Job summary
Employer heading
Analytical Support Officer (Data and Insight Analyst)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Within Data and Analytics our vision is to be the leading data services provider for health and social care across England through creating innovative and high-quality data products and services that give our customers the knowledge and capabilities required to deliver the best outcomes for citizens.
The assignment is within the Clinical and Improvement Analysis Directorate which is responsible for analytics products and insights to support reducing unwarranted variation and improving quality.
Main duties of the job
This directorate:
- Hosts the Model Health System & GIRFT analytics and is the front-door for improvement analytics support to the service.
- Leads on clinical audit and registry insights.
- Supports Medical Director for Transformation and leads analytics resource for Directorates including Medical and Nursing.
- Has close working relationships with CCIO and CNIO and clinical leads.
The assignment is within the Reducing Unwarranted Variation team, which is responsible for analytics delivery to support clinical improvement programmes to reduce unwarranted variation. Programmes include GIRFT, HVLC, Population Health, theatre utilisation and the National Consultant Information Programme.
This team will provide the analytical focal point for metric development to support combined efforts of GIRFT, Population Health, NCIP and insights from clinical audits to support clinical improvement priorities. The team has around 38 posts, including analysts from Band 5 to Band 8D, under the leadership of a Band 9
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification in an IT or numerate related subject or equivalent qualification/experience
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Can analyse and interpret raw data, create appropriate measures of performance, value-added analysis and summarise the results
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Can easily interpret the quality of data through proactive identification of poor data quality and propose appropriate solutions.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good working knowledge and experience in the effective use of spreadsheets and databases including use of data interrogation tools and wider functionality such as formulae.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of industry-standard data management or analysis software, such as MS SQL, SAS, Tableau, R or PowerBI.
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Steven Batty
- Job title
- Senior Analytical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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