Data Scientist

SUMMARY:

ABOUT Healthcare is seeking a skilled and innovative Data Scientist to help expand our predictive analytics capabilities and advance our mission to revolutionize hospital operations. This role will work at the intersection of AI/ML, healthcare, and operations to develop and scale machine learning models that deliver actionable insights to hospitals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive.  Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Predictive Analytics Development: Build and refine machine learning models for hourly discharge forecasting, aggregate hospital admission/discharge predictions, and patient-level progress tracking.
• Data Exploration: Analyze complex healthcare datasets to identify trends, challenges, and actionable opportunities.
• Model Deployment: Collaborate with engineers to deploy AI/ML solutions into production, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Collaboration: Partner with product managers, operations teams, and customers to define and implement data-driven features and metrics.
• Feature Engineering: Work with AWS infrastructure (S3, Glue, Athena, Timestream, Bedrock, Nova, SageMaker) to standardize data pipelines and enrich machine learning models.
• Continuous Improvement: Optimize model accuracy and efficiency through testing, monitoring, and iteration.
• Documentation and Communication: Present technical findings and recommendations to stakeholders in an easily understandable way.
• LLMs: Demonstrate experience and depth in building products through applying LLMs or other AI domains like NLP, ML or deep learning.
• Full Stack: Capable as a full-stack engineer, seeing LLM implementations from concept to production.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Need to Have:

• Bachelor’s in data science, Computer Science, Statistics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 1+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning models in production.
• Proficiency in Python (or R), SQL, and common ML libraries (e.g., Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly AWS (e.g., S3, Glue, Timestream, Bedrock, Nova, sageMaker).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex datasets.
• Knowledge of ETL processes, feature engineering, and real-time forecasting methods.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in healthcare data analytics or hospital operations.
• Familiarity with EHR/EMR data or healthcare interoperability standards.
• Knowledge of time-series modeling and ensemble methods.
• Exposure to data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and collaborative software development.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Required Knowledge:

• Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Medical Terminology 
• Health system operating and working models
• Business planning and development 

Required Skills:

• Using initiative and independent judgment within established department guidelines.
• Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives and activities. 
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of individuals.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
 Mobility to work in an office setting, use standard office equipment and stamina to sit for extended periods of time; strength to lift and carry up to 10 pounds; vision to read printed materials and computer screens; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.  
 
 Travel as needed to support company and customer initiatives. Work on Site at our St Paul office may be required and ABOUT reserves the right to change the location of the role at any time.

This role may involve work on federal government contracts that require additional federal background investigations, training, and federal badging. As such, you may be required to submit personal information to the government and be fingerprinted and photographed at your local Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center.

ABOUT offers a flexible, purpose-built solution that empowers hospitals and health systems to operate as one connected network of care. We enable easy access for clinicians to move patients into and out of the acute care setting - getting them to the next, best care setting faster and easier. Complemented by our clinical experts and best practices, we provide health systems the necessary controls and insights to grow with resilience, drive clinician effectiveness, and improve patient outcomes. 

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