Associate Bioinformatics Scientist

Description

We are seeking an Associate Bioinformatics Scientist who will be responsible for providing comprehensive bioinformatics support for the analysis and interpretation of advanced, high throughput molecular, genomic and clinical data types including gene expression, imaging, electronic medical records, etc. The Associate Bioinformatics Scientist will develop and apply bioinformatics methods and software tools for analysis and integration with clinical information and perform tasks to reduce and consolidate data output to help interpret and prioritize findings for numerous immuno-oncology focused projects.

Providence Swedish caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Swedish Research and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, or Biology
• Master's Degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, or Biology --or--
• 5 years of equivalent professional experience in lieu of Master's Degree
• 2 years of experience related to bioinformatics work in a clinical laboratory or experience in academia, biotechnology, or other healthcare field (preferably involving next generation sequence data analysis)
• Significant computational experience
• First-hand experience in clinical informatics and/or NGS analysis and methods as well as the computing infrastructure and data management methods
• First-hand multi-parametric data mining experience on expression, copy number and profiling datasets for target identification and biomarker discovery. For example, multivariate analysis; dimensionality reduction methods; parametric and non-parametric statistical methods; Bayesian statistics; pattern recognition or classification methods.
• First-hand experience at integrating publicly or commercially available genetic, genomic, and interaction datasets with novel experimental data to identify testable hypotheses
• Proven experience and success in a team-oriented environment
• Proven success in independent effort and delivering high quality data with biological relevance in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the following:
• Clinical data analysis/Large dataset analysis in R
• Analyzing next generation sequencing data (DNA-seq, RNA-seq, etc.)
• Commonly used database and bioinformatics tools for NGS data analysis (e.g.) bedtools, SAMtools, IGV, ANNOVAR, Bowtie, GATK, ChimeraScan, UCSC Genome Browser, Galaxy, SoftGenetics, CLC bio, TopHat, etc.)
• Web framework (e.g. Django, Sinatra, Rails or others)
• HTML/CSS, Javascript and SQL on NoSQL databases

Why Join Providence Swedish?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard, Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle), Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're dedicated to improving the wellbeing of rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

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Requsition ID: 407688

Company: Swedish Jobs

Job Category: Research

Job Function: Clinical Support

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Clinical Professional

Department: 3909 SRE ADMINISTRATION

Address: WA Seattle 1124 Columbia St

Work Location: Swedish First Hill 1124 Columbia-Seattle

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Pay Range: $39.45 - $61.24

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.