Data Scientist (Real-World Evidence & Medical Claims)
Home based / Remote.
What you do?
- Understanding and interpreting the clinical trial protocols into diagnosis ICD codes or other proxy clinical methods defining the diseases and/or treatments.
- Researching the standard of care for diseases or the products mentioned in the protocol to create precise reference tables.
- This could mean NDC lists or HCPCs Lists, or CPT lists or Surgery Lists etc.
- Performing research and concisely summarizing said research regarding diseases, codes, testing or drugs as needed in a timely manner.
- Collaborating with engagement managers, data scientists and therapeutic experts.
- Translating the clinical details to foster understanding across roles and suggesting approaches to manage/provide necessary information.
- Multi-tasking and managing time to provide accurate and complete information for multiple requests.
- Communicating clearly as a clinical SME with conviction and reasoning.
- Contributing towards continual improvement of clinical data maintenance through collaboration with data scientists and data management teams.
- Be willing and able to analyze medical claims data and write articles.
What you need?
- MBBS / BDS / Ph.D. in Pharmacy or Pharmacology related life sciences or equivalent with at least 8+ years of experience in working with real world data from: health insurance claims, real-world studies (eg: Retrospective analyses, Manual chart review, Prospective observational studies and registries, Pragmatic clinical trials).
- Prior experience in clinical coding, coding guidelines, protocols.
- Experience or education indicating ability to analyze and interpret medical data and information.
- Strong Medical and scientific knowledge.
- Analytical mindset: Needs to understand at least peripherally the impact of clinical information and literature on how data is curated for analytics.
- Background in research: Being a clinical data specialist will require an in-depth knowledge or discipline to perform methodical research.
- Excellent interpersonal skills: This position often requires interaction with team members, colleagues and other stakeholders, so the ability to communicate is essential.
- Willingness to work in UK time zone (2 PM IST to 11 PM IST).