Job#: 2047930

Job Description:

Apex Systems *has an exciting *NLP Data Scientist *opportunity for our client, a world-renowned, nonprofit health care provider in the *Greater Pittsburgh region! This role is crucial for advancing their mission to operationalize *DPaaS. *The Data Scientist will play a vital role in providing insights for the cohort identification and manage the use of two vendor solutions, *John Snow Labs *and *QuantPi. *They will develop and implement advanced analytics techniques, and *predictive modeling methodologies *as part of the DPaaS initiative.

Ideal candidates will have a PhD or MD and a background in healthcare.

Location: Hybrid (onsite twice monthly in Pittsburgh, PA)

*Length: *Contract to Hire

*Hourly Rate: *$75-$80/hr W-2

Conversion Salary: $140k/yr

NLP Data Scientist, Analytics & Informatics

Executive Summary

In support of the Data Platform as a Service, we are looking to hire a (NLP) Data Scientist within our Analytics & Informatics team!

Key Activities

• Text Data Collection and Preprocessing: Gathering, cleaning, and preprocessing text data from unstructured notes as part of DPaaS. This includes tasks such as tokenization, stemming, and handling text-specific challenges like dealing with different languages, slang, and abbreviations.
• Model Development and Training: Designing, building, and training NLP models for de-identification of EMR data using techniques such as text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, machine translation, and language generation. This involves selecting appropriate algorithms, feature engineering, and fine-tuning model parameters.
• Data Analysis and Insights: Analyzing data to extract meaningful insights and patterns that can inform business decisions. This includes performing statistical analysis, visualizing data, and communicating findings to stakeholders. Staying updated with the latest research and integrating state-of-the-art methods into projects.
• Evaluation and Optimization: Evaluating NLP models using appropriate metrics (e.g., precision, recall, F1 score) and techniques (e.g., cross-validation, confusion matrix). Continuously optimizing models to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.

Qualifications:

• PhD/MD or equivalent in data science, statistics, or computer science
• 5+ years of experience in NLP model development, validation and deployment, with managerial experience.

Thank you,

Amanda Alburger | [email protected]

Professional Recruiter - Applications & Data Management

Apex Systems

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