Job Description:
Job Summary This position supports Essentia Health's mission and goals by analyzing healthcare data to identify advancement in clinical outcomes, quality, and business results. This position will work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive clinical and business outcomes. The Data Scientist role contributes to advanced analytics within Essentia, especially for predictive and prescriptive analyses and natural language processing. In addition to direct analysis, the Data Scientist will help mentor analysts outside of Data Science to develop advanced analytics capacity within the organization. Key Responsibilities -Contribute to the building, testing, and deployment of advanced analytical models to support clinical and operational workflows. -Collaboratively define problems and solutions with clinical and business partners. -Contribute to the building, testing, and deployment data pipelines that feed AI/ML solutions, in collaboration with the Data Architecture team. -Help develop communication strategies for complex information around data, AI/ML, and analysis for diverse stakeholders with varying levels of data and numerical literacy. -Collaborate with and serve as a mentor to team members on AI/ML projects.
Education Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
Bachelors in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Healthcare Analytics or any quantitative analytical field, or a Bachelors in any field plus 2+ years in a Data Science/Advanced Analytics role.
Knowledge and prior use of some advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, parametric and non-parametric statistical tests, survival analyses, epidemiological models, structural equation modeling, etc.).
Knowledge and experience in AI/ML techniques, such as: GLM/Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, Hugging Face Transformers, process mining, social network analysis, etc.
Coding knowledge and experience with at least one AI/ML-oriented language, such as: Python, R, Java, Scala, or Julia.
Familiarity with CI/CD and version control tools and usage, such as GitLab, CML.
Preferred Qualifications
Qualitative research/analysis skills
Public speaking
Front-end development skills
Tableau development skills
Licensure/Certification Qualifications:
No certification/licensure required.
FTE
1
Shift Rotation
Day Rotation (United States of America)
Shift Start Time
8:00am
Shift End Time
5:00pm
Pay Range
$82971 - $124467 / year
The approximate base compensation range is posted, but the actual offer will reflect our total compensation and benefits package. The offer will be determined by a number of factors including the selected candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, FTE, as well as internal equity among our team.
Weekends
as needed
Effective December 1, 2019: Job offers are contingent upon successful completion of a post-offer assessment, including a urine drug screen, immunization review, proof of required vaccinations, and background check. Essentia Health is committed to maintaining a work environment free from the influence of illegal drugs and alcohol.
Essentia Health EEO:
Essentia Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Essentia
It is our policy to afford EEO to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, family medical history, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, military service or veteran status, culture, socio-economic status, status with regard to public assistance, and other factors not related to qualifications, including employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other category as defined by law.
