Job summary
RBFT is creating a Heath Data Institute (HDI) to harness and optimise the value and use of the health datagenerated by its front-line staff, this is with the view to drive innovation and improve healthcare outcomes.
The HDI offers an exciting opportunity for RBFT to progress even more effectively with its use of data and within the 3 year initial phase of the HDI. The main priority for year 1 and year 2 is for us to optimise and unlock the potential of the health data we hold to support our clinicians and operations staff regarding the improvement of patient outcome and operational & clinical processes. Over the next 3 years, our visions is: to become a nationally recognised institute with evidential impact of the use of advanced analytics in health care in improving clinical outcomes and productivity
We are looking for an entrepreneurial and collaborative Principal Analyst - Data Science with a passion for enabling transformational service delivery through data science to jointhe team. You will have strong hands-on experience and a solid track record of statistical analysis, machine learning, predictive analysis, software engineering.
Main duties of the job
This is a newly created post where the post holder will have responsibility for developing the advanced analytics capability function within the Informatics department to support the trust's digital strategy and Health Data Institute.
As a senior member of the team, the post holder will be required to support the Head of Data Research and Advanced Analytics in being the Trust-wide lead on a specific area of AI policy or service delivery and/or representing the Informatics department on major project boards. They will also hold professional leadership responsibility for any activities undertaken by any staff within the informatics function in their area of expertise.
Lead data scientist in Reading Health Data Institute
Informatics lead in RBH projects with the Informatics Research Centre (IRC)based at the University of Reading (UoR)
Lead on RBFT's Artificial Intelligence and data science research and operationalization workstreams
Main informatics lead and support for the data science projects that comes out of the UoR Joint Academic Board
Support the UoR placement students (masters and PhD) in the RBFT informatics department and the RHDI
Informatics lead in supporting the Thames Valley Artificial Intelligence hub initiative
About us
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."Royal Berkshire Hospital has been rated 'Good' following our recent CQC inspection and is committed to delivering high quality care to our patients, which is driven through our core values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Principle responsibilities:
- Lead the development and application of data science solutions to deliver key outputs for the RBFT and RHDI Data science work programmes (primarily in R or Python).
- Build programming capability among data analysts to encourage more code-based, reproducible analysis
- Aid the development of automated methods to produce health indicators and reporting products
- Planning, managing and delivering on a range of advanced analytics and research projects requiring potentially complex analytic input, including negotiating and agreeing the most appropriate data output, initiating and planning workloads and setting delivery timescales
- Supporting the analytical work of other members of the analytics team
- To consult closely with Trust and system partners including the TVAI, TVSDE, Connected Care BI team and the IRCbased at the UoR to identify key priorities and deliver innovative solutions related to end-to-end data science applications that apply predictive, prescriptive, and cognitive analytic methods to hospital and system-wide clinical and operational strategic initiatives
- To deliver on the aims, objectives and deliverables in the RDHI business case
- To provide advice and guidance to members of staff and placements students on matters related to their work/projects as subject matter expert (SME)
- To provide professional leadership in the specialist subject area of Data Science including Business intelligence and Artificial intelligence
- To manage the informatics involvement in any internal or external projects related to the area of expertise
- To manage and liaise with internal and external stakeholders involved in the flow of data and information to support exploitation of data as a business and research resource
- To contribute to the formation and continuing development of an effective Informatics service
- To contribute to Information Governance through ensuring the NHS deals with sensitive information in legal, secure, efficient and effective ways
Job description
Job responsibilities
Principle responsibilities:
- Lead the development and application of data science solutions to deliver key outputs for the RBFT and RHDI Data science work programmes (primarily in R or Python).
- Build programming capability among data analysts to encourage more code-based, reproducible analysis
- Aid the development of automated methods to produce health indicators and reporting products
- Planning, managing and delivering on a range of advanced analytics and research projects requiring potentially complex analytic input, including negotiating and agreeing the most appropriate data output, initiating and planning workloads and setting delivery timescales
- Supporting the analytical work of other members of the analytics team
- To consult closely with Trust and system partners including the TVAI, TVSDE, Connected Care BI team and the IRCbased at the UoR to identify key priorities and deliver innovative solutions related to end-to-end data science applications that apply predictive, prescriptive, and cognitive analytic methods to hospital and system-wide clinical and operational strategic initiatives
- To deliver on the aims, objectives and deliverables in the RDHI business case
- To provide advice and guidance to members of staff and placements students on matters related to their work/projects as subject matter expert (SME)
- To provide professional leadership in the specialist subject area of Data Science including Business intelligence and Artificial intelligence
- To manage the informatics involvement in any internal or external projects related to the area of expertise
- To manage and liaise with internal and external stakeholders involved in the flow of data and information to support exploitation of data as a business and research resource
- To contribute to the formation and continuing development of an effective Informatics service
- To contribute to Information Governance through ensuring the NHS deals with sensitive information in legal, secure, efficient and effective ways
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree level in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related field
Desirable
- Project management qualification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and demonstrable leadership
Desirable
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree level in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related field
Desirable
- Project management qualification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and demonstrable leadership
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
