Job summary
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) seeks its first Chief Analytics Officer to emphasise the importance of data, insight, and intelligence in transforming patient care. This unique chance allows you to apply your analytical and leadership skills in an institution focused on community and improving millions of lives.
As a senior leader, you will be instrumental in data science and business intelligence, crafting a strategy to revolutionize care delivery in Derby, Derbyshire, and parts of Staffordshire. You will spearhead the strategy's execution and ensure the realisation of its benefits, transitioning UHDB from data-rich to actionable intelligence-driven, supported by cutting-edge data science and automation.
Leading a team of 65 analysts and data scientists, you will collaborate with executive directors, the Trust Board, and other senior stakeholders. Your responsibilities include managing current services for all UHDB teams.
If you can effectively lead a skilled analyst team and contribute significantly to our organisation, please review the full job description. If your skills and talent align with our needs, we encourage you to apply.
Closing date of applications - 16 April 2023
Interview date - 11 May 2023
Main duties of the job
Provide executive-level leadership and analytical management expertise to ensure a robust programme of work and governance infrastructure is in place.Effectively manage key stakeholders and interdependent relationships across all partners with emphasis on clinical and medical colleagues.Provide leadership and direction, identifying and securing commitment to change and engaging and managing stakeholders in order to deliver high profile and complex transformational change.Lead and develop a best in class data and intelligence function within the given resource constraints. Develop a team and structures that will lead to a suite of analytical products to support the effective running of the organisation.Provide insight, through the intelligence and data science teams, to our most challenging problems.Support the organisation on benefits realisation capabilities.Be an effective part of the Executive CDIO's senior team.Support the creation of an analytically driven decision-making culture.Lead on ensuring the national and regional requirements and standards of the function are met.Drive innovation through leading our federated data platform 'accelerator' responsibilities.Report progress to all stakeholders, escalating issues, risks and Programme decisions as required.Establish an enduring professional and effective relationships and contract governance with third party providers.Ensure management of resources and funds to deliver within the agreed financial envelope.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we are dedicated to supporting the public, patients, staff, and local partners in achieving optimal health by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our core values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence guide our work and behaviours.
With over 13,000 staff members, we offer immense variety and opportunities. Our team takes pride in delivering exceptional patient care. University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity, and human rights in employment and service delivery. We strive to create an environment where everyone experiences equal opportunities through valuing diversity.
We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and ensure all individuals have the opportunity to succeed based on merit. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, as these groups are underrepresented in our organisation, and we aim to reflect the diversity of our communities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, the Trust is dedicated to employing and retaining people with disabilities, demonstrating our commitment to inclusivity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will manage and provide leadership to a team of 65 analysts and data scientists within UHDB and will be expected to regularly work with Executive directors, the Trust Board, and other senior stakeholders across the system. You will be responsible for the management of the current services to all teams across UHDB.
As a senior leader in our organisation, this role will be central to delivery across data science and business intelligence. It is an opportunity to develop a strategy that supports a generational change in how we deliver care for the population of Derby, Derbyshire and parts of Staffordshire. You will lead on the strategy, it's implementation and ensuring the benefits are realised. This will shift us from being an organisation rich in data to one that has clear and actionable intelligence supported by the latest innovations in data science and automation.
If you have the ability to credibly lead a team of highly skilled analysts, and you are an effective senior leader who can play a full role in our organisation, Please take time to download and read the full job description for the role. If you think you have the right skillsand talent, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will manage and provide leadership to a team of 65 analysts and data scientists within UHDB and will be expected to regularly work with Executive directors, the Trust Board, and other senior stakeholders across the system. You will be responsible for the management of the current services to all teams across UHDB.
As a senior leader in our organisation, this role will be central to delivery across data science and business intelligence. It is an opportunity to develop a strategy that supports a generational change in how we deliver care for the population of Derby, Derbyshire and parts of Staffordshire. You will lead on the strategy, it's implementation and ensuring the benefits are realised. This will shift us from being an organisation rich in data to one that has clear and actionable intelligence supported by the latest innovations in data science and automation.
If you have the ability to credibly lead a team of highly skilled analysts, and you are an effective senior leader who can play a full role in our organisation, Please take time to download and read the full job description for the role. If you think you have the right skillsand talent, we would love to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate qualification / professional accreditation or equivalent experience in analytical / statistical disciplines.
- Evidence of continued professional and managerial development.
- Extensive experience of leadership and achievement in a relevant field in a large, complex environment.
- Extensive, significant experience of formulating long term, organisation-wide strategic plans and development of projects resulting in positive value for money outcomes.
- Experience of organisation-wide policy development, interpreting complex legislative and other requirements.
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
- Experience of leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
- Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
- Highly numerate with strong quantitative analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to undertake and lead on complex analytical problems and projects.
- In depth knowledge of complex health related information systems based upon patient level information systems.
- Considerable experience of working as an analytics leader.
- Experience in delivering highly robust, quality assured analytical output on a regular (monthly) basis. Evidence of continued professional development.
- Proven level of managing complex change and strategy development programmes.
- Knowledge of information governance principles and data quality assurance.
- Experience of working with multiple organisational units with sometimes opposing objectives to gain consensus.
- Experience in the delivery of complex work, incorporating multiple inputs and stakeholders, management of fluctuating workflow and associated resource management.
- In depth knowledge in underlying data structures required to support healthcare
- Strong analytical leadership and ability to provide direction to analytical delivery team members.
- Ability to develop policy and procedures in a particular specialist technical area.
- Ability to present analytical and methodology concepts and solutions to a wide technical as well as non-technical audience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build rapport quickly and effectively manage the expectations of system users.
- Track record of effective engagement and partnership working with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly developed negotiating skills within complex, challenging and at times antagonistic environments.
- Ability to analyse, synthesise and interpret highly complex data, filtering and interpreting often conflicting information, to develop Trust-wide policy.
- Intellectual flexibility with the ability to cut through ambiguity and complexity and to shape and implement a vision that looks beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries, and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery models.
- Independent self-starter, able to work with a high level of autonomy. Strong drive for performance and improvement.
- Proven strong written communication skills.
- Sound political judgment and sensitivity when dealing with stakeholders at all levels, with a strong ability to influence where expert opinions differ and barriers to understanding and acceptance exist.
- Flexible and resilient approach, able to work under pressure.
- Team player, able to motivate and inspire. Flexible approach to work, with willingness to support and develop colleagues.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Able to make and communicate decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to interpret and communicate complex information to staff with varying technical knowledge.
- Evidence of the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams to deliver best performance.
- Customer service orientation with strong commercial and business acumen.
- Able to focus and concentrate on analysing issues during periods of heightened stress and pressure which may involve interruptions to answer queries from managers and staff.
- Use of analytical skills while troubleshooting major incidents or conducting single point of failure analysis.
- Experience of dealing with novel and unique issues where no precedence is set or where professional opinion may conflict.
- A commitment to quality and safety.
- A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues.
- A listening, learning and leading approach.
- A commitment to work together to create the best outcomes.
- Must demonstrate the Trust's values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
- Must be willing to act as a role model.
- Must be willing to take personal responsibility.
- Must have the courage to speak up.
- Must value and appreciate the worth of others.
- Able to deal with staff performance and disciplinary issues with respect and dignity.
- Able to remain calm and considered when managing major incidents and service restorations.
- Ability to travel across multiple sites where required.
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in statistics, economics, operational research or other related area
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects
- Excellent in-depth, professional understanding and specialist knowledge of complex and challenging programme management.
- Experience developing Analytical product output using Tableau or similar BI tools Tableau, Alteryx, SAS and excel would be highly useful, but not essential as they can be learned along with the rest of the organisation.
- Knowledge of SQL (visual studio) and analytical programmes (e.g. SPSS, S+, SSIS, SSAS packages, cubes, large scale datawarehousing).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate qualification / professional accreditation or equivalent experience in analytical / statistical disciplines.
- Evidence of continued professional and managerial development.
- Extensive experience of leadership and achievement in a relevant field in a large, complex environment.
- Extensive, significant experience of formulating long term, organisation-wide strategic plans and development of projects resulting in positive value for money outcomes.
- Experience of organisation-wide policy development, interpreting complex legislative and other requirements.
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
- Experience of leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
- Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
- Highly numerate with strong quantitative analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to undertake and lead on complex analytical problems and projects.
- In depth knowledge of complex health related information systems based upon patient level information systems.
- Considerable experience of working as an analytics leader.
- Experience in delivering highly robust, quality assured analytical output on a regular (monthly) basis. Evidence of continued professional development.
- Proven level of managing complex change and strategy development programmes.
- Knowledge of information governance principles and data quality assurance.
- Experience of working with multiple organisational units with sometimes opposing objectives to gain consensus.
- Experience in the delivery of complex work, incorporating multiple inputs and stakeholders, management of fluctuating workflow and associated resource management.
- In depth knowledge in underlying data structures required to support healthcare
- Strong analytical leadership and ability to provide direction to analytical delivery team members.
- Ability to develop policy and procedures in a particular specialist technical area.
- Ability to present analytical and methodology concepts and solutions to a wide technical as well as non-technical audience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build rapport quickly and effectively manage the expectations of system users.
- Track record of effective engagement and partnership working with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly developed negotiating skills within complex, challenging and at times antagonistic environments.
- Ability to analyse, synthesise and interpret highly complex data, filtering and interpreting often conflicting information, to develop Trust-wide policy.
- Intellectual flexibility with the ability to cut through ambiguity and complexity and to shape and implement a vision that looks beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries, and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery models.
- Independent self-starter, able to work with a high level of autonomy. Strong drive for performance and improvement.
- Proven strong written communication skills.
- Sound political judgment and sensitivity when dealing with stakeholders at all levels, with a strong ability to influence where expert opinions differ and barriers to understanding and acceptance exist.
- Flexible and resilient approach, able to work under pressure.
- Team player, able to motivate and inspire. Flexible approach to work, with willingness to support and develop colleagues.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Able to make and communicate decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to interpret and communicate complex information to staff with varying technical knowledge.
- Evidence of the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams to deliver best performance.
- Customer service orientation with strong commercial and business acumen.
- Able to focus and concentrate on analysing issues during periods of heightened stress and pressure which may involve interruptions to answer queries from managers and staff.
- Use of analytical skills while troubleshooting major incidents or conducting single point of failure analysis.
- Experience of dealing with novel and unique issues where no precedence is set or where professional opinion may conflict.
- A commitment to quality and safety.
- A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues.
- A listening, learning and leading approach.
- A commitment to work together to create the best outcomes.
- Must demonstrate the Trust's values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
- Must be willing to act as a role model.
- Must be willing to take personal responsibility.
- Must have the courage to speak up.
- Must value and appreciate the worth of others.
- Able to deal with staff performance and disciplinary issues with respect and dignity.
- Able to remain calm and considered when managing major incidents and service restorations.
- Ability to travel across multiple sites where required.
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in statistics, economics, operational research or other related area
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects
- Excellent in-depth, professional understanding and specialist knowledge of complex and challenging programme management.
- Experience developing Analytical product output using Tableau or similar BI tools Tableau, Alteryx, SAS and excel would be highly useful, but not essential as they can be learned along with the rest of the organisation.
- Knowledge of SQL (visual studio) and analytical programmes (e.g. SPSS, S+, SSIS, SSAS packages, cubes, large scale datawarehousing).
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.
