Data Scientist

Job overview

As a DRE Data Scientist, the post holder will assist the DRE team in the analyses and development of analytical tools utilising GOSH electronic patient record (EPR) data and data from other sources. As a core member of the DRE, the post holder will work with partner project teams (clinical and non-clinical) to explore clinical and operational processes in the hospital using data-driven methods to gather and disseminate insights through meetings and reports. As part of the role, the data scientist is also involved in providing data, analytics, and statistical support to those in the Trust conducting research projects as part of the DRE Open Support sessions.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work on the development and use of common data models such as the OHDSI OMOP to support the Senior Data Scientist and Data Engineering colleagues working on clinical research and operational analytics across multiple sites both in the UK and abroad, leveraging our research and federated analytics platforms. They will also work to continuously improve current DRE processes surrounding reproducible analytical pipelines (RAP), analytical reporting and workflows, and work to improve their skills and knowledge to deepen their involvement in the hospital and research community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Analytics

• Develop, run and maintain analytics pipelines and data solutions to support clinical and operational research in the Trust;
• Engage with the partner hospitals and stakeholders including partner project teams and operational experts to understand analytical aspects of business problems and identify how data can be used to help solve these problems;
• Liaise with collaborators to optimise the use of GOSHs’ research infrastructure for data analytics/ science tasks;
• Provide help and guidance to researchers in the hospital as part of DRE Open Support sessions, mainly advising on data wrangling, analysis and statistical interpretation;
• Provide assistance in the ongoing development and documentation utilising GOSHs’ OHDSI OMOP data, and ongoing sustainability goals of Common Data Model (CDM) use in the NHS;
• Manipulate data and/or run and collate reports or other documentation as required for DRE management and the groups that oversee the DRE;
• Develop solutions that are consistent with and complement development work across the data professionals in DRIVE;

For more and for the person specification, please see the job description and person specification document.