Senior Healthcare Data Scientist & Analytics Lead

Dsfs Ltd; Kirkby-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited invites applications for a data science specialist role within EM-ACE. You will lead analytics work packages from discovery to deployment, balancing technical delivery with user-centred problem solving and stakeholder engagement.

You will design robust analytical code, models and documentation within FDP-aligned environments, ensuring outputs are reproducible and clinically meaningful for reuse across EMAP organisations.

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant numerical, analytical, scientific or digital discipline.
• PhD or postgraduate training in data science, statistics, operational research or health informatics.
• Professional registration or active membership of AphA, AnalystX, NHS-R, nhs.pycom or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of defined EM-ACE data science use cases and turn outputs into usable products or decision-support tools.
• Develop, validate and document predictive and advanced analytical methods using statistical or ML approaches.
• Produce reusable RAPs, code libraries, and model documentation for scale across FDP tenants.
• Coach analysts and junior data scientists.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Data visualization

Git

Cloud platforms

NLP

Education

Masters or equivalent in numerical/analytical/scientific field

PhD or postgrad in data science/statistics/operational research/health informatics

Tools

FDP/Foundry

Cloud platforms

APIs

Data engineering tools

Job description

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited invites applications for a data science specialist role within EM-ACE. You will lead analytics work packages from discovery to deployment, balancing technical delivery with user-centred problem solving and stakeholder engagement.

You will design robust analytical code, models and documentation within FDP-aligned environments, ensuring outputs are reproducible and clinically meaningful for reuse across EMAP organisations.