Job summary
Employer heading
Business Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
We are seeking and experienced individual with talent, expertise, and ambition in business analysis. We can offer the opportunity to work on innovative solutions that will transform scientific research and healthcare delivery in the NHS.
The successful candidate will work as part of the Thames Valley and Surrey (TVS) Secure Data Environment (SDE) Programme hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). They will contribute to the design and implementation of systems for data acquisition, integration, and analysis across a wide range of clinical systems and settings for this important national programme.
The insights and analyses they deliver will have a significant impact on the delivery of this programme. Working with academic and NHS colleagues across the Thames Valley and Surrey region, the post holder will have the satisfaction of seeing results of their analysis in use: improving patient care and supporting cutting-edge research.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will review, interpret, investigate and analyse the business and clinical data systems that Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and other NHS trusts in the TVS SDE region use to satisfy data requirements to support and develop business and research. The post holder will work closely with data managers, clinicians, software engineers, IT professionals and other stakeholders across the TVS SDE NHS trusts to identify issues and build solutions to enable improvement of data collection, management, and workflows.
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to be joining the OUH R&D Clinical Informatics team as we build up our existing team to deliver the TVS SDE programme. You will join a team of experienced and enthusiastic engineers, analysts, programme managers and subject matter experts within the team, and a wide network of peers within the network of SDEs around the country. You will have the opportunity to work with experts in the field, expand your knowledge through on the job and formal learning opportunities and share your knowledge across the network.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more information.
Interviews will take place in the approximately two weeks after the closing date.
Person specification
Analysis and judgement
Essential criteria
- Educated to Undergraduate level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
- In-depth knowledge of NHS terminology and information requirements
Desirable criteria
- Business/systems analysis training, either formal or on the job
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Highly organised, with the ability to work to agreed goals, in a self-directed and professional manner
- Ability to lead analysis activities in specific areas, including collaborative working across organisations
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work on parallel tasks to a high standard
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kinga Varnai
- Job title
- Special Projects Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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