Clinical Data Scientist

Why join us?

CMR is an exciting and evolving company to be joining right now. Our commitment to our goal of building a world-class medical devices company is underpinned by the ground-breaking innovation of our next generation of surgical robots and a diverse team of talented and supportive individuals. Everyone at CMR has the passion and desire to make a real difference to the way minimal access surgery is developed and delivered.

We’re breaking new ground which makes working here exciting, it provides autonomy, opportunity and makes the things you do visible – if you’re great at managing your own time, are creative, patient and resilient, we think you’ll fit right in.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical Data Scientist to join our growing clinical data team at CMR. Day to day our data scientists are helping us achieve our mission to transform surgery for good. Life as a clinical data scientist is both challenging and rewarding. To succeed we recruit the very best data scientists to help us solve difficult problems in surgery by applying and advancing cutting-edge techniques.

Responsibilities

We want you to work with Clinical Data, from integrating the data into our pipelines to making the most scientific rigorous analyses and building the most visually appealing interactive dashboards for our internal and external customers.

You will also:

• Apply data science and statistical methods to data collected from the clinical practice to deliver internal and external facing analytics and visualisations
• Build interactive tools, e.g. R Shiny dashboards to monitor the data quality metrics and produce real time insights for our customers
• Take responsibility of ETL pipelines to integrate and validate data from different internal and external data sources
• Work with stakeholders from across CMR to identify clinical data project requirements and evaluate candidate solutions
• Bring scientific and statistical rigour to all elements of work, that may lead to scientific publications, regulatory reports, and company material

We’re a high growth company and roles can change and evolve. You’ll need to be willing to turn your hand to anything within the Clinical and Clinical Data remit that supports the team with delivering its objectives.

About you

As the ideal candidate you’ll be passionate about clinical data engineering. You’ll be rigorous and methodological, a great communicator, able to work individually or in a team, and continue to learn new skills and techniques to advance your career.

Essential requirements

• A degree in statistics, data science, computer science, mathematics, bioengineering, biomedical science or other relevant discipline
• Previous experience in data science using clinical or medical data or experience in a related role
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, ideally Python and/or R and interactive platforms such as RShiny
• Knowledge of modern database technologies including SQL, non-relational databases, and data warehousing/data lake solutions
• Experience working with data in a regulated environment e.g. medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, finance
• Keen to problem solve and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• A genuine desire to help and support team members and local teams so that we can all achieve our best
• Team player and ability to collaborate across multiple functions

Desired requirements

• A PhD or masters level degree in a related discipline
• Experience with designing and building "Dashboard" solutions using relevant tools
• Experience with control method analysis and statistical process control

The Package

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefits package including non-contributory pension, private healthcare and a bonus scheme. In addition, you’ll be joining a company with a fabulous culture of ambition, creativity and teamwork. CMR is committed to promoting a diverse, open and collaborative work environment – a place where we can be ourselves and succeed on merit. We believe an environment like this is where ideas can truly flourish and balanced with a healthy dose of fun, it ensures that our people stay and develop. We welcome applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.

Interested? We’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 26 August 2022