• Job Description

  Req#: C9308-23-0072

  Job summary

  LAS Data Scientists use analytics to support operational service delivery and provide evidence for business and strategic decision making. This role will be instrumental in bringing together our datasets through the use of mathematical models, dynamic reporting, and creative visualisation, to drive forward our ambition of making the LAS a world-class service. Working on a variety of projects across the organisation, the role will include many aspects of data science, from algorithm development and implementation of modelling methods, to data engineering and the application of advanced statistical techniques. Recommendations derived from your work will shape the delivery of an evolving service in a challenging healthcare environment. This role will also involve a mixture of home and office working.

  Main duties of the job

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a post as a Data Scientist within the Forecasting & Planning team. This role will be a 12 month fixed term contract in the first instance, with a high likelihood of becoming a permanent post shortly after appointment. The successful candidate will need to come to the office some of the time. You will join an enthusiastic and technically-minded team as part of a high profile and influential organisation. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in using their data science skillset to tackle urgent challenges facing critical public services. The role also involves communicating with colleagues from across the strategic, operational and executive teams, so confidence in presenting complex findings to non-statistical audiences is essential. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of areas such as:

  • Forecasting and time-series modelling
  • Supervised & unsupervised learning
  • Programming (R and/or Python, SQL)
  • Advanced analytics such as multivariate statistics and machine learning
  • Data visualisation and reporting

  About us

  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK. We are seeking someone who will fit with the Trust values of being respectful, professional, innovative and collaborative. The team is well established in the organisation and central to strategic and operational planning. We are part of the wider Performance and Analytics directorate who together cover data quality, business intelligence, and forecasting and planning for urgent and emergency healthcare services. The directorate is key to ensuring that LAS is a data driven organisation, with decisions being informed by timely and high quality analysis.

  Annual leave starts at 27 days rising to 33 days, plus bank holidays, in line with Agenda for Change. Employees can access Blue Light (emergency services) discounts as well as NHS discount schemes.

  Date posted

  06 June 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £51,488 to £57,802 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

  Contract

  Secondment

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  308-CORP-2585

  Job locations

  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Headquarters

  220 Waterloo Road

  London

  SE1 8SD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Thoroughly and accurately scope requirements for projects, realising the needs of the end user and capability and limitations of existing systems;
  • Liaise and negotiate with internal and external customers to meet information requirements in an efficient and cost effective way;
  • Use tact and diplomacy skills to aid in the dissemination of complex information to internal and external customer at all levels;

  Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Thoroughly and accurately scope requirements for projects, realising the needs of the end user and capability and limitations of existing systems;
  • Liaise and negotiate with internal and external customers to meet information requirements in an efficient and cost effective way;
  • Use tact and diplomacy skills to aid in the dissemination of complex information to internal and external customer at all levels;

  Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Postgraduate degree in management science, operational research, analytics, data science or similar discipline
  • Extensive practical experience and expertise in conducting thorough data analysis, mining and modelling in a work environment
  • Evidence of continued professional development in the data science (or a related) field through short courses, certificates, and engagement in the data science community
  • GCSE mathematics or equivalent

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience of producing, analysing and interpreting data information in a work environment, with significant evidence of the underlying theory of around data exploration, statistical inference, predictive analytics and making recommendations
  • Extensive experience of working with complex, conflicting, sensitive and contentious information
  • Practical experience with machine learning techniques, visualisation best practice, simulation, optimisation and advanced multivariate statistics
  • Practiced in using SQL Server or MS Access in a work environment (including creating complex queries using structured query language to extract data and create reports)
  • Proficiency in Python and/or R programming languages

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex and sometimes conflicting data sets, with a logical approach
  • Ability to extract sensitive information from databases/datasets to help understand a process or solve a problem and make informed recommendations based on detailed data insight
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to senior and Executive managers, and use tact and diplomacy to influence decision making
  • Ability to scope, develop and tailor decision support tools to meet users specification and requirements
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to use different influencing skills appropriate to the outcomes of findings, especially when findings do not support initial assumptions or expectations
  • Line management experience, including mentoring, day to day
  • Ability to make own decisions on how issues should be resolved and how results are best achieved, implementing those decisions as appropriate

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Postgraduate degree in management science, operational research, analytics, data science or similar discipline
  • Extensive practical experience and expertise in conducting thorough data analysis, mining and modelling in a work environment
  • Evidence of continued professional development in the data science (or a related) field through short courses, certificates, and engagement in the data science community
  • GCSE mathematics or equivalent

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience of producing, analysing and interpreting data information in a work environment, with significant evidence of the underlying theory of around data exploration, statistical inference, predictive analytics and making recommendations
  • Extensive experience of working with complex, conflicting, sensitive and contentious information
  • Practical experience with machine learning techniques, visualisation best practice, simulation, optimisation and advanced multivariate statistics
  • Practiced in using SQL Server or MS Access in a work environment (including creating complex queries using structured query language to extract data and create reports)
  • Proficiency in Python and/or R programming languages

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex and sometimes conflicting data sets, with a logical approach
  • Ability to extract sensitive information from databases/datasets to help understand a process or solve a problem and make informed recommendations based on detailed data insight
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to senior and Executive managers, and use tact and diplomacy to influence decision making
  • Ability to scope, develop and tailor decision support tools to meet users specification and requirements
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to use different influencing skills appropriate to the outcomes of findings, especially when findings do not support initial assumptions or expectations
  • Line management experience, including mentoring, day to day
  • Ability to make own decisions on how issues should be resolved and how results are best achieved, implementing those decisions as appropriate

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

  Address

  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Headquarters

  220 Waterloo Road

  London

  SE1 8SD

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

  Address

  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Headquarters

  220 Waterloo Road

  London

  SE1 8SD

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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