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# Research Data Scientist

- **Company:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £43,981.0 - £52,586.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Health Informatics, Relational Databases, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Automation of Marketing, Software Engineering, Electronic Medical Records
- **Published:** June 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=dea75848955a2030

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Relational databases?, Do you have a Doctoral degree?, We are seeking an enthusiastic and independent data scientist to join our team at the Institute for Health Informatics. You will be working with a multidisciplinary team of clinician researchers, software engineers and electronic health record system specialists to support the following:

 * Conduct collaborative research to extract knowledge and insight from datasets using a variety of mathematical, statistical and computational approaches.
 * Develop software and scripts to implement these analyses in robust and reproducible ways.
 * Work with research infrastructure developers and electronic health record system engineers to deploy these into production.

The successful candidate will have the following:

 * Applicants must have a PhD, be studying towards PhD or equivalent experience.
 * Experience with the core tools of data science and analytics, in a programmatic framework such as R, Python or Julia.
 * Experience of working with large datasets and relational databases.
 * Interest in innovative research method development and using digital software.

## Description

The main aims of the job will be to support the research team in the extraction, preparation, analysis and linkage of healthcare data from a range of sources.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to create software for a variety of uses, including to support the real-time analysis of patient data, hosting of machine learning models, and creating and deploying of user-interfaces to allow rapid translation of data and research insights back into clinical care.

Appointment details:

 * The post is graded at grade 7, the annual salary for which ranges from £46,261 to £51,246 (including London Allowance).
 * This is a full-time, fixed-term until 31 March 2028.


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