Information Analyst
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
The Data & Analytics team has an Information Analyst role available for the right person to come and join our friendly and hard-working team. The Trust is committed to the use of data and information as a critical asset and aims to be a data-driven organisation. For the right candidate this will be a rewarding and satisfying position and an excellent career move in a forward-thinking Trust, with a real opportunity of developing your technical and personal skills.
Who we're looking for
- A head for numbers and technology (evidenced either academically or through relevant experience)
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Experience with some of our tech stack (T-SQL, Excel, Power BI, SSRS), or similar tools
- The ability (and desire) to proactively learn new skills
- Previous NHS or healthcare experience (beneficial but not required)
What we can offer you
- A dedication to your development based on the National Competency Framework, with weekly training sessions
- Opportunities to work on interesting projects supporting the wider organisation (e.g. data visualisation, process automation, supporting data science)
- An excellent defined benefit pension scheme
Good to know
- Hybrid working with at least 2 days a week on-site in Chester (more during induction period)
- Flexible working hours
- 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), with the ability to buy more
Main duties of the job
What you will be doing
- Completing routine reporting, including mandatory reporting to external bodies - ensuring it is timely and accurate
- Proactively improve routine reporting
- Managing inflow of new data requests
- Investigating ad-hoc data requests from internal and external stakeholders
- Assisting in the development of dashboards, using tools like Power BI and SSRS
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Date posted
17 May 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
210-2024-437
Job locations
Countess of Chester Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
Employer details
Employer name
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Countess of Chester Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
Employer's website
https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
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