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NHS GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE
DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PHYSICS & BIO ENGINEERING
MEDICAL DEVICE UNIT – WGACH
DATA SCIENTIST/ENGINEER
BAND 7
2 posts
Fixed term for 2 years
The Medical Devices Unit (MDU) prototype and develop bespoke medical devices, (including electronic, informatics, mechanical and software devices) to meet the needs of the NHS in Scotland. Working in line with industry standards and an evolving regulatory framework, the MDU also provide guidance on the development of medical devices and evaluate new technologies being considered for use within the NHS.
We are looking for a data scientist/engineer to join the team and help us to support a Scottish Government initiative aimed at transforming eyecare services across Scotland. You will bring knowledge and experience of applying and evaluating natural language processing tools (including rule-based and machine learning techniques) to help us to extract valuable clinical information from unstructured clinical data. You will have the technical expertise to help build data pipelines to facilitate the extraction, evaluation and transfer of data held by individual health boards to a new centralised repository managed by the National Digital Service. This is an opportunity for a self-motivated individual to contribute to a transformative healthcare improvement project that will benefit people across Scotland.
You will have a post graduate degree (or equivalent work experience) in computer science, data science, mathematics or a related topic. Experience of working with sensitive unstructured data, including date extraction and de-identification strategies and tools is essential as is experience with one or more programming languages.
Experience of working within a team to develop and deploy a technical product, including experience with modern source control and task management tools and working with healthcare data and under associated governance frameworks are desirable.
The shift pattern is Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Informal Contact
For further information, please contact Dr Lorna Harper (Head of Informatics) lorna.harper@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Pack