Senior Data Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

Supporting client-facing responsibilities, leading on data extraction and analysis for several concurrent projects.

Lead on and build data science models in R or Python to meet users needs using statistical, machine learning and AI approaches to solve problems

Proactively evaluate how new tools fit into the wider technical landscape, and assess whether they would help solve problems or improve technical implementation and present back to wider analytic team.

Enhance and explore new data science and AI methodologies and identify model to problem fit

Supporting the writing of proposals to meet client project briefs, including resource requirements, cost estimates and timescales and the development of new business opportunities and services.

Collecting, interpreting, and writing a wide range of technical specifications to support clinical and operational research and contracts for services.

Leading on the data quality, information governance, data processing and information assurance for the portfolio of projects within ICHP

Using visualization applications to present information and share findings in a creative and appealing manner

Key tasks

Extracting, analyzing, and presenting health outcomes/activity in relation to client objectives.

Writing complex SQL queries, analyzing data through SQL Management Studio, and having demonstrable understanding of the data warehousing frameworks.

Writing complex R or Python scripts, utilizing AzureML, in the data and statistical analysis required.

Handing conflicting information and making decisions under uncertainty in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice and verification as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.

Undertaking ad-hoc analysis of highly complex and varied datasets upon request from clients, often with little prior warning, under pressure to tight deadlines.

Prioritizing and coordinating work for projects and ensuring tight and conflicting deadlines are met.

Managing the technical architecture and data loads from multiple sources of the WSIC de-identified server.

Analyzing and reviewing the Data Quality of provider datasets and ensuring technical data load processes are in place and mapped to defined specifications of the database.

Ensuring change management, release management, and backlog management for the delivery of tasks within de-identified section of the whole systems integrated care project environment.

Ensuring ICHP/WSIC assets are maintained, and making use of existing systems to solve business problems.

Developing and implementing new information systems and information flows to collect and store data, analyze, and automate information reporting.

Keeping up-to-date knowledge of the technologies/software/tools available for data curation and managing the data integrity within a data warehouse.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Writing complex SQL queries, analyzing data through SQL Management Studio, and having demonstrable understanding of the data warehousing frameworks.
• Writing complex R or Python scripts, utilizing AzureML, in the data and statistical analysis required.
• Overview knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including the funding and organizational realities
• Adept at constructing technical specifications reflecting the client brief, and to lead work (giving expert advice on data related issues) autonomously but requesting management support as appropriate.
• Ability to work as part of a team and establish and maintain good working relationships, and to be self-directed working on your own initiative

Desirable

• Knowledge of epidemiology / biostatistics, particularly analytical issues relating to studies of treatment effectiveness, disease progression, adherence, healthcare utilisation, etc.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NHS North West London ICB

15 Marylebone Road

London

NW15JD

Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)