Associate Data Scientist

NECSWS; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health data analytics firm is seeking a Data Analyst to work within their Health division. This full-time remote role involves maintaining applications, generating reports, and developing health data reporting procedures. Essential qualifications include a degree in Data Science and proficiency in R and SQL. The position offers opportunities for career progression, remote/hybrid working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical cover and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Private medical cover

25 days paid holiday

Group pension plan

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Previous experience in data science or a related field.
• Ability to deliver under pressure and without regular supervision.
• Experience with data warehouses and open database connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Regularly scheduled and bespoke report generation.
• Perform data cleansing and quality assurance.
• Maintain and improve existing analytical code bases.
• Liaise with data quality development teams.

Skills

Proficiency with R (R Studio)

SQL (Azure) proficiency

Data cleansing skills

Statistical expertise

Problem-solving skills

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics

Tools

R Studio

SQL (Azure)

Excel

Job description

Working within the Health division of NECSWS your duties will feature a mix of maintaining existing applications, regular and bespoke report generation, dashboard creation, documenting code bases, cleansing datasets, identifying data quality issues in large databases, supporting the analytical requirements of clinical steering committees and looking for unique opportunities to deploy machine learning / NLP techniques to health data. The focus of this work will be on data that is held in clinical registries relating to various performance outcomes for patients who have undergone surgery. This role involves working closely with the data science and analytics team to develop new registries and health data reporting procedures to support the work of the NHS and private UK healthcare providers. This is a full‑time remote role that may require occasional trips to NECSWS offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Regularly scheduled and bespoke report generation including the plotting of charts and statistical analysis of large data sets.
• Taking charge of data cleansing, quality assurance and supporting integration.
• Maintaining and improving existing analytical code bases.
• Writing queries to interrogate and explore existing databases as well as answer bespoke requests from business consultants and customers.
• Contributing ideas to improve productivity and delivery.
• Liaising with members of the data quality development, business analyst and data analyst / scientist teams to deliver collaborative outputs.
• Building a clinical knowledge base through meeting regularly with clinical steering committees.
• Working closely with clinicians to support their reporting and analytical needs.
• Documenting project work and establishing logs of all changes made to our code.
• Upskilling and learning new concepts in health data analysis / management.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics or a related quantitative field.
• Previous experience in data science or a related field.
• Proficiency with R (R Studio) and relevant packages for data manipulation/cleaning, report generation, visualisation of data, statistical analysis and modelling.
• Proficiency with SQL (Azure) for data manipulation, extract creation and aggregation of data from disparate sources.
• Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals including version control, functional programming, debugging, testing, performance optimisation.
• Proven experience cleansing, processing and managing large data sets.
• Proven experience responding creatively to analytical briefs.Experience with data warehouses and open database connectivity.
• Statistical expertise (including survival analysis and predictive modelling).
• The ability to deliver under pressure and without regular supervision.
• Proven problem‑solving skills and ability to work to deadlines.
• Self‑motivation and a flexible approach to work.
• The ability to thrive in a fast‑paced collaborative team environment.

Desirable Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree or professional IT certificate.
• Advanced Excel skills including knowledge of VBA.
• Experience working with health data including clinical data registries.
• Experience working with unclean data and free text.
• Experience refactoring analytical codebases.
• An interest in the application of machine learning, NLP and AI to solve problems related to health data and patient safety.

Training and Career Progression

We will develop your specific knowledge of health registry data management, report generation and your wider skillset through one‑to‑one shadowing, practical group training sessions and online courses on various statistics and relevant coding languages. The potential for career development is fantastic as we always aim to promote from within our own ranks. There may also be opportunities to move across to different parts of the NEC business where transferable skills permit this.

Additional Information

Remote work possible. Full‑time employment. Please note role can be remote or hybrid subject to location.

Benefits

• Private medical cover funded by NEC for employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost).
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE).
• Basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost).
• A group pension plan with employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5 %.
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs.
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning with over 15 000 courses.

Required Information

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre‑existing right to work and travel within the UK; documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks.
• Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure &‑Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.