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Senior Specialist Analyst Data Science & Systems Development
Fixed term 2 years at full time 37.5 hours, or part time arrangements can be considered for a minimum of 2 years
The post-holder will join a friendly, creative team working on population health data science and research. They will be part of a new collaboration between NHS Grampian, the University of Aberdeen, and Aberdeen City Local Authority. The post-holder will join two exciting projects: the Health Foundation’s Networked Data Lab and the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Health Determinants Research Centre. The aim of investment in these posts is to raise the profile of data science research and policy impact in Grampian.
The focus of the post will be at the intersection between health, social care and community; with strategic priorities around the integration of data across the care pathway to influence the wider determinants of health. Describing and understanding health inequalities is a fundamental theme across the work programme.
The posts will include opportunities in methodological development and application of best practice in Health Intelligence, with special interests in complex data linkage, households and communities data, and describing journeys and trajectories through care.
The prospective candidates will have strong analytical skills and knowledge of health and social care administrative data systems. They will be expert in open science and reproducible analytical pipelines. They will be skilled in clear, effective communication about complex data and analysis.
The post-holder will provide rigorous, effective and impactful analysis of diverse health and care data. They will join a team of clinical, academic, and government collaborators, and provide the data analysis needed for research aligned to the Networked Data Lab, strategic development and service planning.
The post-holder will lead on specific areas of work across Grampian and the north of Scotland to provide public health intelligence and to promote the use of an evidence base for informed strategic planning and decision-making. This post requires specialist knowledge of data science and epidemiological concepts.
Enquiries to:
Professor Corri Black
Consultant in Public Health
Corri.Black@nhs.scot
or
Jillian Evans
Head of Health Intelligence
Jillian.Evans3@nhs.scot
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.