University New Grad - IL Provider Performance Data Scientist

Company: HCSC
Location: Richardson
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

At HCSC, we consider our employees the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We enable employees to craft their career with curated development plans that set their learning path to a rewarding and fulfilling career.

Come join us and be part of a purpose driven company who is invested in your future!

Job Summary

This position can be located in Chicago, IL or Richardson, TX

Responsibilities

HCSC is doing innovative and important work to align incentives and analytics at the point of care by delivering actionable insights to providers. The IL Provider Analytics and Data Science team delivers advanced analytics and insights as we lead the way to improve healthcare by increasing collaboration with providers to ensure coverage that is affordable, accessible, appropriate, effective and equitable.

An ideal candidate will be interested in a role working to leverage data science and analytics in pursuit of better healthcare outcomes for the community. Our team works to find innovative solutions to existing or emerging healthcare challenges. We use complex healthcare data from a range of sources and a variety of analytics, data science, and visualization tools to build, deploy and enable predictive models and generate and deliver insights and advanced analytics.

What Are Your Responsibilities?

This position is responsible for using advanced mathematical and statistical methods to solve business problems, under direction from more senior staff. Data Scientists collect, integrate and analyze data from sources related to health status and outcomes for our members, characteristics of health care providers, internal business processes, and other domains. Data Scientists perform statistical analysis on experimental or business data to validate and quantify trends or patterns identified by business analysts. Data Scientists use machine learning and probabilistic modeling to construct predictive algorithms to support data analysis or product functions; they verify model and algorithm effectiveness based on real-world results. Data Scientists conduct experiments to generate and collect data for business use. Data Scientists create visualizations, interactive analytical applications and interpretive artifacts to support business application of data science findings.

What Do You Need To Be Successful?

* Demonstrates curiosity and a desire to make a substantive impact in healthcare industry
* Interest in healthcare or health insurance industry
* Excellent presentation and communication skills
* Demonstrates problem-solving and analytic skills
* Strategic thinker who can effectively synthesize ideas and convey complex information to varied stakeholders
* Experience in at least four of the following six areas: 1) data analysis and relational-style query languages; 2) machine learning and/or statistical modeling; 3) data visualization; 4) a high-level programming language; 5) distributed computing; 6) understanding of healthcare.

What Are the Requirements You Must Meet?

* Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in computer science, engineering, physics, economics or a quantitative field, OR Master's degree in a computational field with significant healthcare experience
* Preferred: Enrolled in a Computer Science or related field with comparable programming experience, or has previous healthcare, data science, or technology-related internship experience

Is familiar with Python or other languages commonly used for data science

* Preferred: Experience with SQL, Hive, Pig, Java ad Scala or other SQL-like query languages
* Graduation date between December 2022 - June 2023
* A minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0

What Does the New Grad Program Entail?

* Formal New Employee Orientation to build business and industry acumen
* Challenging real-world hands-on project
* Quarterly networking opportunities & professional development workshops among peers and company leaders

We encourage people of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. Even if you don't think you are a perfect fit, apply anyway - you might have qualifications we haven't even thought of yet.

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HCSC Employment Statement:

HCSC is committed to diversity in the workplace and to providing equal opportunity and affirmative action to employees and applicants. We are an Equal Opportunity Employment / Affirmative Action employer dedicated to workforce diversity and a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Drug screening and background investigation are required, as allowed by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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