Senior Data Scientist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Population health analytics to help understand the needs of patients within NWL and nationally and how current services can be re- shaped to meet these needs
• Create statistical models using patient level data from the real-world linked datasets e.g. Discover dataset
• Writing complex SQL queries, analysing data in SNOWFLAKE, and having demonstrable understanding of the data warehousing frameworks.
• Project Management
• Delivering on a range of data science projects to both public and private sector clients. Project usually require conducting and interpreting highly complex statistical analysis.
• Being a domain expert, understanding what information is available to address a specific problem, as well as being able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each approach
• Designing and developing complex econometric models that are transparent and user-friendly
• Helping to develop specific analysis, methods, and/or tools that can be used for the purpose of population health improvement.
• Working with clients and stakeholders from operational, clinical, and commercial backgrounds to understand and define the question we are trying to answer.
• Developing reproducible analytical pipelines and documentation using Rmarkdown for R or Jupyter notebook for Python.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven experience with Python, R and /or another data science programming language (SQL, SAS, Stata etc).
• Experience in applying statistical / econometric methods to address real world problems

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of epidemiology / biostatistics, particularly analytical issues relating to studies of treatment effectiveness, disease progression, adherence, healthcare utilisation, etc.
• Experience in writing complex SQL queries
• Experience in building and deploying machine learning models

Skills and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience Basic SQL and R data analysis and extraction
• Ability to provide and receive highly complex information and to communicate it to others in ways that they understand
• Ability to provide and receive highly complex information and to communicate it to others in ways that they understand

Desirable criteria

• Leadership Skills: evidence of leadership competencies in vision, delivery, decision making, understanding and managing context, emotional intelligence, relationship building, people development and tackling difficult issues.
• Ability to assess planned projects to ensure they will exceed expectations; and to develop and communicate high quality, accurately costed proposals reflecting the client brief

Values, behaviours & personal attributes

Essential criteria

• Flexibility to look beyond existing structures, ways of working to produce more effective and innovative means of working.

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

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Documents to download

• Senior Data Scientist Job Description (PDF, 368.6KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 371.1KB)
• Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
• Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
• Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)