Principal Data Scientist: Sponsorship Available

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) is seeking an experienced Principal Data Scientist to provide senior technical leadership across our growing real-world evidence (RWE) portfolio. We are seeking someone who can build a QA/QC and technical assurance framework from first principles–anchored in strong data architecture and process–to enable the delivery of top-tier, defensible analytical products.

Information Prior to Interview

We understand that you may wish to discuss the role and organisation with the recruiting manager and/or those who work here as part of the preparation for your application. To enable this, and as part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, rather than offer individual calls, a webinar has been scheduled for Tuesday 26th May via this link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/386701654070218?p=to9tT0HknjfpnJijL4which will enable all prospective applicants to join and ask any questions they may have at the same time. This webinar will be recorded, and can be shared with applicants who may not be able to make the scheduled time and date.

Should there be any specific questions that are felt not to be appropriate for the webinar as they are in relation to individual/personal circumstances, they can be submitted via email to the recruiting manager in advance of the webinar.

 

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will act as a senior technical authority, shaping and assuring complex analytical work that informs decision-making across health systems,research and innovation partners. You will lead the development of analytical and data engineering standards, support the evolution of ICHP’s RWE offer, and provide hands-on technical input to priority and high-risk projects. For example,large-scale linkage of NHS data with non-health care sources (e.g. HMRC or Department for Education datasets), and the development or evaluation of machine-learning models intended to inform clinical or operational decision-making. These projects require advanced governance, reproducibility, explain ability and senior technical assurance to ensure defensible, regulator-ready outputs.

This is a specialist role without formal line management responsibility,operating through expertise,credibility and collaboration. You will work closely with the Associate Director of Strategy & Insights and the Senior Quantitative Insights Manager (RWE), influencing how real-world data is used safely, rigorously and effectively to improve population health.

We welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience delivering high-quality analytics in regulated environments such as healthcare, academia, public sector or other data-intensive industries.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • significant hands on experience leading and delivering complex analytical or data science work
  • have advanced practical experience in either R or Python, with working knowledge of the other (sufficient to review, critique and assure code)
  • Experience of designing/ building reproducible analytical pipelines using version control (e.g. Git), with defined QA/QC and documentation standards
  • experience working with large administrative or longitudinal datasets e.g. SQL
  • experience as a senior technical reviewer or assurance point for high risk or high profile analytical outputs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 03 June 2026

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