Principal Analyst

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available as a Principal Analyst in the largest and most diverse Trust in the UK. The ideal candidate will enable the Trust to fully realise the information benefits of our recent multi-million pounds investment in a cutting edge Clinical systems enabling the organisation to offer the highest level of health care provision to Manchester.

Within this role you will work as part of a dynamic team providing health intelligence for the Trust utilising the latest analytical and statistical modelling techniques and visualisation tools such as R, Python, Data Bricks and Power BI. You will produce innovative and informative intelligence that will support decision making and strategic thinking across the Trust and offer translational support so that stakeholders can understand and act on complex health intelligence.

Communicating and visualising complex data is a key part of this role, with the aim of developing a shared understanding of the health and care environment.

Responding to changes in both the health economy and across Greater Manchester, striving to make significant improvements in the quality of our patient and staff experience, and working within the restraints of public sector finances - these are just some of the challenges we're rising to. It's an exciting time and, as one of our empowered leaders, you'll be a driving force for change, success and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will:

work closely with the Corporate and Operational teams to provide analytical support to determine future pressures against key deliverables, particularly in relation to the NHS plan and locally commissioned targets.

engage in the analytical work within the Trust to assess capacity and demand for each clinical service, identifying areas of service pressure, undertaking gap analysis and support the production of option appraisals.

provide detailed analysis in order to model demand, resources and throughput to ensure appropriate balance of provision and to identify variances between supply and demand to facilitate discussions of service change, provision or development.

assist the Trust to interpret the available data and provide a judgement on actual performance and the ability to deliver operational plans, using predictive modelling techniques.

To achieve our aim of system-wide transformation we're developing a culture of high-quality compassionate and inclusive leadership and staff engagement, based on a co-created, evidence-based Leadership and Culture Strategy. Focusing on five cultural elements: Vision and Values, Support and Compassion, Goals and Performance and Teamwork, we're striving to make MFT the best place to train and work.

The role will offer a hybrid working model with the ideal candidate on site for two to three days per week.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.