Job summary
This is an exciting time for the NHS in Cornwall, with investment that will fund the development of a new Electronic Patient Record at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. This will be the biggest investment and transformation in the digital technology, that supports our patient care, for more than 30 years. Our new EPR will touch the lives of staff, patients and partner organisations across Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and beyond. Our services will be supported by a software system that is modern, flexible, and able to support the ongoing health care needs of our population. A key part of the programme will be the transformation of reporting methods, information provision and business intelligence extracted from the new system. To support this, we are developing new posts in our vital, award winning, Information and Business Intelligence (BI) service. You could play a crucial part in our journey to deliver brilliant healthcare services across Cornwall.
There are three vacancies in total we are recruiting for; 2 x permanent substantive roles and 1 x 18-month fixed term contract.
Please use the 'Supporting Information' section of your application to specify which contract type you are interested in applying for. If you have no preference, please also confirm this here so that you can be considered for either the permanent or fixed term roles, thank you.
Main duties of the job
The Information and Business Intelligence team have a direct and tangible link to the high quality of patient care and patient safety delivered across the Trust, providing key reporting/BI solutions. These roles will support the reporting/information work streams during the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) implementation. This will encompass assisting the Senior Management Team in ensuring reporting from the EPR complies with the national information guidelines, updating Data Collection Worksheets, lead on implementing quality checks and producing data quality reports. The post holders will also be responsible for cascading specialist knowledge and understanding of the new system, into the wider Information and BI Team.
We are looking for motivated and committed individuals, who are passionate about how data, information and BI tools can transform services and underpin the health of our population. We are looking for candidates with strong SQL experience, knowledge and experience of analytical techniques and technologies, an aptitude for problem-solving, a keen eye for detail, data analysis, and excellent communication skills. The best candidates will have experience in data extraction, analysis and data reporting and developing new information reports using a variety of business intelligence tools.
About us
We are a hard-working, friendly, and innovative team, who have won multiple awards for our analytical tools and developments.
Our team support multiple elements of hospital business, utilising data from across the organisation to underpin evidence-based decision making and presenting this in our in-house developed Business Intelligence solution, RADAR. These posts form an important element of the teams' continued development. Transformation of the way the team works will go alongside the implementation of the EPR, as we become accustomed to developing and deploying reporting solutions both within and external to the EPR, utilising a broad range of analytical tools. These posts will enable us to continue to support the growing information and intelligence requirements of our organisation, underpinning clinical and operational decision making, operational delivery and performance monitoring, enabling us to leverage the intelligence from the newly captured data in the EPR and helping to plan our future services.
For further information please contact us via (lynne.vinten@nhs.net).
The successful applicants should be prepared to work in a challenging and changing environment.
Priority will be given to NHS staff at risk.
This role will require both onsite and home working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key elements of this post include:-
- To be part of a team supporting the business intelligence and reporting aspects of the new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) including creating, validating, providing new reports either from our in-house developed Business Intelligence solution, RADAR or from the system front end.
- Line managing members of the team.
- Ensuring reporting from the EPR complies with the national information guidelines and producing data quality reports.
- Assisting with gap analysis and testing processes during the implementation and go live phases of the EPR system.
Please see Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key elements of this post include:-
- To be part of a team supporting the business intelligence and reporting aspects of the new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) including creating, validating, providing new reports either from our in-house developed Business Intelligence solution, RADAR or from the system front end.
- Line managing members of the team.
- Ensuring reporting from the EPR complies with the national information guidelines and producing data quality reports.
- Assisting with gap analysis and testing processes during the implementation and go live phases of the EPR system.
Please see Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- o Educated to degree level.
- o Computing related qualification (e.g. ECDL).
- o Certificate in Management or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- o Demonstrable NHS Acute Trust experience in an analytical role.
- o Significant experience of extracting & analysing complex and sensitive data to support the monitoring requirements to meet NHS targets.
- o Recent line (staff) management experience of a team providing an Information Management Service in the NHS or Healthcare Environment.
- o Significant experience in the use of information systems eg. SQL, OLAP, Access databases.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- o Able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff across the Trust , including very senior managers.
- o Specialist knowledge and understanding of NHS data definitions, NHS information requirements, clinical terminology and coding systems
- o Ability to rapidly organise and prioritise own workload, as well as the work of other members of the team, to meet all relevant deadlines and achieve the key information objectives of the Trust
- o Ability to work as part of a team and to supervise, motivate, develop and encourage other members of the Information Team.
Desirable
- o Ability to formulate/implement solutions and suggest recommendations to relevant staff (including senior managers across the Trust) in situations where the information may not be positively received
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- o Educated to degree level.
- o Computing related qualification (e.g. ECDL).
- o Certificate in Management or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- o Demonstrable NHS Acute Trust experience in an analytical role.
- o Significant experience of extracting & analysing complex and sensitive data to support the monitoring requirements to meet NHS targets.
- o Recent line (staff) management experience of a team providing an Information Management Service in the NHS or Healthcare Environment.
- o Significant experience in the use of information systems eg. SQL, OLAP, Access databases.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- o Able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff across the Trust , including very senior managers.
- o Specialist knowledge and understanding of NHS data definitions, NHS information requirements, clinical terminology and coding systems
- o Ability to rapidly organise and prioritise own workload, as well as the work of other members of the team, to meet all relevant deadlines and achieve the key information objectives of the Trust
- o Ability to work as part of a team and to supervise, motivate, develop and encourage other members of the Information Team.
Desirable
- o Ability to formulate/implement solutions and suggest recommendations to relevant staff (including senior managers across the Trust) in situations where the information may not be positively received
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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