Job summary
This is an amazing time to be joining the LUH digital team!
This is a Band 5 Analytical role in the Digital Intelligence Unit, within the Digital Intelligence directorate, based within our Digital Headquarters in the Liverpool Innovation Park.
We believe our analyst roles are unique. Whilst they are aligned to a reporting structure, they are deployed in an agile way across the team - moving to assist where the pressures are or where skills best fit ... each day could be different and certainly never boring! You may be involved in routine or adhoc analysis, supporting junior colleagues, designing completely new metrics and KPIs, preparing presentations or meeting with operational or corporate stakeholders
We're looking for an aspiring healthcare analyst with analytical experience, married to professional and technical skills; Technical skills in data analysis tools such as R, Orange or similar, visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlikview or similar.
#Plot the dots, #Making Data Count and #Data Saves Lives should fuel your passion for analysis, and transforming those into healthcare benefits is your ambition
The successful candidate will be provided the support and trust to both succeed and grow in the role.
If this reads like you, we'd be very interested in hearing from you
Main duties of the job
- To provide an insightful and timely analytical and visualisation service to support decision making across the organisation and to a range of stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Utilising the most appropriate technologies available to the Team to ensure that reporting is delivered in the most effective way possible.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide the organisation with accurate analysis and insight to ensure that all analytical requirements are supported in a timely fashion.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that analysis requirements are clearly defined for delivery within agreed timescales
- Provide high quality, clear visualisation of data to inform decision making throughout the organisation
- Identify and utilise the most appropriate data sources (internal and external), technologies and skills for data analysis and identification of where automation might be appropriate.
- Presentation of analysis back to stakeholders
- Pro-actively seek out opportunities within the organisation for digital intelligence solutions
- Provide advice, guidance, and support regarding the collection, use and interpretation of data
- Promote the use of the organisations reporting portal and support training requirements to assist in wider adoption
- Continuous self-development of knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS terminology/guidance and the ability to apply this knowledge where appropriate
- Identify training requirements and seek opportunities to ensure technical skills are aligned to the latest technologies adopted by the team.
- Identification and escalation of data quality issues
- Attend meetings with various stakeholders and deputise for others
- Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are maintained through regular review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide the organisation with accurate analysis and insight to ensure that all analytical requirements are supported in a timely fashion.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that analysis requirements are clearly defined for delivery within agreed timescales
- Provide high quality, clear visualisation of data to inform decision making throughout the organisation
- Identify and utilise the most appropriate data sources (internal and external), technologies and skills for data analysis and identification of where automation might be appropriate.
- Presentation of analysis back to stakeholders
- Pro-actively seek out opportunities within the organisation for digital intelligence solutions
- Provide advice, guidance, and support regarding the collection, use and interpretation of data
- Promote the use of the organisations reporting portal and support training requirements to assist in wider adoption
- Continuous self-development of knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS terminology/guidance and the ability to apply this knowledge where appropriate
- Identify training requirements and seek opportunities to ensure technical skills are aligned to the latest technologies adopted by the team.
- Identification and escalation of data quality issues
- Attend meetings with various stakeholders and deputise for others
- Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are maintained through regular review.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Microsoft technical certification
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Microsoft Office packages
- Experience of Microsoft SQL
- Data extraction, analysis, presentation and visualization techniques
Desirable
- Experience of data visualisation software such as Power BI
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of statistical techniques, including the application and interpretation of Statistical Process Control
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS performance measures and related national guidance
- Understanding of NHS datasets, data dictionary, and business rules
Skills
Essential
- Ability to interpret and translate user requests into data, analysis and visuals
- Strong analytical skills utilising the most appropriate methods
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to describe complex data and analysis to a wide range of audiences
- Ability to work as part of team and also under own initiative
- Ability to prioritise and manage their own workload
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Microsoft technical certification
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Microsoft Office packages
- Experience of Microsoft SQL
- Data extraction, analysis, presentation and visualization techniques
Desirable
- Experience of data visualisation software such as Power BI
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of statistical techniques, including the application and interpretation of Statistical Process Control
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS performance measures and related national guidance
- Understanding of NHS datasets, data dictionary, and business rules
Skills
Essential
- Ability to interpret and translate user requests into data, analysis and visuals
- Strong analytical skills utilising the most appropriate methods
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to describe complex data and analysis to a wide range of audiences
- Ability to work as part of team and also under own initiative
- Ability to prioritise and manage their own workload
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Digital HQ, Liverpool Innovation Park
Kilby House, Liverpool Innovation Park, Digital Way
Liverpool
L7 9NJ
Employer's website
https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
