About TORTUS
TORTUS is a next-generation VC-backed start-up with a mission to eliminate human error in medicine. We are innovating in Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) with a focus on science and safety. Our team is a quickly growing group of researchers, engineers, clinicians and business leaders working together to build AI that benefits healthcare systems and patients.
About the Clinical Team
We take a safety-first , science approach to clinical safety at TORTUS. AI has to be clinically safe and beneficial for users and the wider society as a whole. The clinical team oversees the clinical application and safety of our AI systems and serves as one of the most crucial pillars in the company. Day-to-day the work is highly varied; you will evaluate and apply AI models in the clinical domain; creating and work with complex healthcare data, align technology with safety and clinical compliance; advising and informing design of clinical products; working with engineers to fine-tune and train AI models; writing academic research papers or blogs.
About the Role
This is a dynamic role within a high-performing team, we are looking for an individual who is motivated, adaptable and approach problems with kindness and curiosity. As a start-up, the work is fast-paced but it's also one of the most rewarding - free coffee, fortnightly team lunches, a lovely central London office, working alongside the TORTUS team. We believe in the value of in-person collaboration and maintain a primarily office-based culture, but we also offer flexibility with some work-from-home days.
Funding
We are offering full-time internships (12-20 weeks) at TORTUS.
This is primarily a learning and education role, as such interns will be paid a stipend to reflect this.
Projects / responsibilities:
Data and AI- Improving the quantity and quality of clinical data in TORTUS, applying and evaluating ML models for healthcare.
Evaluation and Alignment - Working to evaluate and align our clinical AI models. Developing novel evaluation approaches at the forefront of LLM research.
Clinical safety - Inform clinical safety across all aspects of AI system, this includes model training, workflow design, product design, safeguarding and red-teaming.
Collaboration - Partner closely with researchers, engineers, product managers and other cross-functional partners to advance TORTUS’ mission.
You may be a good fit if you:
Have a clinical background or have exposure to clinical research / environments
Have a strong interest in clinical AI and safety
Take pride in communicating research through papers and blogs
Have excellent communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
Prefer fast-moving collaborative projects to extensive solo efforts
Have a strong problem solving mindset
Candidates need not have
Previous professional experience in clinical AI
100% of the skills needed to perform the job
We understand that applicants will be at an early stage of their professional development, as such you will receive close mentorship from the clinical and machine learning leads, learning to work in cross-functional teams. We hope you can both learn, develop and contribute in your role at TORTUS. We will support your professional development where possible including a budget for conferences and training courses.
Deadline 9th June.
