Job summary
- Main area
- Data Intelligence
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 319-6637822JN
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cobalt Business Park
- Town
- Newcastle upon
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Public Health Intelligence Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic Public Health Intelligence Specialist to join the Northumbria Public Health Team on a fixed term / secondment contract to cover 12 months maternity leave.
The Public Health Team in Northumbria work closely with senior leaders across the Trust and across the public health wider system to tackle health inequalities for our Trust population. The post holder will have the analytical skills and knowledge to make effective use of available health and care data and provide data analysis and interpretation which improves our understanding of the needs of the population within the Trusts catchment area; and work in partnership internally and with other organisations to ensure we influence the way data and information is used in policy and strategy development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as an expert resource to the Trusts Public Health team working collaboratively across the Trust and specifically with the Trust’s Information Services Team.
They will be required to collect, analyse, interpret and present varied and complex public health related intelligence / data to a wide range of audiences. Alongside this they will manage, maintain and develop information and performance monitoring systems and take a key role in improving public health data quality and data integrity; providing specialist support to Consultant(s) in Public Health, public health managers across the Trust, and the Health Inequalities Programme Board (HIPB).
The post holder will be required to undertake direct line management for the Trusts public health analytical team, including allocation of work priorities and their professional development. The post holder will require excellent communication and will be required to liaise with key personnel within the Trust, working with the project leads to develop the project service and linking in all key interdependent Trust and external services.
The ability to be flexible & organised in the workplace with a passion for delivering a quality and successful service is essential. We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic, innovative and flexible individual with the ability to work in a potentially demanding and diverse workflow and to work on his/her own initiative.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To make effective use of available health and care data and provide data analysis and interpretation which improves our understanding of the needs of the population within the Trusts catchment area; and work in partnership internally and with other organisations to ensure we influence the way data and information is used in policy and strategy development.
· To collect, analyse, interpret and present varied and complex public health related intelligence / data to a wide range of audiences, in ways that are accessible, meaningful and appropriate for use and which take account of confidentiality requirements and statistical robustness.
· To manage, maintain and develop information and performance monitoring systems.
· To take a key role in improving public health data quality and data integrity; providing specialist support to Consultant(s) in Public Health, public health managers and the Health Inequalities Programme Board (HIPB).
· To analyse complex data employing statistical tests, methods and techniques in the production of information and to develop information reporting solutions
· Post holder will be required to undertake direct line management for the Trusts public health analytical team, including allocation of work priorities and their professional development
· To undertake and respond to ad-hoc enquiries and requests for information including assistance and advice to colleagues/partners on data sources and data collection.
· To contribute to the development of Public Health policy/strategy.
· To undertake research, investigations, assignments and assessments as required and in accordance with service standards.
· To advise colleagues on the undertaking of surveys, research and best practice.
· Work with multi-agency decision-making groups, within the NHS, local government and the other sectors to ensure that health intelligence needs are understood and that health intelligence is available and interpreted appropriately, and is used to underpin the decision-making process.
· Leading and managing the ad hoc health intelligence requests from internal and external service for users of the Health Intelligence Team services (this may include service providers, commissioners, researchers and the public) and provide specialist advice on appropriate use of this information.
· Ability to communicate highly complex or sensitive information to managers and clinicians (including presenting and explaining complex reports at Business Unit Board meetings and other meetings).
· The post holder will work in collaboration with the Trusts Information Services Team and the wider public health system to build public health data capacity and embed health intelligence metrics across the Trust
The post holder will be required to work Trust wide but will be based at Cobalt business park. The Public Health Team has blended working arrangements with some home working.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
· First degree in relevant topic, e.g. epidemiology, medical statistics, statistics, GIS or evidence of equivalent experience plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and relevant experience to Master’s level or equivalent
· Working knowledge and experience of Business Intelligence software and application to a range of public health issues and functions
· Knowledge and expertise of statistical techniques and methodologies and best practice.
· An understanding of health inequalities and the social determinants of health
· Strong knowledge of and experience using statistical packages to perform analysis (e.g. Excel, R, Python, SPSS)
· Ability to influence clinicians and managers in the need for and use of highly complex and sensitive specialised information about population health and health inequalities.
DESIRABLE
· Master’s in Public Health
· A qualification in epidemiology or a related field
· Experience of direct line management responsibility
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First degree in relevant topic, e.g. epidemiology, medical statistics, statistics, GIS or equivalent related experience or evidence of equivalent experience plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and relevant experience to Master’s level or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development and the ability to attend relevant conferences/ seminars/workshops as and when requested
Desirable criteria
- Master’s in Public Health
- A qualification in epidemiology or a related field
- Leadership / Management qualification
- Experience of direct line management responsibility
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge and experience of Business Intelligence software and application to a range of public health issues and functions
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and methodologies and best practice
- Specialist knowledge and expertise and or significant experience of information analysis in an NHS Trust and/or Local Authority
- Strong knowledge of and experience using statistical packages to perform analysis (e.g. Excel, R, Python, SPSS)
- A good understanding of data security and confidentiality issues.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of clinical terminology
- Experience of JSNA process development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Recent evidence of skills in using maps and interactive dashboards
- Good oral, written and presentation communication skills and an ability to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable criteria
- Advanced ICT skills
Other
Essential criteria
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Nevens
- Job title
- Public Health Operational Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07717047401
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