Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 22nd Jul 2021
The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) is home to significant scientific discoveries. We believe there is an answer, a cure or a better treatment for every childhood condition and we’re determined to find it. We are a diverse team of world-leading researchers, doctors, engineers, and hardworking professionals in corporate and scientific services from all corners of the world with one shared goal to transform child health worldwide. Our strength lies in our partnership and co-location with The Royal Children’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne the Melbourne Children’s Campus. This rare model amplifies opportunities to quickly translate research into clinical care. At MCRI, you’ll also find our subsidiary organisation, the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS), a specialist childhood, prenatal and adult genetics service. VCGS provides an integrated genetic consultation, counselling, testing and diagnostic support service to children, adults, families and prospective parents.
Together, we share a powerful vision: re-imagine the future of child health.
We are seeking a Health Data Scientist or Early Career Health Data Scientist to join our Centre for Health Analytics team and be responsible for the design, development, validation, and support of technical solutions for a range of clinical data science problems that are being managed by the Centre.
The Health Data Scientist or Early Career Health Data Scientist will be responsible for processes and tasks associated with the extraction, transformation, analysis and presentation of health data from the Parkville Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and other RCH information systems. The technical aspects of the role will include the development, validation and troubleshooting of complex and performant SQL queries of health data, then the quantitative analysis and visualisation of extracted data using open source and commercial software. The role will also support the development and implementation of a health data access and analysis platform.
Both the Health Data Scientist and Early Career Health Data Scientist will report to the Lead Health Informatician and will include additional opportunities for training and development.
Essential Selection Criteria for Both Roles
Essential Selection Criteria for Health Data Scientist
Essential Selection Criteria for an Early Career Health Data Scientist
Preferred Selection Criteria for Both Roles
For a full list of responsibilities and the selection criteria download the position description.
Only applicants who address the selection criteria will be considered. In one document, please place your cover letter, responses to the selection criteria, and resume. Applications will only be considered when submitted via the MCRI website.
In your cover letter, please indicate if you wish to be considered for the role of Health Data Scientist or Early Career Health Data Scientist. The application must then explicitly address all the selection criteria for the indicated role.
If you wish your application to be considered for both roles, please state this in your cover letter and ensure your application explicitly addresses all the selection criteria for both roles.
For specific questions not answered in the position description please contact James Scandol [email protected] using the subject line: Health Data Scientist or Early Career Health Data Scientist enquiry via EthicalJobs.
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Position Reference: 29614
On occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.
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