Senior Research Data Scientist

At Houston Methodist, the Sr Research Data Scientist position is responsible for addressing the best uses of data science and informatics development for providing a competitive advantage or addressing pressing research, clinical or business problems in Houston Methodist (HM) research, operations, and care, as well as to effectively communicate informed conclusions and recommendations across an organization's leadership structure. This position will explore, collate, harmonize, and analyze data from multiple disparate sources and many angles, including the organization's needs to access and understand research, clinical, financial, operational, population health, social, behavioral, and marketing data. Under the guidance and direction of the Director, Center for Health Data Science and Analytics (HDSA) and or the Lead Research Data Scientist, the Sr Research Data Scientist position will work closely with researchers, physicians, scientists, care givers, hospital staff, administrators, and other stakeholders to implement projects of research, clinical and business benefits. This position be involved in various projects including research workflow optimization, innovative tracking, predictive analytics, clinical and operations decision support, advanced analytics, outcomes measures, cost reduction, quality improvement, population health management, statistical and advanced modeling techniques to different types of health, cost, and media data, and coordinate with clinicians and developing recommendations and presentations for a variety of audiences and stakeholders. The Sr Research Data Scientist position will leverage information in HM enterprise data warehouse and designated electronic medical record as well as adhere to data definition standards set by the Research and Hospital Data Governance committees.

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manages client relationships as assigned, by collaborating on the delivery of innovative strategies and solutions for our clients.

• Provides mentorship and basic guidance to lower-level members of the analytic team.

• Drives contributions towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement, i.e., peer-to-peer accountability.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Collates, harmonizes, and analyzes data from multiple disparate sources and many angles, including the organization's needs to access and understand research, clinical, financial, operational, population health, social, behavioral, and marketing data.

• Coordinates with clinicians and develops recommendations and presentations for a variety of audiences and stakeholders.

• Drives the execution of multiple analytical plans and projects.

• Identifies data elements within the clinical/health databases for analytics and decision supports.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serves as subject matter expert and acts on clinical data quality issues and assurance as well as patient privacy and data security and compliance.

• Assists with documenting the project requirements and results on a timely basis and ensures that lower-level data scientists are complying with team standards for documentation and coding practices.

• Participates in quality improvement process to evaluate ways to improve the data research analytics. Presents ideas to the appropriate leadership.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Utilizes resources with cost effectiveness and value creation in mind. Self-motivated to independently manage time effectively and prioritize daily tasks, assisting coworkers as needed.

• Manages the continuous improvement of clinical and operational data and analytics.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Consults with clinicians and hospital staff regarding process improvement, delivery of best outcomes, decision supports, data insights and recommendations.

• Translates the findings into implementable informatics solutions with the clinicians, hospital administration, and other stakeholders and supervises and assists the Technical Data Scientist with these tasks.

• Seeks opportunities to identify self-development needs and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. EDUCATION

• Master's degree in computer science, Clinical Informatics, Public Health Administration, Business Administration, or Engineering, or an MD with experience in Informatics and Statistics or related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Five years' experience in health care data analytics and/or database management in a healthcare organization

• Advanced experience in computer science and applications, modeling, statistics, and analytics, e.g., big-data, data lakes, and cloud computing

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• N/A

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - PREFERRED

• Credentials or experience working with AWS and/or i2b2 or other common clinical data models strongly preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Strong business acumen, with the excellent ability to communicate findings to both business (clinical and research audience) and IT leaders to influence how an organization approaches a business challenge

• Maintains current Human Subjects Research credentials as defined by the Houston Methodist Research Institute

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* No

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area No
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist Academic Institute oversees the Education Institute and Research Institute, including 772 faculty and 56,250 learners. The Academic Institute aligns our research and education initiatives in service to the clinical mission, providing solutions that answer the call for new technologies and skills our clinicians need for patient care. Houston Methodist Education Institute coordinates our primary academic affiliation with Weill Cornell Medicine and other joint programs, including the Engineering Medicine Program at Texas A&M University Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine. The Education Institute also oversees continuing medical education and graduate medical education, and supports more than 1,000 trainees in residence for medical, nursing, allied health and research education programs. Houston Methodist Research Institute supports research programs and infrastructure that enable faculty across the system to bring new scientific discoveries to patients as rapidly as possible through the full cycle of a cure from conceptual bench research, to prototyping and development, to clinical trials and FDA approval. The Research Institute supports more than 1,387 clinical research protocols and $70.3 million in extramurally funded translational research programs.

Houston Methodist is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.

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