STEM OPT Healthcare Analyst Jobs
Healthcare Analyst roles in data, outcomes research, and health informatics qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension if your degree falls under an eligible CIP code. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and you'll need a signed I-983 training plan before your extension begins.
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Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary
The Healthcare Analyst II is a professional with the ability to provide clinical, financial, and/or operational analysis to formulate actionable insights and strategies against departmental/organizational goals; business/clinical outcomes, and regulatory mandated requirements. The Healthcare Analyst II leverages data to improve the operational or clinical workflows within a health system.
Prohibited remote work states: CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MA, MN, NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, WA
Responsibilities:
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Communication, presentation, requirements gathering and relationships: Collaborate with stakeholders to identify objectives, goals, and requirements; translate requirements into functional specifications, analytic and data specifications; develop project timelines for projects and ongoing initiatives.
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Actionable Insights and Improvements: Gather, validate, and synthesize data from a variety of internal and external sources. Create and maintain processes to effectively validate data and ensure integrity of deliverables; interpret data, identify trends, establish and utilize benchmark data; present and explain analysis; recommend improvements to process, analysis, and research methods. This role may be expected to implement and maintain improvements.
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Data, Dashboard, & Report Assets: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create accurate and meaningful reoccurring dashboards that provide visualization of the data in a way that communicates existing trends and patterns.
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Mentorship & training: Provide mentorship and training in both the analytical technique and quality of work for other analysts throughout the organization.
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Other responsibilities as specified by the department.
Other Information
Education Requirements:
Requires Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
No licensure or certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
- If a Bachelors degree, requires two (2) years of experience. If a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field (i.e. Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Analytics, etc.), then no years of experience is required.
- If a Master’s degree, requires no experience.
- If an Associate's degree, requires six (6) years of experience in professional accounting, management of an operational unit, business analysis or financial analysis.
- If a High School diploma or GED, requires ten (10) years of experience in professional accounting, management of an operational unit, business analysis or financial analysis.
- Relevant Co-Ops and Internships may be counted towards years of experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
- [INTERMEDIATE- Intermediate Proficiency: You are able to successfully complete tasks in this competency as requested. Help from an expert may be required from time to time, but you can usually perform the skill independently]
- Intermediate Business Objects (or comparable data querying tool) proficiency preferred.
- Demonstrated use of Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks or projects simultaneously.
- Highly responsive to internal customers.
- Demonstrate effective, culturally sensitive communication skills and effectively communicate verbally and in writing with a variety of people.
- Detailed oriented, excellent organizational, planning and prioritizing skills with flexibility and adaptability in a variety of work situations.
- Data Governance Stewardship role commitments expected.
- Exemplifies UNC Health System Values.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: Pharmacy 340B Programs
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $33.37 - $47.97 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Remote
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary
The Healthcare Analyst II is a professional with the ability to provide clinical, financial, and/or operational analysis to formulate actionable insights and strategies against departmental/organizational goals; business/clinical outcomes, and regulatory mandated requirements. The Healthcare Analyst II leverages data to improve the operational or clinical workflows within a health system.
Prohibited remote work states: CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MA, MN, NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, WA
Responsibilities:
-
Communication, presentation, requirements gathering and relationships: Collaborate with stakeholders to identify objectives, goals, and requirements; translate requirements into functional specifications, analytic and data specifications; develop project timelines for projects and ongoing initiatives.
-
Actionable Insights and Improvements: Gather, validate, and synthesize data from a variety of internal and external sources. Create and maintain processes to effectively validate data and ensure integrity of deliverables; interpret data, identify trends, establish and utilize benchmark data; present and explain analysis; recommend improvements to process, analysis, and research methods. This role may be expected to implement and maintain improvements.
-
Data, Dashboard, & Report Assets: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create accurate and meaningful reoccurring dashboards that provide visualization of the data in a way that communicates existing trends and patterns.
-
Mentorship & training: Provide mentorship and training in both the analytical technique and quality of work for other analysts throughout the organization.
-
Other responsibilities as specified by the department.
Other Information
Education Requirements:
Requires Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
No licensure or certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
- If a Bachelors degree, requires two (2) years of experience. If a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field (i.e. Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Analytics, etc.), then no years of experience is required.
- If a Master’s degree, requires no experience.
- If an Associate's degree, requires six (6) years of experience in professional accounting, management of an operational unit, business analysis or financial analysis.
- If a High School diploma or GED, requires ten (10) years of experience in professional accounting, management of an operational unit, business analysis or financial analysis.
- Relevant Co-Ops and Internships may be counted towards years of experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
- [INTERMEDIATE- Intermediate Proficiency: You are able to successfully complete tasks in this competency as requested. Help from an expert may be required from time to time, but you can usually perform the skill independently]
- Intermediate Business Objects (or comparable data querying tool) proficiency preferred.
- Demonstrated use of Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks or projects simultaneously.
- Highly responsive to internal customers.
- Demonstrate effective, culturally sensitive communication skills and effectively communicate verbally and in writing with a variety of people.
- Detailed oriented, excellent organizational, planning and prioritizing skills with flexibility and adaptability in a variety of work situations.
- Data Governance Stewardship role commitments expected.
- Exemplifies UNC Health System Values.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: Pharmacy 340B Programs
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $33.37 - $47.97 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Remote
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Healthcare Analyst
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's CIP code maps to an eligible STEM field on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List. Health informatics, biostatistics, and health services research degrees qualify; general health administration degrees often don't.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask your recruiting contact directly whether the hiring entity, not just the parent company, is enrolled in E-Verify. Healthcare systems with multiple subsidiaries sometimes have inconsistent enrollment across business units.
Target health systems with active LCA filing history
Use the OFLC Wage Search to identify healthcare organizations that have filed Labor Condition Applications for analyst roles. Employers with recent filings have already navigated OPT and visa sponsorship workflows, which shortens your onboarding process.
Build your I-983 training plan around analytical competencies
Draft your I-983 before your offer letter is finalized so your employer can sign quickly. Map specific job duties, like claims analysis or population health modeling, to your STEM degree's learning objectives to satisfy USCIS training plan requirements.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified Healthcare Analyst openings
Search Healthcare Analyst roles on Migrate Mate, which filters for employers with confirmed E-Verify enrollment and OPT sponsorship history, so you're not wasting applications on organizations that can't legally hire you.
Clarify reporting structure during the offer stage
USCIS requires your I-983 to identify a direct supervisor who holds a relevant STEM degree or supervises STEM work. Confirm during negotiations that your manager meets this requirement before your training plan is submitted to your DSO.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Healthcare Analyst role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as health informatics, biostatistics, or data science, and the Healthcare Analyst role applies those skills directly, you can apply for the 24-month extension. Your DSO confirms eligibility by matching your degree's CIP code to the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List before endorsing your I-20.
What E-Verify requirement applies to my STEM OPT employer?
Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify at the specific worksite where you'll be employed. Healthcare organizations with multiple facilities sometimes enroll some locations but not others. Ask HR to confirm E-Verify enrollment for your exact hiring entity before you accept an offer, since USCIS will deny or revoke a STEM OPT extension if the employer isn't enrolled.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Healthcare Analyst position?
Your I-983 must describe specific duties, the STEM knowledge those duties apply, measurable learning objectives, and how your employer will evaluate your progress. For a Healthcare Analyst role, this typically means documenting responsibilities like predictive modeling, claims data analysis, or quality metrics reporting, and connecting each to your degree's technical curriculum. Your supervisor must hold relevant STEM credentials or oversee STEM-based work.
How does cap-gap protection apply if I'm a Healthcare Analyst on STEM OPT?
If your employer files an H-1B visa petition on your behalf before your STEM OPT expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue working as a Healthcare Analyst during this period without interruption. USCIS provides cap-gap coverage under the same EAD category, so no new work authorization document is issued.
Where can I find Healthcare Analyst jobs that sponsor STEM OPT?
Migrate Mate lists Healthcare Analyst openings filtered for employers enrolled in E-Verify and with documented OPT sponsorship activity. You can also cross-reference employer names against OFLC Labor Condition Application disclosure data to confirm they've hired in analyst roles before. Focusing on employers with existing LCA filings for similar positions reduces the risk of offers falling through due to unfamiliarity with STEM OPT requirements.