University Relations - IL Provider Performance Data Scientist Intern

Company:  Health Care Service Corporation
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 22/10/2024
Salary: £125 - £150 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

At HCSC, we consider our employees the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We enable employees to craft their career with curated development plans that set their learning path to a rewarding and fulfilling career.

Come join us and be part of a purpose-driven company who is invested in your future!

Job Summary

HCSC is doing innovative and important work to align incentives and analytics at the point of care by delivering actionable insights to providers. The IL Provider Performance Analytics, Insights and Data Science team delivers advanced analytics and insights as we lead the way to improve healthcare by increasing collaboration with providers to ensure coverage that is affordable, accessible, appropriate, effective, and equitable. An ideal candidate will be interested in a role working to leverage analytics, data engineering and/or data science in pursuit of better healthcare outcomes for the community.

What Are Your Responsibilities?

As an intern, you will work to find innovative solutions to existing or emerging healthcare challenges. You will use complex healthcare data about our 17 million members and a variety of technical, analytics, data science, and visualization tools to build, deploy and enable predictive models and generate and deliver insights and advanced analytics.

What skills will make you successful in this internship?

  • Preferred: Familiar with R, Python, or other languages commonly used for data science
  • Preferred: Experience with SQL, Hive, or other SQL-like query languages
  • Preferred: Previous healthcare, data science, or technology-related internship experience
  • Education or professional experience with machine learning, statistical analysis, and data visualization practices
  • Strong technical foundation in analytics, computer science or data science is a strong plus.
  • Curiosity and a desire to make a substantive impact in the healthcare industry is a strong plus.
  • Analytical mindset and excellent problem-solving skills
  • Enthusiasm to enhance your own professional and personal development.
  • Entrepreneurial and innovation mindset
  • Initiative to handle business problems.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Strategic thinker who can effectively synthesize ideas and convey complex information to a variety of audiences.

What Are the Requirements You Must Meet?

  • Enrolled in a master’s or Ph.D. program in an Analytic, Quantitative, Computational or related field
  • Graduation date between December 2024 - June 2025
  • A minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0
  • Availability to work 10 weeks during the summer.

What Does the Data Science Internship Program Entail?

  • Coffee chats with data science leaders and social events with the broader data science community
  • An experienced data scientist assigned to you as a mentor.
  • Formal Intern Orientation to build business and industry acumen.
  • Challenging real-world hands-on projects
  • Weekly networking opportunities among interns and company leaders
  • Professional development workshops
  • Business Resource Group involvement
  • Volunteer activities

We encourage people of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. Even if you don’t think you are a perfect fit, apply anyway - you might have qualifications we haven’t even thought of yet.

HCSC Employment Statement:

HCSC is committed to diversity in the workplace and to providing equal opportunity and affirmative action to employees and applicants. We are an Equal Opportunity Employment / Affirmative Action employer dedicated to workforce diversity and a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Drug screening and background investigation are required, as allowed by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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