Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Business Analyst

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Job summary

Health Innovation Manchester are looking for a motivated individual with health sector experience to work alongside the Insight & Intelligence and Digital teams to understand, analyse, and deliver interventions to improve patient care. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to expand their experience and to develop in a supportive environment that prioritises work-life balance. This is a hybrid working role. This post will be challenging, interesting, and diverse - contact us to find out more.

The post holder will have expertise in business analysis or adjacent disciplines, and in the application of an analytical approach in complex public sector or healthcare environments.

The postholder will support the Digital Programme Director and Senior Business Analyst on Digital Transformation programmes across Greater Manchester in relation to digital innovation, interoperability, data and systems management and data provisioning.

"We may close the vacancy as soon as sufficient number of applications have been received."

Main duties of the job

  • Support the enhancement of the Greater Manchester Care Record and interventions to increase its usage, utility, and effectiveness. Ensuring that staff are trained in the new ways of working.
  • Understand HInM's key business objectives and Greater Manchester's Health and Care Digital Transformation Strategy.
  • Maintain a user and patient/citizen focus throughout their work and support the project team to ensure the innovation delivers for the patient.
  • Undertake discussions, in their development areas, with stakeholders to understand extremely complex user needs across multiple existing systems and communicate this well, with some barriers to understanding.
  • Apply design expertise to analyse current business practices to enable full documentation and provide the recommended solutions, using own judgement and analysis of the data.
  • Responsible for ensuring documentation, deliverables and specifications are created and maintained in line with the programme development.
  • Working with and supporting stakeholders to translate their requirements into technical and functional specifications.
  • Investigate business problems and create models that help analyse these potentially complex situations.
  • Support the planning, design, and execution of user testing efforts, ensure testing activity is completed, tracked and is consistent with requirement needs.
  • Work on highly complex, cross-functional, and enterprise solutions.

About us

Health Innovation Manchester works at the forefront of healthcare innovation to discover, develop and deploy new healthcare solutions.

We harness the power of the NHS, wider health and care systems, industry and academia within our region to address major challenges and tackle inequalities.

We are fast becoming an international leader in health innovation and digital healthcare, transforming the health & wellbeing of citizens across Greater Manchester.

Here at HInM we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.

We are positively challenging traditional organisational barriers which get in the way of care delivery and are continuously working to improve our collective offer to staff in areas including health & wellbeing, benefits, including training and development along with flexible working.

We want you to be able to enjoy working in environments which are efficient, responsive, and holistic.

If you want to experience working for an organisation that is empowering teams to create a positive working culture in a supportive and safe environment, making their staff feel valued and motivated then apply now.

Details

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

349-RES-V5672047

Job locations

Health Innovation Manchester,

Citylabs, 3rd Floor, Nelson Street,

Manchester,

M13 9NQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level or equivalent qualification or experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Capable of providing highly complex analysis

Experience

Essential

  • Evidenced experience of communicating complex issues and concepts to a range of people

Skills

Essential

  • Strong communication skills - written and verbal - able to identify key points from complex issues and explain them appropriately and with clarity.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level or equivalent qualification or experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Capable of providing highly complex analysis

Experience

Essential

  • Evidenced experience of communicating complex issues and concepts to a range of people

Skills

Essential

  • Strong communication skills - written and verbal - able to identify key points from complex issues and explain them appropriately and with clarity.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Innovation Manchester,

Citylabs, 3rd Floor, Nelson Street,

Manchester,

M13 9NQ


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Innovation Manchester,

Citylabs, 3rd Floor, Nelson Street,

Manchester,

M13 9NQ


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Business Analyst

Lauren Constable

lauren.constable@healthinnovationmanchester.com

Details

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

349-RES-V5672047

Job locations

Health Innovation Manchester,

Citylabs, 3rd Floor, Nelson Street,

Manchester,

M13 9NQ


Supporting documents

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