Hybrid Data Scientist - Health Data & Real-World Evidence

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government health agency in London is looking for a Data Scientist to join their Clinical Practice Research Datalink team. This full-time role involves developing data processing solutions and requires experience with statistical programming tools like R, Python, and SQL. The position offers a hybrid working model with flexibility around site attendance, aimed at ensuring collaboration with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field and a strong background in data analysis.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to work across multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Experience in using data science for analysis and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end data processing solutions.
• Maintain and support data processing pipelines.
• Ensure data assets are high quality with appropriate metadata.
• Identify optimizations for scalable data use.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistical programming tools (R, Python, SQL)

Data processing

Model development

Quality assurance

Collaboration across teams

Education

Degree in Computer Science, IT, Maths, or related

Job description

A government health agency in London is looking for a Data Scientist to join their Clinical Practice Research Datalink team. This full-time role involves developing data processing solutions and requires experience with statistical programming tools like R, Python, and SQL. The position offers a hybrid working model with flexibility around site attendance, aimed at ensuring collaboration with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field and a strong background in data analysis.