Data Science Analyst I

Job Description

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Has Been Named

• Consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 10 children's hospital in the nation
• One of four Medical Centers making the list of the 2022 Glassdoor Best Places to Work
• A Top Hospital and Health System for Diversity recognized by DiversityInc
• One of the nation's most innovative companies by Fortune in March 2023
• An LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer in 2022 by The Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
  
  

LOCATION: Onsite at the main campus on Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati

About This Role

The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) is seeking an organized and detail-oriented data science analyst to join our data coordinating center. Previous data analysis experience, as well as strong communication and prioritization skills, are also desired. ACTION is a learning health network that includes over 70 pediatric heart centers, industry collaborators, regulatory bodies, and patients and families. Using a quality improvement and research-based approach, members work in collaboration with each other, sharing data, finding better solutions, and discovering new innovations. ACTION currently has 4 data registries for patients with or at risk of heart failure, including populations such as Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) therapy patients, heart failure patients, muscular dystrophy patients, and failing Fontan patients. The data science analyst will perform many duties and responsibilities to assist the data coordinating center team, registries, and projects. Duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to, data analysis and reporting, data cleaning, auditing, and validation, publication duties such as analysis, reporting, and visualizations for abstracts and manuscripts, research and quality improvement analysis, cross-coverage for other analysts working with other registries and projects in the ACTION DCC, as well as other duties outlined in the job description.

Job Responsibilities

• Problem Analysis and Project Management- Work with clinical, operations and research teams to understand, document and respond to requirements to meet simple to moderately complex analytic needs. Collaborate across the organization to understand IT and business constraints. Understand new data sources and process pipelines and catalog/document them. Determine requirements that will be used to test, train and evolve models and algorithms. Communicate and follow Data & AI Governance principles. Execute own project tasks with urgency and to a high level of quality. Communicate status clearly and effectively using departmental project management tools. Follow time-tracking and other project management requirements. Participate actively in project meetings, stand-ups, etc.
• Data Exploration and Preparation- Create datasets using Enterprise data preparation tools. Apply statistical analysis and visualization techniques to various data, such as hierarchical clustering, T-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE), principal components analysis (PCA, mMachine Learning simple to moderately complex questions. Generate hypotheses about the underlying mechanics of the business/clinical process. Test hypotheses using various quantitative methods. Display drive and curiosity to understand the process and collaborate with domain experts to better understand the system workflows and generation of data.
• Presentation & Operationalization- Prepare reports, presentations and visualizations to share insights with clinical, operational and research teams, using data display standards and best practice. Collaborate with data engineers, Xops teams and appropriate IT teams to automate and deploy solutions using established best practices, including source control and continuous monitoring.
• Technical and Analytical Skill- Develop foundational to proficient IT skills in coding languages (Python, R, etc.) and database programming languages for both relational and non-relational data structures. Develop foundational to proficient skills in data wrangling, data mining, data & quantitative analysis. Develop foundational to proficient skill in using Enterprise Data tools as appropriate. Develop ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences, using storytelling and creative visualizations.
• Support teams with guidance from higher-level analysts.
  
  

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, economics or related fields
• No experience required
• Specialization in ML, AI, cognitive science or data science
  
  

Market Leading Benefits Including*:

• Shift Differential, Weekend Differential, and Weekend Option Pay Programs
• Medical coverage starting day 1 of employment. View employee benefits here.
• Competitive retirement plans
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
• Expansive employee discount programs through our many community partners
• Referral bonus program for current staff!
• Support through Employee Resource Groups such as African American Professionals Advisory Council, Asian Cultural and Professional Group, EQUAL - LGBTQA Resource Group, Juntos - Hispanic/Latin Resource Group, Veterans and Military Family Advocacy Network, and Young Professionals (YP) Resource Group
• Physical and mental health wellness programs
• Relocation assistance packages available for nurses!
• Benefits may vary based on FTE Status and Position Type
  
  

Primary Location

Burnet Campus

Schedule

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Department

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Employee Status

Regular

FTE

1

Weekly Hours

40

Salary Range

$59,446.40 - $75,982.40

Comprehensive Job Description Provided Upon Request.

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and treasures Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We are committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disability.