Senior Data Scientist

On 1 July 2022, NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) was established. The ICB is part of North Central London Integrated Care System (ICS). The ICS is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of ICSs:

• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
• enhance productivity and value for money
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
North Central London's population is incredibly diverse, and continues to grow and change. This brings pressure and challenges for the local health and care services that NCL ICB commissions - or buys - on behalf of residents. NCL ICB works closely with Councils, providers, general practices, voluntary, community organisations, and unions, to achieve our shared aims. NCL ICB values our staff, our partners and their expertise to deliver the best health and care possible for the patients and residents of North Central London. We are committed to recruiting a workforce which is reflective of our diverse population, where individual contributions are encouraged and valued. We welcome and encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, sex or gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, caring status or neurodiversity., North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) strives to leverage our rich data assets and investment in London's data infrastructure (OneLondon) to become a leader in data-driven improvement. We are recruiting a Senior Data Scientist to develop our in-house data science capability to support our stakeholders to make high quality decisions that improve local health and services. As an experienced technical expert and researcher, the senior data scientist will drive forward the use of advanced predictive and prescriptive methods (such as causal inference, stochastic simulations, Bayesian hierarchical modelling, machine learning…) to structure and solve complex business problems. Creative visualisation of findings and dynamic deployment of tools will support operational service delivery and enhance strategic and clinical decision-making across the NCL health and care system. As a proactive member of data science communities, they will collaborate with local academic and nationwide NHS partners to drive efficient innovation across the system and identify areas where building specialist internal capability and infrastructure would benefit NCL. The post-holder will be community minded, enabling the development and implementation of our data science strategy by supporting the wider analytical team with statistical modelling and building reproducible analytical pipelines., Working with stakeholders to understand the underlying business need and applying your knowledge and influencing skills to co-design appropriate project plans (including problem articulation, project scoping and design, modelling, communication, deployment and evaluation) Delivering end-to-end data science projects that produce actionable insights or tools, considering user needs, data quality and management, user experience and engagement, deployment and maintenance, and making best use of statistical modelling and/or machine learning methods Collaborating with academic, regional and NHS partners Influencing the development of the ICB's technology stack Communicating relevant, compelling stories using the most appropriate medium providing complex, actionable recommendations at a tactical and strategic level. Identifying development opportunities for yourself and adopting innovative practices learned from the wider analytics community Supporting staff within the team to develop technical skills to ensure that they are able to deliver the new responsibilities of the ICB Upholding high ethical standards across the data science lifecycle, Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances please ensure you quote your application reference number. Please ensure you check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. Invitations for interview are sent by email only, so it is important that you monitor your emails once you have submitted an application online. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Depending on the role a Criminal Records check may be required, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Working for our organisation NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington. As an ICB, we're focused on:
• improving outcomes in population health and healthcare
• tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
• enhancing productivity and value for money
• helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
It is an exciting time to be joining NCL ICB - we have commenced an organisational change programme to redesign the structure of the organisation and the way that we work to better meet the needs of our population, our people, our system, and our partners. As part of the organisational change programme, we want to re-launch and re-energise the organisation, embed new ways of working and building the capabilities we need to create a thriving organisational culture.