Associate Data Scientist

Working within the Health division of NECSWS, your duties will include maintaining existing applications, regular and bespoke report generation, dashboard creation, documenting code bases, cleansing datasets, identifying data quality issues in large databases, supporting the analytical requirements of clinical steering committees, and exploring opportunities to deploy machine learning/NLP techniques to health data. The focus is on clinical registries related to various performance outcomes for patients who have undergone surgery. This role involves collaborating with the data science and analytics team to develop new registries and health data reporting procedures to support the NHS and private UK healthcare providers. This is a full-time remote role that may require occasional trips to NECSWS offices.

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• Regularly scheduled and bespoke report generation, including plotting charts and performing statistical analysis of large data sets.
  
• Data cleansing, quality assurance, and supporting data integration.
  
• Maintaining and improving existing analytical code bases.
  
• Writing queries to interrogate and explore existing databases and respond to bespoke requests from business consultants and customers.
  
• Contributing ideas to improve productivity and delivery.
  
• Collaborating with data quality, development, business analyst, and data analyst/scientist teams to deliver outputs.
  
• Building a clinical knowledge base through regular meetings with clinical steering committees.
  
• Working closely with clinicians to support their reporting and analytical needs.
  
• Documenting project work and establishing logs of all changes to code.
  
• Upskilling and learning new concepts in health data analysis/management.
  

Mandatory qualifications and experience:

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• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
  
• Previous experience in data science or a related field.
  
• Proficiency with R (R Studio) and relevant packages for data manipulation/cleaning, report generation, data visualization, statistical analysis, and modeling.
  
• Proficiency with SQL (Azure) for data manipulation, extract creation, and data aggregation from disparate sources.
  
• Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals including version control, functional programming, debugging, testing, and performance optimization.
  
• Proven experience cleansing, processing and managing large data sets.
  
• Proven experience responding creatively to analytical briefs.
  
• Experience with data warehouses and open database connectivity.
  
• Statistical expertise (including survival analysis and predictive modelling).
  
• Ability to deliver under pressure and without regular supervision.
  
• Proven problem-solving skills and ability to work to deadlines.
  
• Self-motivation and a flexible approach to work.
  
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
  

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• Postgraduate degree or professional IT certificate.
  
• Advanced Excel skills, including knowledge of VBA.
  
• Experience working with health data including clinical data registries.
  
• Experience working with ‘unclean’ data and free text.
  
• Experience refactoring analytical codebases.
  
• An interest in the application of machine learning, NLP and AI to health data and patient safety.
  

We will develop your knowledge of health registry data management, reporting, and broader skillset through one-to-one shadowing, practical group training sessions, and online courses on statistics and relevant coding languages. There is potential for career development as we promote from within. There may also be opportunities to move to different parts of the NEC business where transferable skills permit this.

We offer an excellent benefits package, including an above-average pension scheme. When you join NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with:

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• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (option to add family members at additional cost).
  
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE).
  
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (option to increase at additional cost).
  
• A Group Pension Plan with employer contributions up to 8.5%.
  
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit individual needs.
  
• Free access to LinkedIn Learning with 15,000+ courses.
  

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• Candidates must have pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
  
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks.
  
• Depending on the role, a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may be required.
  

NEC Software Solutions is part of NEC Corporation. Our software supports public services and helps health and social care teams manage spend and improve outcomes. We are committed to an inclusive and accommodating recruitment experience for all candidates.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• IT Services and IT Consulting