Job summary
- Main area
- Data Scientist
- Grade
- E
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12-month FTC)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-DSFS-8307793
- Employer
- Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Nottinghamshire
- Salary
- £38,776 - £46,753 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Data Scientist
E
Job overview
The post holder will contribute to the development of data science, advanced analytics and reproducible
analytical products for EM-ACE. Working under the supervision of senior data scientists and alongside
analysts, data engineers and operational stakeholders, the role will support problem formulation, data
preparation, exploratory analysis, statistical modelling, visualisation, evaluation and documentation.
The post holder will help create FDP-aligned, CDM-aware, reproducible outputs that can be tested locally,
improved iteratively and reused across participating EMAP organisations.
Main duties of the job
Purpose of the role within EM-ACE
• Support delivery of high-impact analytics use cases through practical coding, data analysis,
visualisation and model development.
• Contribute to reproducible analytical pipelines, documentation and shared code libraries that can be
reused across FDP tenants.
• Help convert operational problems into well-structured analytical questions, working with users to
understand data, context and intended action.
• Build data science capability across the wider analytical community by sharing learning, contributing
to code reviews and supporting training materials.
Working for our organisation
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Please see below link for the DSFS website.
DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for further details of the role including responsibilities and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification in a numerate, analytical, scientific, informatics or digital discipline, or equivalent experience in an analytical/data role. Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification or training in data science, statistics, operational research, computer science, health informatics or related discipline. Membership or active involvement in AphA, AnalystX, NHS-R, nhs.pycom or similar community.
Analytical and data science experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in an analytical, information, data or digital role, or graduate-level experience with strong applied project evidence. Experience applying statistical or data science methods to real datasets.
Desirable criteria
- Experience with healthcare, NHS operational datasets, patient pathways, health inequalities, demand/capacity analysis or evaluation.
Coding and tools
Essential criteria
- Ability to use at least one coding language such as Python, R or SQL for data manipulation, analysis and visualisation. Basic understanding of Git or version control.
Desirable criteria
- Experience with notebooks, GitHub/GitLab, unit testing, package/project structure, APIs, cloud analytics or FDP/Foundry tooling.
RAP and quality assurance
Essential criteria
- Ability to produce clear, documented and reproducible analysis, with attention to data quality, definitions and checking.
Desirable criteria
- Experience contributing to reproducible analytical pipelines, shared code, automated reporting, or open source analytical materials.
Communication
Essential criteria
- Able to write clear analysis, present findings and explain technical concepts in plain language to non technical users.
Desirable criteria
- Experience producing visualisations, briefing papers, dashboards or training materials for operational or clinical users.
Planning and organisation
Essential criteria
- Able to manage several strands of work, meet deadlines, adapt to changing priorities and escalate blockers.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in agile delivery, sprint cycles, hackathons, product teams or multidisciplinary improvement work.
Ethics, IG and values
Essential criteria
- Understanding of confidentiality, data protection, Caldicott principles and ethical use of data. Commitment to inclusion, reducing inequalities and public value.
Desirable criteria
- Experience considering bias, fairness, explainability, accessibility or clinical safety in analytical work.
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Curious, practical, collaborative and willing to learn. Able to take feedback, improve work iteratively and contribute to a positive analytical culture.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of sharing learning through communities, peer support, blogs, presentations, coding clubs or internal training.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Heather Stott
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Service Delivery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07930166199
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