Job summary
Provisional Interview Date: 02 September 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled data analyst to work with the Nursing and Quality Directorate of Mid and South Essex ICB. The post holder will act as the central liaison point for all data analysis and will need to develop collaborative relationships working with both internal and external stakeholders.
As the Data Analyst, you will play a crucial role in enabling data-driven decision-making within the safety and quality arena. The primary responsibility of this role will involve the collection, processing, and integration of data from various sources to build robust data pipelines and dashboards, reports, and visualisations to support the quality assurance agenda.
Liaising, where necessary, with colleagues concerning issues of data quality and effect on analysis. Communicating analytical/statistical matters to non-analytical/statistical professionals. Ensuring personal and promoting team compliance with corporate policies in relation to security, confidentiality, and release of information.
Hybrid working.
Main duties of the job
- Relevent degree.
- Knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience.
- Management qualification or equivalent level of on the job experience.
- Evidence of continuing personal development.
- Experience working with health-related datasets or information systems in health-related organisations.
- Experience in using Microsoft Power BI to analyse data and build, develop, support dashboards.
- Working knowledge of data security, management, and information governance.
- Perform analysis to support business decisions e.g., assess data, find trends, drill down, assess relationships or causality, create forecasts.
- Experience of producing data models, understanding where to use, how to compare and reverse-engineer a data model from a live system.
- Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- High degree of numeracy and literacy.
- Ability to present, communicate and visualise data so that it is accessible to others.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
About us
Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Phoenix Court, Basildon, but there is a hybrid model of working, which includes working across Mid and South Essex and home working.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications regardless of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion or belief. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustment for people who have a disability. We would also encourage applicants to raise any personal circumstances they would like us to be aware of so that we can consider possible adjustments.
Unfortunately, the organisation does not have a Sponsorship licence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System will comprise the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.
The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.
This post resides within the Nursing & Quality directorate who are responsible for ensuring that quality data is captured in a quality dashboard and fully supports the integration of health and care services across the ICP- putting residents at the centre of their care. .
Together this directorate will:
- Lead system-wide action on patient quality and safety monitoring - to work with the Digital team to put in place the technology and data architecture that will support the integration of health and care services, putting citizens at the centre of their care.
- Support the use of digital systems to demonstrate Quality and Safety Measures by supporting moving towards common digital environments and ensuring access that works for staff across our quality system, creating and maintaining a warranted environment specification that all partners can move towards.
- Ensuring there is common interoperability consideration in place so we avoid creating additional siloed information.
- Supporting the improvement of the Digital and Data Maturity across the ICS in line with the What Good Looks Like Framework.
- Ensure the timely and appropriate management of Quality, Complaints and Patient experience Data audit and reporting and analysis to assist with the identification of themes, trends and opportunities for shared learning.
- Deliver programmes of work that will accomplish required efficiency savings system-wide by 2024/25 (Within defined staff / spending / activity envelopes).
Mid and South Essex ICB is embarking upon an exciting and challenging multi-year programme of improve its use of Business Intelligence service functions. This programme of work is wide ranging in scope and aims to make significant, tangible improvements to use and interpretation of Quality data, Intelligence, to support system quality performance improvement and outcomes.
The Nursing and Quality team is seeking an experienced person to manage and oversee the use of quality data within the N&Q directorate, but also linking with system partners. A position that plays a key role in growing our analysis and reporting capability as a quality and patient safety system. As well as technical expertise you will bring energy, drive and creativity to the role, helping to produce outstanding report to support decision making. The role will involve working with key stakeholders to develop priority reports for the system which will transform the way partner organisations work together through joining together and better visualising our data. Through this work the role will support in establishing effective business processes to sustain the work into the future.
COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES
- Responsible for decisions made during the course of duties, seeking guidance and escalating issues where appropriate
- Contribute to the delivery of one or more strategic plans, enabling key milestones to be delivered and raising any issues associated with the delivery of plans and workstreams.
- Ability to work independently, across the Nursing & Quality directorate.
- Can demonstrate and deliver business acumen in their area of responsibility ensuring value for money, understanding the business of partners and the driving factors for delivery in multiple sectors.
- Providing analytics leadership and policy understanding to support Quality reporting and analysis requirements and to shape future analytics.
- Present information and issues, explaining complex issues to stakeholders
- Support service development by the innovation of new systems and processes
- To explore opportunities to link analytics with our partners to enable clear understanding of quality issues and the impact on residents of MSE ICS, as well as systems to deliver health and care.
- Lead and implement specific data quality projects within the service.
- Establish and maintain good working relationships within the Nursing & Quality directorate.
- Analysis of information in order to interpret and explain performance and risks.
- Proactively manage any resources assigned to projects and work plans, escalating any resourcing issues in a timely manner
- Working with the BI Data team to understand data integrity to ensure information is accurate and can be used with confidence..
- The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role.
- The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System will comprise the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.
The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.
This post resides within the Nursing & Quality directorate who are responsible for ensuring that quality data is captured in a quality dashboard and fully supports the integration of health and care services across the ICP- putting residents at the centre of their care. .
Together this directorate will:
- Lead system-wide action on patient quality and safety monitoring - to work with the Digital team to put in place the technology and data architecture that will support the integration of health and care services, putting citizens at the centre of their care.
- Support the use of digital systems to demonstrate Quality and Safety Measures by supporting moving towards common digital environments and ensuring access that works for staff across our quality system, creating and maintaining a warranted environment specification that all partners can move towards.
- Ensuring there is common interoperability consideration in place so we avoid creating additional siloed information.
- Supporting the improvement of the Digital and Data Maturity across the ICS in line with the What Good Looks Like Framework.
- Ensure the timely and appropriate management of Quality, Complaints and Patient experience Data audit and reporting and analysis to assist with the identification of themes, trends and opportunities for shared learning.
- Deliver programmes of work that will accomplish required efficiency savings system-wide by 2024/25 (Within defined staff / spending / activity envelopes).
Mid and South Essex ICB is embarking upon an exciting and challenging multi-year programme of improve its use of Business Intelligence service functions. This programme of work is wide ranging in scope and aims to make significant, tangible improvements to use and interpretation of Quality data, Intelligence, to support system quality performance improvement and outcomes.
The Nursing and Quality team is seeking an experienced person to manage and oversee the use of quality data within the N&Q directorate, but also linking with system partners. A position that plays a key role in growing our analysis and reporting capability as a quality and patient safety system. As well as technical expertise you will bring energy, drive and creativity to the role, helping to produce outstanding report to support decision making. The role will involve working with key stakeholders to develop priority reports for the system which will transform the way partner organisations work together through joining together and better visualising our data. Through this work the role will support in establishing effective business processes to sustain the work into the future.
COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES
- Responsible for decisions made during the course of duties, seeking guidance and escalating issues where appropriate
- Contribute to the delivery of one or more strategic plans, enabling key milestones to be delivered and raising any issues associated with the delivery of plans and workstreams.
- Ability to work independently, across the Nursing & Quality directorate.
- Can demonstrate and deliver business acumen in their area of responsibility ensuring value for money, understanding the business of partners and the driving factors for delivery in multiple sectors.
- Providing analytics leadership and policy understanding to support Quality reporting and analysis requirements and to shape future analytics.
- Present information and issues, explaining complex issues to stakeholders
- Support service development by the innovation of new systems and processes
- To explore opportunities to link analytics with our partners to enable clear understanding of quality issues and the impact on residents of MSE ICS, as well as systems to deliver health and care.
- Lead and implement specific data quality projects within the service.
- Establish and maintain good working relationships within the Nursing & Quality directorate.
- Analysis of information in order to interpret and explain performance and risks.
- Proactively manage any resources assigned to projects and work plans, escalating any resourcing issues in a timely manner
- Working with the BI Data team to understand data integrity to ensure information is accurate and can be used with confidence..
- The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role.
- The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Or Knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience OR Management qualification or equivalent level of on the job experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Partnership Working / Leadership Management
Essential
- Acts as a positive role model for the delivery of the NHS People Promise and ICB Values
- Champions the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation
- Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels
- Flexible and adaptable to meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently
Other
Essential
- Able to travel to other locations
- Personal qualities of honesty and integrity
- Requirement to spend substantial amounts of time inputting at a keyboard or reviewing computer information via the VDU
Skills
Essential
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, Excel and familiar with dashboard analysis and reporting/presentation
- Ability to work independently across the directorate and relevant system partners
- Proven level of developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels both written and verbal
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to provide informative reporting to Senior Management by understanding and ongoing development of complex spreadsheet and or modelling tools
Knowledge / understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of Health Informatics, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Knowledge of relevant systems and procedures
- Understanding of policies and practices within required field of work
- Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS
Experience
Essential
- Experience using reporting tools, Tableau and Power BI
- Experience of working in a service focused environment
- Experience of leading, managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders
- Experience of developing policies/practices/systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Or Knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience OR Management qualification or equivalent level of on the job experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Partnership Working / Leadership Management
Essential
- Acts as a positive role model for the delivery of the NHS People Promise and ICB Values
- Champions the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation
- Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels
- Flexible and adaptable to meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently
Other
Essential
- Able to travel to other locations
- Personal qualities of honesty and integrity
- Requirement to spend substantial amounts of time inputting at a keyboard or reviewing computer information via the VDU
Skills
Essential
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, Excel and familiar with dashboard analysis and reporting/presentation
- Ability to work independently across the directorate and relevant system partners
- Proven level of developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels both written and verbal
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to provide informative reporting to Senior Management by understanding and ongoing development of complex spreadsheet and or modelling tools
Knowledge / understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of Health Informatics, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Knowledge of relevant systems and procedures
- Understanding of policies and practices within required field of work
- Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS
Experience
Essential
- Experience using reporting tools, Tableau and Power BI
- Experience of working in a service focused environment
- Experience of leading, managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders
- Experience of developing policies/practices/systems
