workforce and resource allocation decisions.
• Provides analytical support for workforce optimization initiatives, staffing model evaluations, capacity planning, resource allocation, and business case development.
• Ensures the accuracy, integrity, and consistency of workforce data through validation, auditing, and collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Identifies and implements process improvements that enhance workforce reporting, analytics, measurement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Establishes and maintains standardized workforce metrics, definitions, and reporting methodologies to support consistent workforce analysis and decision-making.
• The above essential functions are representative of major duties of positions in this job classification. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned similar to the above consistent with knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job. Not all of the duties may be assigned to a position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Statistics, Data Analytics, or related field required
• Three (3) years of workforce analytics, workforce planning, HR analytics, operational analytics, financial analytics, healthcare analytics or a related analytical discipline required.
• Experience analyzing large, complex datasets and using business intelligence, reporting, data visualization, or statistical analysis tools required.
• Experience in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Experience supporting nursing or other clinical workforce planning preferred.
• Experience with workforce planning, staffing analysis, or labor productivity measurement preferred.
• Experience developing workforce forecasts, staffing models, executive dashboards, or other analytical decision-support tools preferred.
• Promotes excellence through setting high standards and providing high quality outcomes.
• Ability to act with integrity, kindness, and exhibit empathy.
• Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, a self-starter, possess critical thinking skills and be able to set priorities and function as part of a team as well as independently.
• Commitment to working in a team environment and maintaining confidentiality as needed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with various audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.
• Possess and maintain computer skills to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn other software as needed.

Skills

Required

• Strong data analytics and Excel skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Detail-oriented
• Self-starter
• Critical thinking skills
• Ability to set priorities
• Maintaining confidentiality as needed
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred

• Experience in a healthcare environment