NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Data Manager

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Job summary

The post holder will develop, deploy and maintain systems to curate, store and manage data submitted to NICOR by hospitals and other healthcare or research entities. This will include architectural design, development, implementation, maintenance of systems and repositories to curate and store data including establishing data pipelines, devising programmatical solutions for cleaning of data, preparation of data extracts and secure transfer of data to external stakeholders/customers. In addition, they will be required to collate requirements and develop specifications for each data repository. The post holder will be responsible for planning and implementing agreed data management policies, working with external data suppliers, and ensuring the confidentiality of the data is always maintained. The post-holder will report to the National Clinical Audit Services Manager but will work closely with and be expected to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the project manager overseeing the data access and request service, NICOR technical team, NICOR project managers, the stakeholders of key data linkage projects and clinical audit leads for each clinical audit domain.

Main duties of the job

  • Design implement and create systems for the multiple steps between submission of data by hospitals and repositories / warehouses for its use for research. This will involve writing programs to process and store data using appropriate computer programming languages (such as Python, MS SQL and Mongo DB).
  • Develop and maintain data pipelines and underlying code for the transfer of data from clinical audit data collection repositories to data research warehouse(s).
  • Develop data cleaning strategies for data quality control including duplicate record checking, error trapping and coding of derived variables.
  • Oversee all aspects of data transfer including logging, validating, curating and archiving.
  • Coordinate with in-house technical team ensuring alignment with existing technologies and data security policies.

About us

The National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR), which is hosted by NHS Arden and GEM Clinical Commissioning Support Unit, is looking for an experienced Data Manager to join its Technical Team on a permanent basis. NICOR's role is to monitor and improve the quality of care and outcomes for cardiovascular patients through collecting, analysing and reporting on clinical information relating to cardiovascular patients from NHS and private hospitals in the UK.

Details

Date posted

30 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per anumn

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

880-4612850

Job locations

NHS London

London

EC1A 4AS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Proven expertise in specialist information management software and programming languages for data manipulation and associated ETL tools.

A strong knowledge in one scripting programming language preferably Python with Panadas framework and object orientated programming e.g., Java, C++).

Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively with a wide range of people including senior members of the health professions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Proven expertise in specialist information management software and programming languages for data manipulation and associated ETL tools.

A strong knowledge in one scripting programming language preferably Python with Panadas framework and object orientated programming e.g., Java, C++).

Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively with a wide range of people including senior members of the health professions.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of relational database management systems (MySQL, SQL Server) including writing, validating and documenting procedures.
  • Hands on experience with data architecture and large-scale datasets including extraction, manipulation, preparation, cleaning, transformation, analysis and modelling of data.
  • Data management experience of large complex datasets

Desirable

  • Experience of non-relational database management systems for example MongoDB.
  • Experience of meeting requirements of information governance including patient identifier management.
  • Experience of electronic patient record systems, NHS administrative datasets data such Hospital Episode Statistics and mortality data from the Office of National Statistics
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of relational database management systems (MySQL, SQL Server) including writing, validating and documenting procedures.
  • Hands on experience with data architecture and large-scale datasets including extraction, manipulation, preparation, cleaning, transformation, analysis and modelling of data.
  • Data management experience of large complex datasets

Desirable

  • Experience of non-relational database management systems for example MongoDB.
  • Experience of meeting requirements of information governance including patient identifier management.
  • Experience of electronic patient record systems, NHS administrative datasets data such Hospital Episode Statistics and mortality data from the Office of National Statistics

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).

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

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

NHS London

London

EC1A 4AS


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

NHS London

London

EC1A 4AS


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

National Clinical Audit Services Manager

Nadeem Fazal

nadeem.fazal@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

30 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per anumn

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

880-4612850

Job locations

NHS London

London

EC1A 4AS


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