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Job summary

Main area
Digital
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
256-SH-6309048
Employer
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Dukes Court
Town
Woking
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 Per annum, pro rata plus 5% high cost allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board logo

Full Time - Business Analyst - Band 7

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

NHS Surrey Heartlands works in partnership with local health and care organisations – along with staff, patients, their carers, families, and the public - to support people to live healthier lives. We have an ambitious vision for transformation and continuous improvement of health and care across our footprint, supporting the overall objectives of our wider integrated care system; to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area.

To deliver our objectives we need a team of talented, collaborative professionals who share the same vision and are passionate about what they do.

 

The post is suitable for Agile working. The successful post holder may choose a base closest to their home address.

Main duties of the job

• To analyse, develop, interpret and present information to a high standard, and support the Digital Delivery Manager in promoting the use and understanding of information provided.

• To be familiar with and comply with all NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB policies, processes and procedures across the full range of your duties including but not limited to HR, financial and professional policies for performance and information team.

• To ensure that all parts of the services performed by the post holder employ good professional and business standards and any other agreed standards.

• To monitor and investigate data quality issues, ensuring problems are brought to the attention of the appropriate manager.

• Carry out timely and accurate information analysis and reporting on agreed areas of portfolio.

• Select and use the most appropriate tools and techniques to support the planning, analysis development, testing, implementation and improvement of systems and services within a project.

• Identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes.
• Help the team to decide the best approach and to manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work and adhere to agreed minimum viable product (MVP), priorities and scope.
• Develop the business analysis community by sharing best practice and mentoring others.

Working for our organisation

Surrey Heartlands is a partnership of organisations working together - with staff, patients, their carers, families, and the public - to support people to live healthier lives. Surrey Heartlands developed into an Integrated Care Board (ICB) since July 2022, working through 4 Integrated, dynamic, and sustainable place-based partnerships (our Places), each working together to deliver a shared vision across Surrey.

The 4 Place partnerships are known as:

North West Surrey Alliance

Guildford and Waverley Alliance

Surrey Downs Health and Care

East Surrey Place

We have an ambitious vision for transformation and continuous improvement of health and care across our footprint and to deliver our objectives we need a team of capable, collaborative professionals who share the same vision. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.

We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and the person specification documents attached within this job advert. 

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
  • Evidence of continuous training and personal development in area such as health informatics, statistics, epidemiology, and research methods
  • Experience of Commissioning services using complex information
  • Experience of working with information systems development
  • Understanding of key national and local strategies, policy drivers and population health management
  • An understanding of the wider determinants of health and the significance of health inequalities
  • Good understanding of, and the ability to assimilate rapidly, the extensive range of the NHS data sets, including Service Level Agreements, and financial data sets
  • Expertise in a range of complex software and their advanced functionality, particularly: Microsoft Office, SQL Server, VBA, Reporting software tools Web-based reporting systems (Tableau)
  • Appreciation of data protection, patient confidentiality and IT security issues
  • Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development
  • Workforce development knowledge and experience
  • In depth knowledge of the principles of data management, quality assurance, data security and data confidentialit
  • A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
  • Be able to apply structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities, within a defined project
  • Analyse business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements
  • Conduct options analysis, assess feasibility and operational impact, quantify potential business benefits and contribute to business case development

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria
  • Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences
  • Ability to work effectively with other analytical teams to combine approaches and skills to achieve consolidated and consistent outputs
  • Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management
  • Experience in communications and stakeholder management, collaborative working & network building

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Understand the effect of potential changes and how business processes, systems, structures, data and roles and responsibilities interact with one another
  • Strong data manipulation, statistical, interpretative and analytical skills
  • Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
  • Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate
  • Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis
  • Ability to work on own initiative and to provide leadership on areas of responsibility, including determination of the best way to achieve objectives within broad outlines
  • Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action
  • Ability to concentrate for long periods of time on highly complex and detailed data analysis
  • Ability to train and teach others in data analytics and other areas of expertise
  • Self-motivated and able to motivate others
  • Enthusiastic, pro-active, and well-organised
  • Project management skills
  • Previous experience in project management and planning
  • Work to tight timeframes under pressure

Equality and Diversity

Essential criteria
  • Able to understand how equality and diversity policy may impact business services and information requirements relating to these

Autonomy

Essential criteria
  • Able to work alone without supervision to support successful project/service delivery
  • Model various elements of the business with limited direction

General

Essential criteria
  • An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
  • Used to working in a busy environment
  • Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
  • Commitment to continuing professional development
  • Professional calm and efficient manner
  • Effective organiser
  • Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jane Lackenby
Job title
Head of Digital Transformation
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

If you have any further questions or need further assistance please email the recruitment team at [email protected]  or call us on 0300 561 1175 or contact the recruiting manager for the role. 

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