Healthcare planner

Healthcare Planner II - GIS Specialist

The Innova Group is searching for ambitious, career minded, curious and inquisitive professionals, with an aptitude for learning, to join our team. These professionals will support all aspects of the firm’s consulting services, which include but are not limited to: Clinical Planning and Strategy as well as Capital Planning and Strategy. The work may include the organization, analytics and understanding of healthcare service areas, population demographics, service line demand, operational and financial models, regional service delivery, functional programming, facility master planning, design assist and medical equipment selection and budgeting. The most successful candidate will have and demonstrate diverse skills and experience with a blend of GIS data science, medical economics, graphic communication, health care system understanding, facility planning, and storytelling.

The Innova Group is a Healthcare Planning Consultancy with offices and staff in Austin, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Minneapolis, Nashville, and Tucson. Since 1995, our multidisciplinary team have been developing innovative strategic capital investment solutions for healthcare systems, both nationally and overseas. We offer a small, entrepreneurial team culture with direct leadership mentoring, training, and involvement.

Our work primarily revolves around strategic capital investment planning for health care systems. These efforts ensure facility projects meet the strategic, financial, and operational goals of the organization— setting the table for architectural design, real estate acquisition and leasing processes. The Innova Group provides these services to large private systems such as Kaiser Permanente and Providence, academic medical centers such as Yale New Haven Health, 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

Compensation will be based on experience and qualifications.

Salary Range: $80,000-100,000

Job Description

· Utilize GIS software (ArcGIS) to create, edit and maintain GIS geodatabases, services, layers, and maps.

· Performs spatial and location analysis on geographic data to support project development and decision making.

· Assess and analyze client data, such as patient population (geocoded or aggregated) , utilizating spatial statistics, network, and location analysis.

· Interface and complement data team analysis.

· Analyze, forecast, and display findings to support project requirements.

· Demonstrate growing expertise utilizing healthcare planning metrics and emerging trends to define operational requirements (space and staff).

· Support development of complete healthcare planning documentation for regional service delivery, functional programming, and facility planning.

Qualifications Required

· Bachelor Degree in one of the following programs: Geography, GIS, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Planning, or other data/analysis intensive major.

· 5 years of GIS experience (Data and Graphic Side)

· Problem seeker/problem solving skills.

· Team player

· Ability to create/communicate relevant solutions to complex problems.

Technical Skills Desired

· Knowledge of GIS applications, tools, and resources, including familiarity geodatabase configuration and management, and common APIs and tools, particularly ESRI ArcGIS (desktop, mobile, and server).

· Knowledge of geospatial analysis techniques such as the use of map overlays, buffering, filtering, map algebra, spatial statistics, network analysis, location analytics, and geo-visualization.

· Knowledge of cartographic design principles and standards.

· Ability to write, modify, and read Basic level SQL Queries.

· Ability to write, modify, and read Basic Level Python Scripting.

· SQL: base proficiency (data, query/table development, etc.).

· Graphics capability, able to portray data/analysis in a visually.

· Business Intelligence Tools

· Tableau

· Power Bi

· MS Office: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Excel (intermediate proficiency - Pivot tables, complex “if” statements, conditional formatting)

· Computer Experience (Hardware / Software / Etc.)

· Experience Related to Healthcare

Location/Benefits/Travel

This position is being offered out of our Austin office located 9442 N Capital of Texas Hwy Arboretum Plaze 1, Suite 325. Austin, Texas 78759. Benefits include paid vacation, healthcare, health savings account, 401K, and profit-sharing. Some travel is required for this position, as this position will have client facing interaction and responsibilities.

Application Requirements & Contact Info

Please submit resumes with a cover letter to

A cover letter is required 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. Resumes submitted without cover letters will not be reviewed.

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

· When attaching your resume and cover letter, please use following filename style: ' last name_first name_resume.doc/pdf ' and ' last name_first name_cover.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', and your cover letter would be saved/submitted as 'miller_chris_cover.pdf'.

· The Innova Group does not pay candidates for travel expenses associated with interviewing, unless otherwise indicated at the time of the initial phone interview.s.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Austin, TX 78759: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person