Clinical Scientist in Artificial Intelligence London, England
Job description
A unique opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Scientific Computing (CSC) team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust for clinical scientists with an interest in clinical scientific computing, and specifically artificial intelligence.
The appointee will be working across the entire spectrum of our portfolio. This involves everything from building AI applications to evaluating complex scientific software for purchasing; delivering one-to-one training on specialist topics to supporting our Clinical AI Fellowship programme; writing local SOPs for using technical software to contributing to national policy.
The appointee will be a high-energy problem solver, able to work in a dynamic team, comfortable with ambiguity, and passionate about the role of digital transformation in improving the lives of patients. We welcome applicants from atypical backgrounds who may be new to healthcare.
The CSC team is unique within the NHS, we are variously clinical scientists, medical physicists, AI engineers, software developers and clinicians. Our mission is to develop people, platforms, and policy for digital health. Our work is guided by the Trust's values, the Nolan Principles, and radical transparency.
The appointee will join the Clinical Scientific Computing team within the Medical Physics Department. They will particularly focus on the following areas:
- building in-house solutions such as AI applications, constrained optimisation engines, process miners, and other clinical scientific applications.
- developing our in-house quality management system for software-as-a-medical device;
- supporting the adoption of digital health technologies through performing technical due diligence and ensuring regulatory compliance.
The Clinical Scientific Computing team at Guy’s & St Thomas’ sits within the Medical Physics department. Our mission is to develop people, platforms, and policy for digital health. Our expertise covers all aspects of developing AI for digital health. We are variously clinical scientists, medical physicists, AI engineers, software developers and clinicians.
More information can be found here: https://gstt-csc.github.io
The Medical Physics Department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest in the country, with around 160 staff working across almost all areas of medical physics and clinical engineering. There are close links with the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, which hosts the AI Centre (www.aicentre.co.uk) and the King’s Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC). The AI Centre and KiTEC have developed an AI Evaluation Unit, combining AI and health technology assessment expertise to develop a novel methodology for robust assessment of AI products. The clinical scientific computing team is a major and exciting initiative for the department, aligned with wider Trust and university strategic objectives.
Job Description
The main purpose of this post is to assist in the provision of Clinical Scientific Computing support to Guy’s and St Thomas’NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London. The post-holder will participate in clinically applied research activities and assist in the provision of scientific support for clinically applied research and service development within the Trust and KCL.
The post involves liaison with a wide range of staff and students across the KHP Trusts, King’s College London, other hospitals and academic institutions and industrial partners.
The post requires highly specialist knowledge of the scientific, technical, and safety aspects of Clinical Scientific Computing. The post-holder must be able to develop scientific and technical solutions to meet the diverse requirements of a constantly evolving, specialist service
Duties and Responsibilities:
Professional / Clinical responsibilities
- Provide scientific support to Clinical Scientific Computing activities across the Trust, working closely with clinical, technical, academic and industry colleagues as required.
- Support effective and efficient adoption of digital health technologies, including clinical translation of tools developed by KCL, in a way that is compliant with relevant regulations, standards and guidance.
- When required, develop bespoke software and hardware solutions for specific clinical settings in a way that is safe, legally compliant and effective, for example using open source software within an appropriate framework.
- Within medical physics, support the development of software and hardware solutions for data acquisition and analysis, including equipment interfacing, connectivity and transfer of functionality and data from legacy systems. Improve databases, systems and processes within Medical Physics for recording and analysis of data of all types (clinical and operational).
- Perform troubleshooting for faults, which may be complex, non-reproducible and subtle, on highly-complex information systems and make decisions on whether faults require immediate remedial action. Work and liaise with manufacturer’s engineering and technical staff to identify and rectify faults to minimise system down time.
- Provide support for the procurement of relevant hardware and software and associated site requirements. Support strategic planning for new technologies based on understanding of clinical need, technology and standards.
