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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 30 November 2024
**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
NES Technology Service has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.
Our Technology
We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Data Scientist (Specialist Data & Information Analyst) to join our small, but highly talented and growing team to collaborate and solve some of the most complex challenges in health and social care.
Working within the Data Group you will have the opportunity to be involved in the production of Official Statistics for the NHS Scotland workforce and the development of an evidence base to support workforce planning.
Do you want to play a key role in delivering statistics to the NHS and the wider public in the form of Official Statistics reports?
Do you want to improve the evidence base for workforce planners and other professionals involved in ensuring that NHS Scotland has the right staff, in the right place with the right qualifications?
Do you enjoy working in a small team, using data science to make workforce data available and understandable to a wide range of stakeholders across the Health & social care sector?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Working within the Data Group you will have the opportunity to work with new and innovative technologies to produce Official Statistics for the NHS Scotland workforce and develop the evidence base for the health and social care workforce in Scotland.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Data Scientists offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
Highly-developed data management, analytical and communication skills as well as specialist knowledge in the field
Ability to operate within well-defined frameworks for information and statistical governance innovative and take responsibility for developing and changing practice and services
Ability to communicate often complex data and analyses to a range of stakeholders including Scottish Government and the general public
Customer focussed, with a helpful, flexible attitude
Aptitude for excellent attention to detail
Ability to work on own initiative and to work closely with colleagues in small team, to organise and prioritise workload and to meet strict deadlines
Line management and coaching/mentoring experience
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working
Generous NHS pension scheme
Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a Data Science role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Colin Tilley, Head of Programme, colin.tilley@nhs.scot
Next Steps
**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a short presentation) will take place between 19 and 22 December 2023. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CV’s will not be accepted.
If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact the East Region Recruitment Service: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot