Scientific Associate Digital Expertise in Healthcare

This is the contribution you can make

• Exercise technical leadership in the conception and realization of prioritized use cases and technical services for the establishment of the Swiss health data space in close cooperation with the DigiSanté team and industry actors
• Identify corresponding technical problems in healthcare with a focus on service providers, the insurance industry, national and cantonal authorities, and research, and develop solutions based on them that enable seamless and media-break-free end-to-end data flows
• Develop binding specifications (guidelines and requirements) for interoperable and automated data exchange as well as for the fundamental interface design
• Represent the topics in internal and external specialist committees, prepare and moderate workshops, ensure knowledge transfer, and exercise lateral leadership in interdisciplinary project and stakeholder constellations
• Collaborate on the drafting of Federal Council motions and provide information notes and internal syntheses for the DigiSanté committees, the GS EDI, the Federal Council, and the Parliament

This makes you unique

• In-depth understanding of the processes and data flows in the Swiss healthcare system and experience in collaborating with the relevant actors, particularly in the areas of service provision and billing
• Possess proven, ideally at least seven years of experience in the conception and implementation of interoperable health data solutions, as well as knowledge of relevant data, architecture, and governance issues and the ability to translate technical requirements into viable specifications, use cases, and implementable technical services
• Familiarity with the legal and regulatory framework in the Swiss healthcare system, particularly in the area of data protection and secondary use of data
• Ability to think analytically, structurally, and in networks, to transfer complex technical and technical issues into implementable concepts and to develop results ready for decision-making
• Hold a university degree, preferably in health sciences, computer science, business informatics, public management, political or social sciences, or a comparable field of study
• Possess strong written and oral communication skills, appear confidently in specialist committees, and move sovereignly in demanding stakeholder and political contexts
• Bring good active knowledge of a second official language as well as good written and oral English skills

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the welfare of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we unfold our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

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Committed to health

We are competently committed to the health of the population and the health system in Switzerland at the national level. In doing so, we also maintain international networks.
Our work is challenging, exciting, and we master it at eye level through exchange with one another. We are committed, open, and respectful. If you are looking for meaningful work in a diverse, lively, and attractive environment, the BAG is exactly the right place for you.