Data Scientist Jobs

Department

Sheps Ctr for Hlth Serv Res-633100

Career Area

Information Technology

Posting Open Date

03/09/2023

Application Deadline

08/25/2023

Open Until Filled

No

Position Type

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Working Title

Data Scientist

Appointment Type

EHRA Non-Faculty

Position Number

20053835, 20053938

Vacancy ID

NF0006772

Full Time/Part Time

Full-Time Permanent

FTE

1

Hours per week

40

Position Location

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range

Proposed Start Date

09/04/2023

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues, and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost, and effectiveness of health care services, and the dissemination of this information to policymakers and the general public.

Position Summary

THIS POSTING IS FOR TWO IDENTICAL POSITIONS (20053835 AND 20053938). BY APPLYING TO THIS POSTING , YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR BOTH AVAILABLE POSITIONS .

Come work at the Sheps Center! If you’re interested in improving healthcare and making positive change through programming and analyses for cutting edge research, this could be the position for you. Investigators need your skills as a programmer to help untangle the data and tackle the hard issues facing health and healthcare today.

The person in this position will act as a data analytic programmer, a data scientist, a data manager, and/or an analyst depending on the project. They will be a member of the Sheps Data Analytics Team and will work directly with researchers, their teams, and other programmers to understand current research questions and evaluate/interpret related data and statistical methods. Major responsibilities will include designing and developing data management strategies for grant-funded research projects that utilize large-scale data including Medicare, Medicaid, private claims, electronic health records, and other health care utilization data; working with researchers to develop analytic plans; understanding and promoting the research capabilities of secondary health data; and developing programming and analytic tools to explore data across platforms and applications. This person will also train and mentor Early Career Research Professionals by working together while conducting initial requirements gathering, interpreting protocol specifications, and establishing an overall project plan for the team to accomplish study tasks.

The person in this position will primarily utilize SAS, Python, SQL, and Tableau but may also take advantage of other platforms. This person must be capable of working independently; it is imperative that they be able to manage their tasks, responsibilities, and priorities autonomously. This work will include scoping and estimating data analytics and statistical analysis work, conducting statistical analyses, creating analytic datasets and developing supporting documentation to assist with statistical analyses, and preparation of reports and manuscripts.

The Sheps Center will support training and professional development for employees to continuously assess and implement new innovations.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Master’s and 1-2 years’ experience; or Bachelors and 2-4 years’ experience; or will accept a combination of related education and experience in substitution.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

• Demonstrated experience with advanced data analytics programming and modern data science
• In addition to SAS, demonstrated proficiency utilizing Python, R, Stata, and/or Tableau
• Demonstrated experience with developing analytic plans and leading projects

statistical analyses

• Experience with managing tasks, responsibilities, and priorities autonomously
• Familiarity with healthcare research data such as insurance claims, electronic medical record data,
• Understanding and promoting the research capabilities of secondary health data
• Demonstrated experience with data management best practices and developing data management strategies

and any other public or proprietary healthcare data

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities