Data Scientist, Data & AI

Emory Healthcare•Tucker, GA

9h•$58 - $72•Remote

About The Position

The Data Scientist turns Emory's clinical and operational data into measures, models and AI tools that leaders and clinicians use every week. You'll work directly with physician leaders, operations and finance on questions such as: are patients going home within the expected length of stay for their condition, and why not; how productive are our physicians against target; which patients belong in a disease cohort, and how are they doing; what does the text of a pathology or radiology report tell us that the structured data doesn't. You'll build on the Emory Unified Data Platform (UDP): Epic Clarity and Caboodle data in Microsoft Fabric, using SQL, Python/PySpark and R, Power BI semantic models, and AI agents grounded in that data. The bar is high: our numbers have to match what leaders already trust, or explain exactly why they don't.

Requirements

A bachelors degree, a master's degree is preferred
At least 5 years of experience either in healthcare or data analytics
At least 2 years of experience working for payor companies or healthcare systems
At least 2 years of experience in relational database
Proficient in SQL and at least 1 other programming languages (e.g., Python, R, SAS)
Experience in statistical modeling, machine learning, AI
Excellent presentation skills
Experience in strategic planning and workflow optimization
Mentor and coach the broader analytic team and service line operation leaders
SQL on large healthcare data, ideally Epic.
Python or R.
A validation mindset: be able to articulate discussion about a time your numbers didn't match an existing report.
Communicating with physicians and executives.
Clinical text NLP or LLMs, with evaluation.
Fabric, Power BI or Azure (trainable).

Nice To Haves

Epic data (Clarity, Caboodle, Cogito) and its clinical and revenue-cycle concepts (encounters, DRG / GMLOS, wRVU, orders and results).
Microsoft Fabric / Azure (lakehouses, Spark notebooks, Power BI semantic models and DAX, Azure AI Foundry).
NLP / LLM work on pathology, radiology, clinical notes, including evaluation and human-in-the-loop review.
PHI handling, quality improvement vs research/IRB
Healthcare operations metrics (LOS, throughput, productivity) or oncology / quality-improvement analytics.
Semantic models, reports and AI data agenets, with security
Research data standards (OMOP, FHIR) and IRB processes.
Version control (Git), Agile delivery, MLOps.

Responsibilities

Build trusted datasets and measures from Epic data (Clarity / Caboodle): define cohorts and metrics with clinical and business owners, write the SQL / PySpark, and validate every number against existing reports before it is used.
Develop and deploy models: statistical and machine-learning models for operational and clinical questions (length of stay vs GMLOS, readmission and transfer risk, throughput, productivity), from exploration through scheduled production pipelines in Fabric / Azure, with monitoring and documentation.
Apply NLP and LLMs to clinical text (pathology, radiology and clinical notes) to extract structured facts, with test sets, evaluation and human review before results are trusted.
Deliver to users: Power BI semantic models and reports, and conversational data agents that answer leaders' questions in plain English, with appropriate row-level security.
Protect patient data: minimum-necessary access, de-identification where possible, HIPAA, and research vs. quality-improvement boundaries (IRB) understood and respected.
Communicate: explain results, definitions and caveats to physicians and executives clearly; write short, plain-language documentation.
Raise the bar for the team: reusable code, peer review, versioned definitions, and mentoring of analysts.