NLP Lead

Employer
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CTI Office, 3rd Floor East Wing, IoPPN Main Building
Town
London
Salary
£51,488 - £57,802 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/06/2024 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 7South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.Our ValuesWe take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.Job overviewThe South London & Maudsley (SLaM) Clinical Informatics Service is being set up to provide informatics capability to support clinical decision making in direct care. The service will use innovative data enrichment and modelling techniques developed by researchers and clinicians in the Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and make these data entities available to frontline staff. The Clinical Informatics Service has recently been awarded funding over 2 years deploy the proof of concept into a fully operational service within SLaM.An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated NLP Developer to work within the Clinical Informatics team, initially for a 2 year period. The post-holder will have experience of large-scale information systems, ideally in a healthcare environment, and familiarity with natural language processing.Main duties of the jobThe post-holder will:Work with the wider BRC informatics team to deploy and develop Natural Language Processing applications to quantify various clinical entities.Develop pipelines, processes and documentation which support the full NLP app lifecycle; from development, through testing to deployment.Support the day-to-day running of NLP operational services.Work with clinical stakeholders to develop robust definitions of clinical entities and to pinpoint relevant textual source data, and with NLP testers to validate and improve app performance.Use annotation tools, and rule-based (Jape) and machine learning classification approaches where appropriate to develop new apps.Contribute to documentation of our NLP catalogue, ensuring that apps are used appropriately, for relevant cohorts and with full understanding of their underlying assumptions and limitations.Work with our technical team to design and implement infrastructure that supports incremental build of source data, daily NLP runs and usage of app output within dashboards.Working for our organisation South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Denmark Hill is very well connected and staff can reach Victoria or Blackfriars stations in 10 minutes by train, and East London is 25 minutes by overground. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesDegree level or equivalent qualification/experience plus additional specialist knowledgeExperienceSignificant relevant experience of hands on SQL queries, stored procedures and OLAP structures in an enterprise database environmentExperience of scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl, Powershell)Demonstratable experience of data mining toolsets and softwareRelevant practical experience of Enterprise search applications (A and I)Experience of data integration in multiple formats.Relevant experience of integrating databases from multiple vendorsExperience of working in the NHS or other health care settingExperience of using annotation tools e.g.Labelstudio, LightTag, Brat (A and I)KnowledgeNotable knowledge and experience of pattern matching languages such as regular expressionsGood working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and other common desktop software such as antivirus and productivity suitesGood working knowledge of data analysis and reporting tools, e.g. R.Exposure to Oracle and other RDBMS productsSkillsCustomer focused with good verbal communication skillsExcellent standard of written EnglishGood time management, customer focused skillsAbility to work on own initiative and as part of a team to SLA deadlinesAbility to plan, agree, schedule, document and implement changes using a structured change control processAbility to follow instructions and work unsupervisedLogical, methodical, pro-active and enthusiasticThe Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practiceEnsuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitmentWe believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignityPlease note:That all applications for this post will need to be made onlineThat you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteriaThat the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possibleThat once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobsThat should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successfulThat priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employeesThat should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) processThat we are a smoke-free TrustSLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’Employer certification / accreditation badges
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