Senior Information Analyst

An NHS Trust is looking for a Senior Information Analyst. This is a Full Time Role, Monday to Friday, 37.5hrs.

Main Duties

• Responsible for the independent provision of complex analysis to operational staff, clinical staff, senior managers, and other Trust staff, providing detailed interpretation and recommendations relating to the analysis.

• Provide advice and guidance on the communication and interpretation of complex information to support divisional improvement initiatives.

• Develop and maintain team SOPs for regular tasks and ensure business continuity in the event of absence.

• Advise on data and information issues across a range of areas, and support teams to implement secure and sustainable decisions requiring data use and collection

• Scrutinise data and information sources across the division to identify root cause of variances, trends, discrepancies or gaps.

• Take responsibility for designated statutory returns, ensuring these are prepared, data quality assured, signed-off and submitted on time.

• Develop a close understanding of the Division and adopt a pro-active approach to problem solving and anticipating and evaluating information needs. Build and manage working relations with the senior stakeholders and the Divisional Team, in particular with Divisional Manager, Clinical Directors, and service managers

• Analyse & present divisional performance, highlighting key issues for discussion at at the divisional board meetings. Ensure that management are aware of key issues and risks.

• Support the division in the development and interpretation of statistical process control (SPC) charts

• When directed, conduct research into external suppliers and produce options appraisals for products essential to improvement projects.

Data and data quality

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting for your division to appropriate levels of management.

• Create interactive analyses, dashboards and KPI monitoring to present and report performance and other highly complex information, adjusting presentational styles to meet the requirements of different audiences.

• Ensure that all business information made available to users, is of a consistent standard and has full regard for issues of patient confidentiality and business sensitivity.

• Responsible for development and iteration of data models as required to inform effective management decision making.

• Develop reports and dashboards collecting information from different sources, with the ability to critically assess quality of data.

• Structure problems and develop appropriate analytical solutions, analysing and triangulating data in innovative ways and adapting approaches to deal with ambiguity. Deploy analytical judgement in dealing with unstructured and/or missing data.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in technical field (e.g. maths, computer science) or equivalent experience as an analyst.

• Experience of building technical solutions and reports to meet bespoke requirements

• Experience of interpreting national policy and operational procedures

• Experience of demand and capacity modelling.

Skills/abilities

• Excellent computer literacy skills, including advanced Microsoft Office Professional Skills

• Proficient in SQL Server

• Knowledge of SUS, PbR

• Knowledge of SSRS

• Knowledge of other coding languages (e.g. Python, R, VBA)

• Knowledge of QlikSense

• Ability to gather, analyse, interpret and present complex data and information from both electronic and paper-based sources

• Able to interpret and communicate complex information in a way that others can understand.

The NCL Reservist Programme, is a tempoary staffing programme. If you believe you would be an ideal candidate, the please do apply and someone from the team will reach out to you to go into more depth about the programme and the role