AI/NLP Developer / Data Scientist

Job title:

AI/NLP Developer / Data Scientist

Company

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease find attached the job description and person specification for this role which provides details of the main responsibilities.Person specificationEducation and QualificationEssential criteria

• Educated to a BSc degree level with relevant domain knowledge, skills and experience in the informatics field
• MSc in Computer Science, mathematics, statistics, physics, computational biology, artificial intelligence, data science or other quantitative field is preferred
• Post-Graduate experience in advanced data analysis/machine learning related to healthcare

Desirable criteria

• Completed or just completed Scientific Training Programme (or equivalent) in Bioinformatics/Informatics and registered/registration submitted for the Health and Care Professions Council

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential criteria

• Proficient in R and/or python
• Proficient in the use of data science libraries (eg. numpy/scipy, scikit-learn, pandas, tidyverse)
• Experience of using and applying machine learning and data-mining tools to address clinical, operational, audit and research questions
• Experience in the use of NLP software and packages (e.g. NLKT, SPaCy)
• Experience of using and applying machine learning and data mining tools to address clinical, operational, audit, and research questions

Desirable criteria

• Experience of producing software to be certified as a medical device and/or subject to clinical risk management standards
• Experience of supporting/developing a clinical analytics platform in a large, complex academic health science centre or similar environment
• Experience of working closely with leading academic AI/Machine Learning groups to develop, test and implement, “Big Data Techniques” on health and genomics data

Skills and CompetenciesEssential criteria

• Demonstratable experience and knowledge of computer science and applications, modelling, statistics, analytics and maths to solve problems using healthcare data
• Demonstratable skills and competencies in collaborating with software engineering and AI development teams
• Competent working in Linux environment, experience with cloud platforms and/or HPC clusters
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure independently as well as within a team
• Demonstrable skills and competencies in documenting proposals and procedures to a high level. Demonstrated via previous work, publications, contributions to open source projects or coding competitions
• Demonstrable skills and competencies in developing research and innovation proposals, including data security aspects and consent, and delivering through publications, contributions to open source projects or coding competitions
• Demonstrable skills and competencies in providing consultancy services to clinical/academic users in developing their detailed proposal specifications using structured and unstructured data
• Demonstratably high level of communication skills and ability to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
• Ability to manage user expectations and troubleshoot when required
• Able to liaise and communicate with staff from all levels within the Trust
• Able to prioritise workload in response to changing demands
• Strong analytical and data visualisation skills
• Professional approach with skills in communication and team working
• Ability to produce software in a quality managed environment

Desirable criteria

• Demonstratable skills and competencies in transferring public and industry quality standards and tools to novel settings

Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirementsThe postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.Documents to download

• Data Scientist JD & PS (PDF, 288.4KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:12:56 GMT

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