Data Scientist 

Full time, permanent 

Hybrid - remote working with travel to London / Manchester / Bristol

Job Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity to join Bupa Dental Care’s Data Science team in a dynamic role focused on advancing AI and machine learning to improve patient outcomes, optimise dental practice performance, and enhance operational efficiency.

Our Vision for the D&A team is to unlock the full potential of our data - driving smarter decisions, empowering our people and creating lasting impact for our customers.

Working within a cross-functional environment, you’ll leverage modern cloud and data platforms to deliver impactful, scalable AI solutions that support clinicians, practice teams, and patients across a rapidly growing business.

At Bupa Dental Care, we are committed to delivering high-quality dental services powered by innovation, data, and technology. As part of our growing Data & Analytics capability, you will play a key role in embedding AI and data science into how we improve patient care, support clinical decision-making, and optimise practice operations.

You will work closely with teams across clinical, central operations, product, and technology, contributing to BDC’s ambition to use data and AI responsibly, ethically, and at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver data science solutions to complex problems across patient journeys, clinical risk, practice performance, and operational efficiency
• Contribute to end-to-end AI project delivery, including problem definition, business case development, feature engineering, model development, deployment, and monitoring
• Apply data science to real-world healthcare challenges, including forecasting patient demand and optimising service capacity, building models to predict clinical risks and outcomes, analysing and improving practice performance, and leveraging geospatial analysis to support strategic decision-making
• Apply AI techniques to diverse data sources, including structured data (practice systems), unstructured data (clinical notes), and emerging data types (e.g. imaging where applicable)
• Collaborate with clinical and operational stakeholders to ensure solutions are relevant, interpretable, and deliver tangible value
• Support MLOps and model lifecycle management, including monitoring model performance, data drift, and continuous improvement

Skills and Experience

• Experience applying data science in healthcare, dental, insurance, or regulated environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify data-related risks and propose practical solutions
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and SQL
• Experience working in cloud environments (Azure, GCP and Snowflake)
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end data science or AI solutions, from exploration through to deployment
• Understanding of machine learning workflows, MLOps, and scalable model deployment
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, including clinicians and operational teams
• Experience working in cross-functional and agile teams

Desirable

• Experience working with clinical or dental data
• Exposure to predictive modelling, optimisation, or forecasting in healthcare settings
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines) or similar tools
• Experience with unstructured data (e.g. clinical notes, imaging)
• Interest in ethical and responsible AI in healthcare

The benefits here are industry-leading, and we’ll be able to tell you more about them in the process (or jump to the benefits and rewards page on our careers site for a flavour). But here’s a snapshot:

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more.
• Discounts in over 7,000 retailers, discounted gym membership and discounted dental insurance (of course).
• Health Trust - our bespoke employee private healthcare plan, providing healthcare cover with no medical underwriting for colleagues and their families.
• Access to remote GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, and mental health support.
• MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products.
• Early access to your earned wages through Wagestream.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• And many more, just ask…

If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business, with lots of support on offer, great benefits and friendly teams, we would love to hear from you!

To find out more about working with us, find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.  

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.