USAJOBS · 2 months ago
Research Computer Scientist
Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Full-time, Contract
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelUSAJOBS is seeking a Research Computer Scientist to support the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Research and Development. The role involves managing and analyzing data to promote Veteran-centered care and improve healthcare outcomes without compensation.
ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Access and manage data from the VA Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and associated data warehouses
Organize data, clean and preprocess data, addressing missing values, outliers, and inconsistencies
Conduct descriptive analyses to summarize characteristics of the study population and identify trends
Apply inferential statistical methods to identify clinical, demographic, and psychosocial risk factors associated with disease
Help apply natural language processing system to extract social determinants of health from electronic health record (EHR)
Qualification
Required
U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
Subject to background/security investigation
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)
You must possess experience in research and development of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning algorithms; analyzing the performance of predictive models on patient data and accessing patients' records following HIPAA guidelines
You must possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
Company
USAJOBS
USAJOBS enables federal job seekers to access job opportunities across hundreds of federal agencies and organizations.
Founded in 1996
10001+ employees
Funding
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