Job summary
Do you have a passion for data? Do you have a yearning to turn data into insights, and to make an impact in a healthcare setting through advanced analysis? Are you looking for a role where you will be learning new skills rapidly and delivering great results in a fast-paced environment? If so, we may have just the job you're looking for!
At the heart of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's ambitious Digital Strategy is the provision of high-quality data to support intelligence-led decision making. Our analytical roles are key to the delivery of this element of the strategy through the use of the latest analytics and visualisation techniques.
Main duties of the job
This post will be based within the analytics team focused on reporting and analysis.
Using your highly developed analytical skills, you will contribute to the development of reporting to enable data-driven business decisions across the trust.
We currently operate a hybrid office/home-based working model.
Additional supporting information about the roles is included in the Role Description documents that are available to download.
Candidates will be required to attend a face-to-face test. Candidates who pass the test will then be invited to interview.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a data and information service to senior managers and clinicians through analysis / interpretation of clinical data and data flows.
The wider department uses a combination of SQL, SSRS, SPSS, R and Power BI to analyse Trust data sets. We look for well-developed knowledge and ability to programme in at least one language as evidence of an aptitude in this area. You will also need to be adept in Microsoft Office packages and have the ability to adapt to new software as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a data and information service to senior managers and clinicians through analysis / interpretation of clinical data and data flows.
The wider department uses a combination of SQL, SSRS, SPSS, R and Power BI to analyse Trust data sets. We look for well-developed knowledge and ability to programme in at least one language as evidence of an aptitude in this area. You will also need to be adept in Microsoft Office packages and have the ability to adapt to new software as required.
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Highly advanced computing skills in a programming language (SQL or similar), Microsoft Office packages, database development, spreadsheets, email, internet and intranet, and the ability to adapt computing skills to any new software required
- Knowledge and experience (gained in post) of aspects of how clinical data is recorded which are unique to this Trust, combined with the understanding of how to translate this data into meaningful information.
Desirable
- Experience of training a junior Information Analyst
- Previous experience of working in an NHS information role
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Qualifications
Essential
- Practical, statistical, analytical and numerical skills supported by an honours degree or equivalent experience, in a subject with a substantial numerate content as evidence that the post holder has achieved a high level of logical thinking and adaptability to learning sophisticated computer programming languages.
- Significant experience of working in the field of data and information including knowledge of complex systems and data models to enable the provision of advice to Senior Managers. This is specialist knowledge of data and information equivalent to a Postgraduate diploma.
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject
- Member of a professional body
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Highly advanced computing skills in a programming language (SQL or similar), Microsoft Office packages, database development, spreadsheets, email, internet and intranet, and the ability to adapt computing skills to any new software required
- Knowledge and experience (gained in post) of aspects of how clinical data is recorded which are unique to this Trust, combined with the understanding of how to translate this data into meaningful information.
Desirable
- Experience of training a junior Information Analyst
- Previous experience of working in an NHS information role
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Qualifications
Essential
- Practical, statistical, analytical and numerical skills supported by an honours degree or equivalent experience, in a subject with a substantial numerate content as evidence that the post holder has achieved a high level of logical thinking and adaptability to learning sophisticated computer programming languages.
- Significant experience of working in the field of data and information including knowledge of complex systems and data models to enable the provision of advice to Senior Managers. This is specialist knowledge of data and information equivalent to a Postgraduate diploma.
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject
- Member of a professional body
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).
