Clinical Data Scientist

Location: Orange, California US

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Job Number: 1414

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Position Title: Clinical Data Scientist

External Description:

Clinical Data Scientist:

Alignment Healthcare is a data and technology driven healthcare company focused partnering with health systems, health plans and provider groups to provide care delivery that is preventive, convenient, coordinated, and that results in improved clinical outcomes for seniors.

We are experiencing rapid growth (backed by top private equity firms), our Data Science team is looking for the best and brightest clinical data scientists with strong educational background in healthcare fields and exceptional analytical skills. Data drives the way we make decisions. We love our customers and understanding them better makes it possible to provide the best clinical outcome and care experience.

This position will play a key role in uncovering deep insights from data using advanced machine learning technologies and statistical analysis, processing very large data sets using cloud-based data pipelines, variety of analytic tools, visualizations and delivering actionable healthcare insights & solutions.

Problems you will work on every day will include:

  • Collaborate with key business leaders to understand their business problems and translate them into well-defined analytical solutions with measurable business metrics.
  • Build end-to-end data science solutions which will improve healthcare outcomes and reduce the cost for our members.
  • Develop conversational AI solutions to improve healthcare experience of our members.
  • Build customer segmentation models to better understand our customers, and tailor the clinical outcome and healthcare care experience for them.
  • Develop scalable and efficient modeling algorithms that can work in production systems.
  • Collaborate with the engineering team to build end-to-end cloud based machine learning production pipelines.
  • Design and implement online experiments and experimental frameworks

Basic Qualifications:

  • Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or related field.
  • 2+ years relevant experience in predictive and prescriptive modeling and analysis for various healthcare problems.
  • Demonstrated experience and expertise in working with various structured and unstructured healthcare related data sources.
  • Demonstrated working experience with HEDIS, CMS Stars and Risk adjustment processes.
  • Excellent communication, analytical and collaborative problem-solving skills
  • Experience in building end to end data science solutions and applying machine learning methods to real world problems with measurable outcomes.
  • Familiarity with various machine learning algorithms, including deep neural networks, natural language and outlier detection methods. 
  • Strong programming skills in one of the statistical or analytical programming tools: SAS, R, Python
  • Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and relational databases.
  • Experience with data visualization and presentation, turning complex analysis into insight.
  • Experience in setting experimental analytics frameworks or strategies for complex scenarios.
  • Understanding of relevant statistical measures such as confidence intervals, significance of error measurements, development and evaluation data sets, etc.
  • Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality and unstructured data from varying sources

Preferred Qualifications:

  • PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or related field
  • Hands-on experience in building Machine Learning models.
  • Published work in academic conferences or industry circles.
  • Demonstrable track record dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in an agile, dynamic startup environment

Position Location:

  • Orange, California

 

 

 

 

City: Orange

State: California

Location City: Orange

Location State: California

Community / Marketing Title: Clinical Data Scientist

Company Profile:

By leveraging our world-class technology platform, innovative care delivery models, deep physician partnerships and our serving heart culture, Alignment Health is revolutionizing health care for seniors! From member experience professionals and clinicians, to data scientists and operations leaders, we have built a talented and passionate team that is deeply committed to our mission of transforming health care for the seniors we serve. Ready to join us?

At Alignment, delivering exceptional care to seniors starts with ensuring an exceptional experience for our over 1,300 employees. At the center of our employee experience is a culture where employees at all levels and across all teams are encouraged to share their unique ideas and perspectives. After all, when you can bring your authentic self to work, whether that’s in a clinical setting, our corporate office or a home office, creativity and innovation flourish! Another important part of the Alignment culture is a belief in continuous learning and growth. As a result, in this fast-growing company, you will find ample support to grow your skills and your career – with us.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

 

Please note: All clinical positions are contingent upon successful engagement with Alignment Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination program (fully vaccinated with documented proof or approved exception/deferral).

Alignment Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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