LaunchPad Statistician | 12 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, Glasgow| Starting ASAP

Day Rate: DOE

About the Role:

The LaunchPad Statistician will play a key role in supporting a diverse portfolio of innovation projects across healthcare settings, contributing to the design, delivery, and evaluation of data-driven solutions that improve patient outcomes, service efficiency, and system sustainability. The post will primarily utilise routinely collected usual care data provided through the Safe Haven environment, with an understanding that datasets may be subject to gaps, variability, or incomplete records inherent to real-world clinical data sources.

Working closely with project managers, clinical leads, digital teams, and external partners, the postholder will provide expert statistical input across the full project lifecycle. The role will involve working with complex, real-world healthcare datasets, including routinely collected clinical data, digital health outputs, and linked datasets within secure environments such as Trusted Research Environments (TREs).

The postholder will be responsible for developing robust statistical analysis plans aligned to project objectives, applying appropriate quantitative methodologies, and ensuring outputs are accurate, reproducible, and compliant with relevant governance frameworks. This includes supporting evaluations of digital health technologies, service redesign initiatives, and pathway transformation programmes.

A key aspect of the role will be translating complex statistical outputs into clear, actionable insights for a wide range of stakeholders, including clinicians, operational teams, industry partners, and senior leadership. The analyst will contribute to reporting requirements, including highlight reports, steering group updates, and external dissemination such as publications and presentations.

The role also requires close adherence to data governance, information governance, and regulatory requirements, ensuring all analyses are conducted in line with policies, data protection legislation, and best practice in research and innovation.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of data, innovation, and healthcare transformation, supporting the generation of real-world evidence to inform decision-making and scale impactful solutions across the business.

Essential Skills & Experience:

Degree in statistics, mathematics, data science
Experience of working with NHS Health Boards
Experience working with NHS datasets
Experience delivering statistical analysis across multiple projects or a programme/portfolio
Producing statistical analysis plans, reports, dashboards, or publications
Experience with data linkage and working within Trusted Research Environments

Desirable Qualifications

Evidence of continued professional development in areas such as: Health data science, project methodology. Etc
Postgraduate qualification (MSc/PhD) in statistics, public health, or a relevant discipline
Knowledge of AI/ML approaches and their application in healthcare

This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.

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