Job summary
Are you passionate about improving cancer care through data-driven insights? Join our team and make a real impact!
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Cancer Business Intelligence Specialist to join our dynamic team within the Cancer Centre at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. This is a pivotal role in shaping the future of cancer services, providing data-driven insights that will directly contribute to improving patient outcomes, optimising resources, and enhancing service delivery.
As a Cancer Business Intelligence Specialist, you will be responsible for analysing and interpreting complex cancer data to support clinicians, managers, and other decision-makers. You will develop real-time reporting dashboards, predictive models, and actionable insights to ensure the highest standards of care are delivered across our cancer pathways. Your work will play a critical role in helping the Trust meet national cancer targets, reduce health inequalities, and improve the overall patient experience.
You will have experience in healthcare data, preferably in cancer services (including NHS cancer pathways, cancer waiting times, and national performance targets), and be confident in working with large datasets. With excellent people skills and the credibility and ability to work with, and influence at every level, you will be a key partner to clinical and management teams, providing the intelligence needed to shape cancer services and improve patient care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an integral member of the Cancer Centre Team and will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality and professional at-scale reporting, analysis, monitoring, interpretation, and support service on all local, regional, and national data and reporting requirements.
This critical role is essential for the delivery of the Trust's strategic and operational cancer agenda.
With responsibility for the at scale delivery of statutory returns and for the provision and development of a standardised suite of reports to agreed protocols to both the business and national bodies such as NHSE.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide accurate analysis of efficiency and productivity on a regular basis for all users. This will require detailed analysis of many variables and as such you will be required to build credibility of your analysis to the clinical teams.
- Develop proactive systems to manage performance. This will require creative ways to predict and improve utilisation via the development of systems to predict performance so action can be taken before the event rather than after the event. This requires interactive and intelligent systems.
- The above will require the post holder to investigate, analyse and predict outcomes of highly complex data with multiple, sensitive outcomes.
- Implement systems to ensure there is continuous review of the data to ensure the Trust maximizes all its opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and quality of its services.
- Design and recommend improvement measures and set up reporting mechanisms to capture the relevant data on the required basis.
- Highly developed communication skills are required as a means to manage the complex and challenging messages to effectively and positively manage the messages whilst engaging the clinical and non-clinical teams.
- Presentation of data sets to clinical and non-clinical teams in an effective and confident way requiring the use of highly developed interpersonal skills to build strong effective working relationships inside and outside the Trust/CMGs.
- Develop systems to ensure data accuracy and build credibility in the messages that are delivered. Generate, manipulate and formulate data into clear, concise reports which are adjusted to the needs of the recipient from highly complex to simple reports.
- Take a strategic lead to help drive productivity. This will require the ability to manage a project effectively and pre-empt user requirements to manage performance.
- Will use in depth specialist knowledge to provide professional advice and analytical support to all internal and external stakeholders as necessary which will be used to manage performance of resources for the Trust/CMGs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide accurate analysis of efficiency and productivity on a regular basis for all users. This will require detailed analysis of many variables and as such you will be required to build credibility of your analysis to the clinical teams.
- Develop proactive systems to manage performance. This will require creative ways to predict and improve utilisation via the development of systems to predict performance so action can be taken before the event rather than after the event. This requires interactive and intelligent systems.
- The above will require the post holder to investigate, analyse and predict outcomes of highly complex data with multiple, sensitive outcomes.
- Implement systems to ensure there is continuous review of the data to ensure the Trust maximizes all its opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and quality of its services.
- Design and recommend improvement measures and set up reporting mechanisms to capture the relevant data on the required basis.
- Highly developed communication skills are required as a means to manage the complex and challenging messages to effectively and positively manage the messages whilst engaging the clinical and non-clinical teams.
- Presentation of data sets to clinical and non-clinical teams in an effective and confident way requiring the use of highly developed interpersonal skills to build strong effective working relationships inside and outside the Trust/CMGs.
- Develop systems to ensure data accuracy and build credibility in the messages that are delivered. Generate, manipulate and formulate data into clear, concise reports which are adjusted to the needs of the recipient from highly complex to simple reports.
- Take a strategic lead to help drive productivity. This will require the ability to manage a project effectively and pre-empt user requirements to manage performance.
- Will use in depth specialist knowledge to provide professional advice and analytical support to all internal and external stakeholders as necessary which will be used to manage performance of resources for the Trust/CMGs.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or relevant experience) and 3 years information and analysis management.
Desirable
- Degree or postgraduate qualification with numerical or analytical content.
- Formal Project Management Training
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years experience gained in NHS
- Capacity to work with colleagues across all disciplines and at every level within the organisation.
- Capacity Planning and market assessment
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Excellent numeric skills.
- Analytical and interpretation of highly complex information and ability to translate into easily understood messages.
- Ability to manage effectively conflict from senior teams when opinions challenge the data presented
- Technical expertise in data analysis such as Access, Excel, Business Objects, SQL
- Open to new learning opportunities. Takes responsibility for own personal development
Desirable
Knowledge & Planning
Essential
- Excellent Knowledge of NHS Information terminology
- Specialist knowledge of Payment By Results
- In depth knowledge of statistics and epidemiological information analysis
- Understanding of NHS performance monitoring processes
- Plan and organise a broad range of complex activities
- Formulate and adjust plans, strategies, formulating long term strategic plans involving uncertainty at speciality level and which could impact on the bigger picture of the Trust
- Project planning in all aspects of the business area when required
- Formulate policies and procedure where required
- Business case development
Desirable
- People management
- Service redesign
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or relevant experience) and 3 years information and analysis management.
Desirable
- Degree or postgraduate qualification with numerical or analytical content.
- Formal Project Management Training
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years experience gained in NHS
- Capacity to work with colleagues across all disciplines and at every level within the organisation.
- Capacity Planning and market assessment
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Excellent numeric skills.
- Analytical and interpretation of highly complex information and ability to translate into easily understood messages.
- Ability to manage effectively conflict from senior teams when opinions challenge the data presented
- Technical expertise in data analysis such as Access, Excel, Business Objects, SQL
- Open to new learning opportunities. Takes responsibility for own personal development
Desirable
Knowledge & Planning
Essential
- Excellent Knowledge of NHS Information terminology
- Specialist knowledge of Payment By Results
- In depth knowledge of statistics and epidemiological information analysis
- Understanding of NHS performance monitoring processes
- Plan and organise a broad range of complex activities
- Formulate and adjust plans, strategies, formulating long term strategic plans involving uncertainty at speciality level and which could impact on the bigger picture of the Trust
- Project planning in all aspects of the business area when required
- Formulate policies and procedure where required
- Business case development
Desirable
- People management
- Service redesign
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).
