Data Analyst - Jobs in Toronto, ON

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About SickKidsDedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.Position DescriptionData Analyst/ ProgrammerThe UCAN project (www.ucancandu.com) is an exciting multinational research project whose broad aim is to improve the lives of children affected by Juvenile Arthritis. Working closely with our bioinformatics team, clinical research team, application developers and other key stakeholders, the Data Analyst/Programmer will assist with the management of relational databases for our single and multicentre clinical research projects. The Data Analyst/Programmer will also participate in the development, organization, navigation and reporting of data generated from research studies and registries using data analysis programming tools such as R/Shiny. The Database Administrator will accurately model the project dataset as well as perform mapping and transformation of new datasets to a common harmonized standard, for stakeholder communication and future proposals, and must ensure that data import, extraction and reporting are synchronized with study and registry objectives.Heres What You Get to Do:

• Performing data mapping from multiple project and external datasets to create harmonized project datasets
• Integrating data from discrete datasets
• Data modelling and database design for research dataset
• Creating graphical representations of very high level, physical and logical models and other schemata for various project proposals
• Developing and providing reports for participating investigators and stakeholders based on the aforementioned data
• Performing data management to ensure accuracy, quality, and consistency
• Extracting data merged from different data formats obtained from the project portal
• Conducting procedures for data cleaning, translation and verification
• Communicating effectively and independently with project stakeholders to elicit requirements
• Performing data validation and massaging to ensure accuracy and quality of data
• Managing project team websites

Heres What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Experience with clinical research data
• Experience in data technologies, such as: SQL, XML, REST, SAS health care data exchange standards such as HL7, HL7 FIHR
• Some programming experience with R, Python or similar statistical computing and data analysis programming languages
• Experience with electronic data capture (EDC) systems, such as REDCap and EPIC
• Experience in database development and the ability to conceptualize the project goals into standardized data management practices
• Experience in data mining for advanced analysis of data and large volume data conversion, data cleansing is an asset

Employment Type: 12 months, 1.0 FTEOur Commitment to DiversityThe children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team. When requested, SickKids will provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and assessment process. Information received related to access or inclusion will be addressed confidentially.Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation.FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY: As a health care institution, our highest priority is the safety of patients, families and staff. As a result, we are adopting all prevention measures to ensure the safety of our patients, families and our staff. Therefore, any offer of employment is conditional upon you submitting proof that you have been fully vaccinated with a Health Canada or World Health Organization (WHO) approved COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible and no later than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the effective start date, in addition to satisfying any other condition(s) that may be set out in an offer. If a candidate fails to satisfy this condition (or any other condition(s) set out in an offer), any offer of employment shall be immediately rescinded.How to ApplyTip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.If you are still experiencing technical difficulties please email ask.hr@sickkids.ca to send us a short description of the issues you are experiencing. Please note that we will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.Quick Apply

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