AddressSenior Data Scientist (Geospatial) - up to 1.0 FTE Appointment dependent on qualifications and experience. Fixed term for 2 years - full or part-time
Grampians Health (GH) was established in 2021 and brought together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services. The formation followed years of strong collaboration and partnerships between the four health services. Its objective is to provide complete care as close as possible to people’s homes by providing greater access, less waiting time and enhanced specialist services across the region. This will be achieved through a combination of a highly skilled and engaged workforce and by utilising the best available technology. The establishment of GH is a positive step towards improving healthcare access and outcomes in the Grampians region.
Deakin Rural Health (DRH) was established in 2016 as part of the Rural Health Multi-Disciplinary Training Program (RHMT), a national initiative by the Commonwealth Government to build and sustain the rural health workforce by supporting training and research programs throughout rural and remote Australia. DRH offers a range of programs to support students and healthcare professionals in the western Victoria region, including placement support, education and community engagement. Additionally, DRH conducts research aimed at improving health outcomes and addressing rural health disparities in healthcare in regional Victoria. DRH is one of 15 University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) groups supported by the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN). UDRHs are academic facilities that work with all health disciplines at both tertiary (undergraduate and postgraduate) levels and the current workforce.
DRH and GH have been in partnership since 2016, with the aim of supporting the improvement of rural health outcomes. Through this collaboration we are establishing the Centre for Australian Research into Access (CARA). The vision for CARA is to develop innovative approaches to generate data-driven evidence to guide national and international rural health, wellbeing, and safety policy and practice by focusing on access to healthcare.
About the roleThe Senior Data Scientist (Geospatial) is a fixed-term contract position that has arisen following a successful collaboration between Deakin Rural Health (Deakin University) and Grampians Health. The role entails providing technical expertise to develop, build and maintain the data and software requirements of output deliverables for CARA.
Key ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Data Scientist (Geospatial) is responsible for a wide variety of data and research-related tasks including:
Prepare geographical and demographic forecasts as part of an overall planning process to determine the future growth and services of the health service
Develop data reporting mechanisms so that the health service Executive and Board have a complete understanding of the efficiency and future options for resource management
Remaining up to date with current literature and methods relevant to the area of geospatial health research.
Conducting research and contribute to scholarly publication, independently and as part of research teams and prepare findings/results for oral and written communication, producing or contributing to the production of conference and seminar papers and publications from that research.
Constructively contributing to the maintenance of a vibrant research environment by supporting the research effort of colleagues.
Promoting the activities of CARA, particularly those relating to research and research training, within academic and professional communities in Australia and internationally.
Attending meetings associated with the project(s) and attend other meetings as appropriate, such as University/Health service/Stakeholder meetings and/or membership of relevant committees.
Undertaking administrative functions primarily connected with his/her area of research.
Other research and related activities deemed appropriate by the CARA leadership team
Playing an analytical role researching, designing, implementing, and deploying full-stack scalable data analytics vision and machine learning solutions to challenge various business issues.
Collaborating with colleagues to create new datasets and tools for broad-scale geospatial analysis to be used to identify, design, and evaluate policy scenarios and assess the impact of the built environment on health outcomes.
Building and maintaining a large-scale analytics infrastructure to be used across the project and consistently conduct research, design, implementation, and validation of cutting-edge algorithms in order to analyse diverse data sources in order to enable desired project outcomes.
Culture & BenefitsAt Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
Discounted on-site parking
Access to discounted health club membership
Staff rewards and recognition programs
Ballarat RegionBallarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.
How to applyClick APPLY or contact Anna Wong Shee, Director of Research - Community and Aged Care, on 0400 190 288 for a confidential discussion.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
