Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Senior Analyst

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Job summary

We are recruiting to a Senior Analyst role to work in the Business Intelligence Team providing analytical services to the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

A key function of the role will be the prioritisation of requests for information, performing the required analysis, and producing meaningful outputs and interpretation of both routine and ad-hoc reports.

This role will be responsible for contributing to the design, implementation, continual review and development of reporting systems for the CSU and its customers.

The successful candidate will be an expert user of analytical tools and techniques to interrogate and present data, and will have successfully delivered an analysis and insight service.

Ideally candidates will have experience of working in an NHS setting and have specialist knowledge of NHS data sets and terminology although this is not essential.

As a Senior Analyst, you will be part of a team within the Business Intelligence (BI) Service providing analytical services to the Lancashire and South Cumbia Integrated Care Board (LSC ICB). This role will principally be working from home. Some travel will be required in line with the requirements of the role, eg, to attend meetings in-person at sites across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

NB: Internal candidates will take preference and will be considered first.

Main duties of the job

A key function of the role will be the prioritisation of requests for information, performing the required analysis, and producing meaningful outputs and interpretation of both routine and ad-hoc reports.

This role will be responsible for contributing to the design, implementation, continual review and development of reporting systems for the CSU and its customers.

About us

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is part of the NHS family, both 'of' and 'for' the NHS and are pivotal in supporting major improvements in health and wellbeing for organisations across our partner Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and their populations. We are integral to the healthcare systems we work in partnership with, and our philosophy is to face every new challenge and opportunity together with our partners.

Our mission is to be a great place to work, to be great people to work with, striving to be better tomorrow than we are today.

ML is committed to our process of redeployment at risk members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details

Date posted

09 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

877-CSU-6608498

Job locations

Leyland House

Lancashire Business Park

Leyland

PR26 6TR


Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Provide specialist business intelligence services to specific work programmes, determining an approach to achieving established objectives.

2.Resolving complex queries where there is a range of possible answers and communicating these complexities to end users, including non-information specialists.

3. Identify and prioritise solutions that improve the business intelligence service of the CSU.

4. Provide analysis and interpretation of data and information to support:

Quality and performance reporting

Provider contract monitoring

Comparative analysis (benchmarking)

Patient pathway and scenario modelling

Strategic and operational planning

Forecasting and predictive modelling

5. Provide analytical support to service redesign/new models of care projects.

6. Use information and analysis to identify opportunities for improvement.

7. Prepare information on a regular basis to enable the CSU/ICB to report to the relevant Boards, Committees, internal meetings and other external bodies.

8. Develop and maintain reporting systems for the CSU/ICB in a timely and accurate manner.

9. Ensure systems are in place to identify potential issues early, report them to the CSU/ICB and other responsible managers and work with them to identify and understand the cause of the issues.

10. Lead on the reporting aspects of new initiatives this will involve interpreting guidance, proposing changes to business intelligence working practices and procedures, identifying action required and implementing agreed outcomes.

11. Provide robust and accurate analyses using data selected from the most appropriate source available and presented in a user friendly manner through a variety of standard and specialised applications. This requires excellent skills in both the management and manipulation of large, complex datasets and the ability to analyse and present information in a variety of ways to meet the needs of the specific customer. Produce reports to relevant groups and offer in-depth interpretation and explanation.

12. Liaise and discuss the specific requirements for routine reporting with relevant CSU and ICB colleagues. Offer expert advice and guidance as to the most appropriate data sources to use and methods of presentation (charts / tables / graphs / maps / etc) together with supportive interpretation of analyses. Ensure that all routine reports are delivered within agreed timescales.

13. Responsible for the day to day management of analysts within the BI team and management of the work of analysts supporting the ICB as part of a matrix working approach. This will include providing training in analytical tools and techniques to analyst colleagues across a range of teams.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Provide specialist business intelligence services to specific work programmes, determining an approach to achieving established objectives.

2.Resolving complex queries where there is a range of possible answers and communicating these complexities to end users, including non-information specialists.

3. Identify and prioritise solutions that improve the business intelligence service of the CSU.

4. Provide analysis and interpretation of data and information to support:

Quality and performance reporting

Provider contract monitoring

Comparative analysis (benchmarking)

Patient pathway and scenario modelling

Strategic and operational planning

Forecasting and predictive modelling

5. Provide analytical support to service redesign/new models of care projects.

6. Use information and analysis to identify opportunities for improvement.

7. Prepare information on a regular basis to enable the CSU/ICB to report to the relevant Boards, Committees, internal meetings and other external bodies.

8. Develop and maintain reporting systems for the CSU/ICB in a timely and accurate manner.

9. Ensure systems are in place to identify potential issues early, report them to the CSU/ICB and other responsible managers and work with them to identify and understand the cause of the issues.

10. Lead on the reporting aspects of new initiatives this will involve interpreting guidance, proposing changes to business intelligence working practices and procedures, identifying action required and implementing agreed outcomes.

11. Provide robust and accurate analyses using data selected from the most appropriate source available and presented in a user friendly manner through a variety of standard and specialised applications. This requires excellent skills in both the management and manipulation of large, complex datasets and the ability to analyse and present information in a variety of ways to meet the needs of the specific customer. Produce reports to relevant groups and offer in-depth interpretation and explanation.

12. Liaise and discuss the specific requirements for routine reporting with relevant CSU and ICB colleagues. Offer expert advice and guidance as to the most appropriate data sources to use and methods of presentation (charts / tables / graphs / maps / etc) together with supportive interpretation of analyses. Ensure that all routine reports are delivered within agreed timescales.

13. Responsible for the day to day management of analysts within the BI team and management of the work of analysts supporting the ICB as part of a matrix working approach. This will include providing training in analytical tools and techniques to analyst colleagues across a range of teams.

Person Specification

Experience -

Essential

  • Experience of producing analytical reports for presentation to senior levels within the organisation and expertise in using analytical tools to interrogate and present data.
  • In depth and thorough specialist knowledge about the benefits that can be obtained from information systems and the use of intelligence.
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation and customers, working to tight and often changing timescales.
  • Evidence of having successfully delivered an analysis and insight service.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience.
Person Specification

Experience -

Essential

  • Experience of producing analytical reports for presentation to senior levels within the organisation and expertise in using analytical tools to interrogate and present data.
  • In depth and thorough specialist knowledge about the benefits that can be obtained from information systems and the use of intelligence.
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation and customers, working to tight and often changing timescales.
  • Evidence of having successfully delivered an analysis and insight service.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Additional information

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

Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Leyland House

Lancashire Business Park

Leyland

PR26 6TR


Employer's website

https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Leyland House

Lancashire Business Park

Leyland

PR26 6TR


Employer's website

https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Intelligence Delivery Lead

Ross Hughes

ross.hughes2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

09 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

877-CSU-6608498

Job locations

Leyland House

Lancashire Business Park

Leyland

PR26 6TR


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