Job summary
This is a new post for a Junior Data Analyst within a progressive an innovative Data and insights team within South Yorkshire ICB.
We are looking to recruit a band 4 analyst who is willing to proactively learn and develop their skills and knowledge in health care and engage in a diverse role where producing reports and analysis is key to ensure the organisation making good data driven decisions. This role would suit an individual wanting to develop new skills with a view to develop a career within Data & Insights, including the opportunity to dovetail this role with an apprenticeship (Level 4).
We are a values-based team and promote a good culture of openness and learning and all contribute to how the team works and how we best meet the needs of our colleagues and stakeholders.
This role will expose you to a wide number of different datasets and technical tools, Partners across different organisations including Public Health, Secondary care, Primary Care and Community and many more working to improve the lives and health of the people of South Yorkshire.
The role is 37.5 hours and will involve a hybrid working model with time spent at our Eyre Street site in Sheffield, Home working and may include travel to our sites across South Yorkshire in Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster or external meetings at our partner sites.
Interview date: 21st May 2024
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the provision of information and data management to support all areas of the ICB and our partners.
The key objectives of the post are:
- Collate, validate, analyse and present patient activity and information to support performance management, commissioning and Senior Managers.
- Be responsible for owning and developing reports, dashboards and analysis automating where appropriate and ensuring products are accurate, fit for purpose and innovative. Bring to the attention of senior managers any anomalies in information, ideas for new ways of working and details of any potential blockers to tasks.
- Represent the department at internal and external meetings regarding the information and data needs of the organisation.
- Be responsible for ensuring the quality of data in the work we produce and ensuring we are compliant with IG rules.
- This is a very varied role and as a team we all pitch in to do whats needed, the post holder will be doing various levels of tasks, from admin support to the team, Using our Dev Ops system to track work and ensure incoming requests are logged on the system to ensure flow through, working with our data centre colleagues to onboard new data sets.
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health
and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the
strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local
communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in
population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader
health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South
Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the
Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South
Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care
services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP
practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working
across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work
alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE
partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider
determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
This role requires building of good relationships with our colleagues and stakeholders becoming a subject matter expert and a point of contact for the work that you are doing,
Be able to manage your own workloads in an agile manner working with complex data sets to give insight to inform evidence-based decision making.
The post holder will need to be flexible and adapt to change and shift between tasks as priorities change.
Essential criteria
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent / experience
- Experience of Stakeholder management
- Good working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases
- Knowledge of analysis and data management software
- Analyse and interpret raw data, create appropriate measures of performance. value-added analysis/statistics and summarise the results in high-quality visualisations and reports
- Fosters good working relationships and embraces diversity & inclusion
- Self-motivated, self-aware and proactive.
- The applicant must also have the Ability/willingness to meet the travel requirements of the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
This role requires building of good relationships with our colleagues and stakeholders becoming a subject matter expert and a point of contact for the work that you are doing,
Be able to manage your own workloads in an agile manner working with complex data sets to give insight to inform evidence-based decision making.
The post holder will need to be flexible and adapt to change and shift between tasks as priorities change.
Essential criteria
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent / experience
- Experience of Stakeholder management
- Good working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases
- Knowledge of analysis and data management software
- Analyse and interpret raw data, create appropriate measures of performance. value-added analysis/statistics and summarise the results in high-quality visualisations and reports
- Fosters good working relationships and embraces diversity & inclusion
- Self-motivated, self-aware and proactive.
- The applicant must also have the Ability/willingness to meet the travel requirements of the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation level degree or equivalent in an IT or numerate related subject or equivalent qualification/experience.
Desirable
- Qualified in a statistical discipline or have experience of applying statistical model to complex problems.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Good working knowledge and experience in the effective use of spreadsheets and databases including use of data interrogation tools and wider functionality such as formulae.
- Knowledge of how to interpret data.
- Knowledge of database structures and how to interrogate databases.
- Knowledge of process design and code development acquired through degree level or equivalent qualification/experience.
- Able to exhibit knowledge of relevant legislation when working with public data such as the Data Protection Act.
- Knowledge of industry-standard data management or analysis software, such as MS SQL, SAS, Tableau, R or PowerBI.
- Working knowledge of agile methodologies or relevant experience or training.
Desirable
- Understanding of data security & information governance.
- Knowledge of testing and assurance processes; including, development of tests; an understanding of reference data management and its application.
- Knowledge of common health and care datasets.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Highly numerate, can easily interpret the quality of data through proactive identification of poor data quality and propose appropriate solutions.
- Can analyse and interpret raw data, create appropriate measures of performance, value-added analysis/statistics and summarise the results in high-quality visualisations and reports.
Desirable
- Experience of building data assets and loading data into databases.
Attributes
Essential
- Able to work flexibly within situations of ambiguity.
- Is self motivated, self aware and proactive.
- Commitment to and focus on quality and meeting standards.
- Fosters good working relationships and embraces diversity & inclusion.
- Committed to professional development.
- Able to work flexibly within situations of ambiguity.
- Commitment to and focus on quality and meeting standards.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of presenting and explaining through written and verbal communication in a style that translates technical detail into user friendly, accessible plain English that can be understood by all audiences.
- Experience of having discussions with customers (internal and external) to clarify or define customer specifications.
- Experience of using of analytical tools and techniques to derive insights from large datasets.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation level degree or equivalent in an IT or numerate related subject or equivalent qualification/experience.
Desirable
- Qualified in a statistical discipline or have experience of applying statistical model to complex problems.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Good working knowledge and experience in the effective use of spreadsheets and databases including use of data interrogation tools and wider functionality such as formulae.
- Knowledge of how to interpret data.
- Knowledge of database structures and how to interrogate databases.
- Knowledge of process design and code development acquired through degree level or equivalent qualification/experience.
- Able to exhibit knowledge of relevant legislation when working with public data such as the Data Protection Act.
- Knowledge of industry-standard data management or analysis software, such as MS SQL, SAS, Tableau, R or PowerBI.
- Working knowledge of agile methodologies or relevant experience or training.
Desirable
- Understanding of data security & information governance.
- Knowledge of testing and assurance processes; including, development of tests; an understanding of reference data management and its application.
- Knowledge of common health and care datasets.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Highly numerate, can easily interpret the quality of data through proactive identification of poor data quality and propose appropriate solutions.
- Can analyse and interpret raw data, create appropriate measures of performance, value-added analysis/statistics and summarise the results in high-quality visualisations and reports.
Desirable
- Experience of building data assets and loading data into databases.
Attributes
Essential
- Able to work flexibly within situations of ambiguity.
- Is self motivated, self aware and proactive.
- Commitment to and focus on quality and meeting standards.
- Fosters good working relationships and embraces diversity & inclusion.
- Committed to professional development.
- Able to work flexibly within situations of ambiguity.
- Commitment to and focus on quality and meeting standards.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of presenting and explaining through written and verbal communication in a style that translates technical detail into user friendly, accessible plain English that can be understood by all audiences.
- Experience of having discussions with customers (internal and external) to clarify or define customer specifications.
- Experience of using of analytical tools and techniques to derive insights from large datasets.