Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has become available as Principal Information Analyst Population health in the Business Intelligence Team at
Barnsley Hospital. The successful candidate will work as part of a dynamic team
hosted by Barnsley Hospital and will spend 50% of their time providing health
intelligence for BHNFT and 50% of their time providing Place-wide population
health intelligence to support the Barnsley Place Partnership.
The
function of this post is to produce innovative and informative intelligence
that will support decision making and strategic thinking across the Barnsley
Health economy by using data analysis, producing reports, quality assurance of
health intelligence products and supporting the provision of training and
translational support so that stakeholders can understand and act on complex
health intelligence. Communicating and visualising complex data is a key part
of this role, with the aim of developing a shared understanding of the health
and care environment.
This role is subject to job review at a band 7.
The
interview date for this role will be March 20th.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
Plan, manage and deliver on a range of public health and health care projects
in BHNFT and the Barnsley Place Partnership, which require potentially complex
analytic input using database queries and significance testing.
Demonstrate expertise in presenting findings of your own analyses to
internal and external colleagues and communicating analytical/statistical
matters to non-analytical/statistical partners.
Attend local meetings with key stakeholders including partner
organisations including Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, NHS South
Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, Barnsley Healthcare Federation and South West
Yorkshire Partnerships Foundation NHS Trust.
Support consistent,
routine reporting of health inequalities across the Barnsley Place Partnership,
and provide analytical expertise for the Barnsley health intelligence groups programme of deep dive projects.
Support delivery and monitoring of the Trusts
Improving population health and reducing health inequalities action plan, including
oversight of quantitative measurement and reporting into governance structures.
Support the analytical work of other members of the analytical team and
take a lead in developing and promoting quality assurance procedures.
Actively support and participate in networks for population health
intelligence specialists.
About us
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a
position early.
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing
Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission
(CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our
strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a
strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by
our local communities.
There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It
is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the
organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of
the journey to sustainability and growth.
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting
equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race,
nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical
disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.
The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary
deduction.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description for PrincipalInformation Analyst - Population Health
Please refer to the attached Job Description
and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Supporting
Documents
Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated
documentation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description for PrincipalInformation Analyst - Population Health
Please refer to the attached Job Description
and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Supporting
Documents
Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated
documentation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to first degree level, preferably in a numerate discipline such as statistics, mathematics, sciences, social sciences, economics, geography or similar.
Desirable
- Post-graduate degree in relevant field including public health, statistics, knowledge transfer, health economics or data science.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
- Experience of working with multiple sets of health related data and information systems in health related organisations
- Experience of writing reports
- Experience of presenting and interpreting complex public health analysis and findings
Desirable
- Experience of gathering and listening to stakeholder needs and feedback for use in steering the development of health intelligence products
- Experience of preparing and producing concise yet insightful communications, drawing on complex health intelligence, for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience in the training and development of others in information skills
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Ability to analyse and respond to highly complex enquiries for health information from those at senior level
- Knowledge of data security and confidentiality issues
Desirable
- Line management experience and/or knowledge of the principles of good line management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to create and deliver presentations, drawing on complex health intelligence, to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Comprehensive skills in the use of at least some of the following: spreadsheets, databases, GIS, statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, SAS, SPSS)
- Ability to analyse, interpret and present quantitative data
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work to instruction and independently, and to use initiative
- An interest and enthusiasm for public health issues and information
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable
- Skills in programming for example data extraction, manipulation, analysis and presentation using functional or procedural approaches in a language such as Python or Java.
- Ability to program in SQL server
- Expertise in the use and application of complex statistical and epidemiological methods
- Knowledge of surveillance systems and experience of the surveillance of disease
Trust Values
Essential
- In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
- In around 100 words please describe how you build and sustain positive working relationships within a team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to first degree level, preferably in a numerate discipline such as statistics, mathematics, sciences, social sciences, economics, geography or similar.
Desirable
- Post-graduate degree in relevant field including public health, statistics, knowledge transfer, health economics or data science.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
- Experience of working with multiple sets of health related data and information systems in health related organisations
- Experience of writing reports
- Experience of presenting and interpreting complex public health analysis and findings
Desirable
- Experience of gathering and listening to stakeholder needs and feedback for use in steering the development of health intelligence products
- Experience of preparing and producing concise yet insightful communications, drawing on complex health intelligence, for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience in the training and development of others in information skills
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Ability to analyse and respond to highly complex enquiries for health information from those at senior level
- Knowledge of data security and confidentiality issues
Desirable
- Line management experience and/or knowledge of the principles of good line management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to create and deliver presentations, drawing on complex health intelligence, to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Comprehensive skills in the use of at least some of the following: spreadsheets, databases, GIS, statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, SAS, SPSS)
- Ability to analyse, interpret and present quantitative data
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work to instruction and independently, and to use initiative
- An interest and enthusiasm for public health issues and information
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable
- Skills in programming for example data extraction, manipulation, analysis and presentation using functional or procedural approaches in a language such as Python or Java.
- Ability to program in SQL server
- Expertise in the use and application of complex statistical and epidemiological methods
- Knowledge of surveillance systems and experience of the surveillance of disease
Trust Values
Essential
- In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
- In around 100 words please describe how you build and sustain positive working relationships within a team.
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).
