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Job summary

Main area
Analytical; Diagnostics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
158-23-486-CA-B
Employer
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral
Town
Bebington
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/09/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Diagnostic Analyst

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

The Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance have an exciting opportunity to support the Diagnostic Programme in Cheshire and Merseyside. We are looking to expand our team to transform cancer outcomes for the population of Cheshire and Merseyside as well as to support the planning and delivery of all diagnostic tests in the region, thus impacting on cancer and non-cancer care. 

Diagnostic Senior Analyst – Band 8a 1.0 WTE permanent post.

The post-holder will form part of the Business Intelligence Team at the Cancer Alliance but will have a primary focus of delivering the against the analytical needs of the Cheshire and Merseyside Diagnostic Programme and Networks.

Please be aware that this is a hybrid role and will require working at the Cancer Alliance base 2 days each week with the remainder being remote working.  Applications cannot be considered for those who are unable to attend in-person. 

Main duties of the job

The Senior Diagnostic Analyst will contribute to the
leadership of the analytical team and BI function within the
Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA), specifically 
leading the work related to the Diagnostic Programme. They
will lead in the provision of a strategic, expert, effective and
efficient analytical service to the Diagnostic Programme,
CMCA and system partners and stakeholders. The role will
sit within the Corporate Services function of CMCA, reporting 
directly to the CMCA Head of Performance.


The role will include the following responsibilities:
• To identify and specify information needs, developing 
solutions to meet those needs for the benefit of the 
Diagnostic Programme, CMCA and key partners and
stakeholders across the C&M system.


• Provision of analysis and interpretation of highly 
complex information; advising on appropriate use of 
information to improve diagnostic performance
across the Cheshire and Merseyside Health 
System. 

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work. 

We are - 

Kind
Empowered
Responsible
Inclusive

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area
Desirable criteria
  • Masters Degree with statistical and/or information management component or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience in data analysis and information management and performance monitoring and management
  • Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders at senior levels
  • Experience of supporting others through change, including coaching and mentoring.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Advanced negotiation and communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) and ability to gather, analyse, interpret and disseminate complex in-depth information to varying audiences
  • Experience in developing dashboards and scorecards to turn data into performance and data intelligence
  • Senior leadership experience of line management e.g. recruitment, development, appraisal and HR processes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Analysing, understanding and interpreting information into usable products for performance improvement and monitoring & developing data repositories, use of database structures & interrogation

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work under pressure to agreed timescales and in a busy environment and organise own workload effectively and efficiently

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to motivate and influence others, “take people with them,” to develop shared ownership at all levels and to respond to the needs of a wider range of stakeholders
  • Knowledge of the latest national cancer policy agenda and the opportunities for improvement in patient care presented by it

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to prepare high quality written reports and presentations for senior internal and external audiences

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Samuel Cross
Job title
Head of Performance
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07774787078
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