Senior Scientific Programmer - Hybrid
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7143061 (Ref:15568-en_US)
Posted: May 2, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
The Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking a team member to join the research team of the Division of Emergency Medicine who will be responsible for formulating through research, develop and modify complex information systems with limited supervision.
Job Duties
- Designs, codes, test and maintain programs and is able to address questions on deliverables.
- Develops and implements databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency.
- Interprets complex data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provides ongoing reports in support of strategic goals.
- Oversees and coordinates the generation and distribution of actionable data reports including specifying, coding, testing and deploying reports.
- Advises on hardware and software decisions.
- Completes projects that require data collection, analysis and presentation.
- Constructs and provides deliverables for special projects as assigned.
- Performs extensive data cleaning, preparation and linkages of multiple data sets for analysis.
- Connect with Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research leadership to create research collection systems (Redcap) and perform quantitative analyses.
- Collaborate with departmental leadership and faculty to help create and manage databases for research and quality reporting purposes.
- May provide technical guidance, coaching and/or mentoring to junior staff and train users at various levels of data literacy for special projects.
- Identifies areas to increase efficiency and automation of both data collection and analysis processes, specifically as it applies to multi-center studies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
- Three years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Three years of experience in healthcare/research related field.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Working knowledge of SAS, SPSS.
- Working knowledge of healthcare industry practices.
- Hospital data interpretation.
- Experience as healthcare data analyst and/or quantitative specialist.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
