Job description
South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Associate Data Scientist to join our Data Science team, which sits within the wider Data, Analytics and Insight team.
We aim to grow our team's expertise and capability to provide insights to aid evidence-based decision making, using an array of data science techniques such as time series forecasting, regression modelling, statistical modelling and hypothesis testing, discrete event simulation, natural language processing and process mapping.
We are looking for a person who is logical and methodical, has an interest in all things data science and sees problems as opportunities. We are committed to personal development and will provide the space and resources to enable the person to develop both themselves and the Data Science team, with an aim to better integrate and enhance modelling capacity in the Trust and contribute to the Trust's strategic aims.
The Associate Data Scientist will assist the Data Science team in all manner of operational investigations, predictive data analytics and modelling, providing evidence for strategic and operational decisions, and support the Associate Director of Operations (Resource Management) in shaping the wider organisation.
Please note we aim to hold in-person interviews in Exeter for this role.