Medical Statistician

**JOB SUMMARY**

Provide analytic and statistical expertise to support clinical, operational, and research strategies, programmes, and projects at Preventive and Population Medicine (DPPM
- **)**, focusing on (communicable and non-communicable) disease prevention and control, and population health.**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

SPECIFIC- Work closely with clinicians, operations colleagues, epidemiologists and other public health professionals, to provide analytic and statistical expertise in clinical, operational, and research strategies, programmes and projects in infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, and population health. The work can include:

- Studies of effectiveness of specific programmes or interventions
- Risk factor analyses for specific outcomes
- Population profiling and segmentation
- Modeling and simulation
- Cost-effectiveness analyses
- The job scope of the medical statistician includes the following:

- Review and advise on the appropriate study designs
- Conduct literature review and propose appropriate statistical methodology for specific clinical or research projects
- Set up datasets according to study design and perform quality checks to ensure integrity, accuracy and completeness of data
- Perform data and statistical analysis using epidemiological, clinical, population health and health services data; and assist in the interpretation of the findings
- Prepare results for oral presentations, posters and manuscripts
- Assist in drafting of presentations, reports and manuscripts
- Troubleshoot problems with datasets and statistical analyses
- The medical statistician is expected to participate in education as well:

- Organize and conduct seminars and workshops in statistics
- Provide statistical assistance and training to residents, medical officers and epidemiologists
- Offer one-on-one statistical consultations with clinicians

GENERAL
- In addition, the medical statistician will participate in quality improvement projects at hospital or department level where needed.
- The medical statistician will be trained in outbreak control activities (e.g. activity mapping and contact tracing) activities, and will support the epidemiology team in providing these services during an outbreak situation (e.g. COVID-19 pandemic).
- The medical statistician will perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor and/or Head of Department.**JOB REQUIREMENTS**

**EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES**

Training and experience- Minimally a Master’s degree in Statistics or Biostatistics, or a Master’s degree in Public Health with a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics
- Possess 1-3 years' relevant work experience as a medical statistician, preferably in a healthcare setting such as government, hospitals, public health organizations such as Health Promotion Board, and academic institutions’ public health or medical faculties
- Highly proficient in common statistical software (e.g., SAS/STATA/SPSS/R). Knowledge of and experience with modern big data analytic methods, including machine learning and deep learning would be an advantage
- Experience with health economic analyses (including modeling) would be an advantage

Personal attributes- Strong problem-solving skills, such as ability to identify root causes, develop and implement interventions, and evaluate outcome of interventions
- Effective communication skills, and good interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Resourceful and motivated, takes initiative in one’s work
- Ability and willingness to work on scheduled after-hours and weekend duties when this is needed

**Job Family**
- Allied Health

**Working Location**
- Novena (Central)

**Working Hours**
- Non-Shift

**Education Level**
- Master Degree, PhD/ Doctorate