Job summary
- Main area
- PBT Outcomes - E00759
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 413-85082-CNS-SD
- Employer
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- PBT Outcomes - E00759
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Statistician
Band 7
Job overview
We are seeking a Senior Statistician to join the Proton Clinical Outcomes Unit (PCOU) at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary, data driven team, and be a part of the development of the NHS Proton Registry and Evaluative Commissioning in Protons programme.
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate, who has the necessary qualifications and skills to be able to work on a range of projects to publishable level and lead the provision of a comprehensive statistical service to the wider Proton Beam Therapy service. You will have the skills to effectively communicate with a broad range of colleagues, be capable of identifying and applying appropriate statistical techniques, and have statistical programming experience (e.g., in R or STATA).
This role provides the opportunity to be an integral part of the PCOU and NHS Proton Registry, aiding in crucial outcomes analysis to ensure the best treatments are delivered to patients and continuous developments are made to the service. The PCOU takes pride in facilitating practice changing studies and research, where benefits of joining our team include conference attendance and co-authorship of high-impact publications that can have a huge benefit for cancer care.
This is a permanent position, with the option to work a mixture of onsite at The Christie or from home
Main duties of the job
Working as an integral member of the Proton Clinical Outcomes Unit (PCOU) and National Proton Registry team, the post holder will professionally support, progress, inform and advise colleagues through the provision of a comprehensive statistical service.
The post holder will work on a range of projects, working to deadlines, to advise on pertinent medical statistical techniques, processes and considerations for predominantly clinical data, and perform statistical analysis of clinical outcomes, audit, quality improvement and research data
The standard of work of this role is expected to be at a publishable level, where report writing and support will be developed for different audiences, such as Senior Managers, Clinicians, Commissioners, journals, conferences, and the general public.
This is a senior role where the post holder will be expected to help develop other staff through participation in learning events and teaching.
The post holder will develop close working relationships with all members of the PCOU and National Proton Registry team, alongside other digital service colleagues and the wider Proton Beam Therapy teams.
Working for our organisation
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
The PCOU forms part of the Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) service, a specialised form of radiation therapy. The Christie PBT Centre is one of two high-energy proton centres that have been developed in the UK, and the developing NHS Proton Registry and Evaluative Commissioning in Protons programme provide a unique opportunity to be involved in novel NHS data and research strategies.
The PCOU is a motivated, multidisciplinary team which values all roles within the team, ensuring commitment to professional development, excellent work-life balance, and effective use of our staff’s expertise to deliver a high-quality service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To professionally inform, advise and apply a range of pertinent medical statistical techniques, processes and considerations.
To advise, support and contribute to papers for publication in peer reviewed journals.
To provide professional analytical and statistical services and assurance of data integrity through co-ordination of their own work and that of the wider team as applicable.
Perform complex statistical analysis of clinical outcomes, audit and research data, utilizing statistical software (e.g. R, STATA, SPSS, NHS specific software) and systems, learning new skills as required.
Working with the other senior analysts/statisticians within the team and in the wider NHS trust, such as the Analytics and Statistics team; contribute to the departmental objectives set, with particular attention to the use of soft skills by the post holder in providing statistical support.
To act as an established and assured point of contact for medical consultant staff in relation to data for their disease group, taking responsibility for the improvements to the data in conjunction with agreed resources.
The post holder will have and continue to gain appreciation for the working environment of the clinical teams, ensuring that outputs meet the expectations of clinical stakeholders.
The post holder will link appropriately with other leads to inform, appraise, and implement working practices, policies and developments for own work area, in line with legislation, Trust and NHS policies and guidelines across the Trust, where appropriate.
To provide expert input into study design, the definition of primary outcome measures, the calculation of an appropriate sample size, and the specification of an ‘analysis plan’ as appropriate, in particular, to support the development of the Evaluative Commissioning in Protons programme.
Able to confidently converse with senior clinicians, using specialised clinical terminology as required, to understand issues being raised.
Apply statistical and analytical knowledge to critically appraise and challenge the results of outputs, ensuring only meaningful information is delivered to the clinical stakeholders.
To advise on and help develop data collection methods, e.g. eForms, to ensure that information required by stakeholders can be delivered.
To represent the team as appropriate in internal and external meetings, reporting back on progress and deputise for their line manager as appropriate.
To advise, support and lead on reporting at appropriate directorate, divisional and trust level meetings.
As required, provide regular performance reports on progress, status and achievements for own area to be used by management and users.
Supervise the activities of the other team statisticians when required, supporting to plan and organize workload of junior colleagues, ensuring service provision is maintained. Peer review colleagues work, escalating any issues as appropriate.
Provide training for staff from own or other disciplines on own subject area, when required.
Proactively participate in ensuring that service within the Trust reflect best practice with respect to organization, NHS and legislative requirements and guidelines, including IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Data Protection Act (1998), Information Standards, Information Security and compliance with NHS Information Governance.
On occasion the post holder may be required to work unsociable hours to support and/or enable the delivery of key programmes or projects.
This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and is not intended as an exhaustive list. The job may change over time to reflect the changing needs of the service, as well as personal development needs of the post holder
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate degree in Medical Statistics or equivalent experience/qualification
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a professional statistician working with healthcare data
- Experience of academic writing and documenting results for publication
- Experience of the use and management of information within the NHS, academic or pharmaceutical community
- Experience in presenting results and performance
- Experience involving close working relationships with clinicians and a multidisciplinary environment
- Experience with Microsoft Office programs
- Experience of managing a number of equally important tasks successfully
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit methodologies
- Experience of leading data quality/data integrity monitoring and improvement programs of work
- Experience of clinical trials/studies
Skills
Essential criteria
- Data analysis skills using statistical packages such as R, STATA, SPSS
- Excellent communication skills – verbal, written, presentational and interpersonal
- Analytical skills in data extraction, data analysis and report writing with ability to make sound observations and recommendations through formal reporting
- Good organisational skills including time management, record keeping and paying attention to detail
- Advanced keyboard and telephone skills
- Ability to communicate complex system and technical issues to a variety of staff at different levels within the organisation
- Demonstrable evidence of use of own initiative
- Ability to coach individuals and lead a team engendering enthusiasm and commitment
- Able to work to deadlines, prioritise and manage workload in a busy and changing environment
- Strong problem solving approach to issue resolution seeking out best practice and referencing guidance
- Ability to think creatively and work effectively and efficiently under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Tableau data manipulation skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the analysis of survival data
- Broad knowledge of statistical techniques and understanding of data collection methods and data analysis
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of health informatics and clinical terminology
- Knowledge of hospital services and how services interlink
- Knowledge of the working practices used within the Trust, e.g. patient administration and clinical pathways
- Understanding of how services are commissioned within the NHS
- Knowledge of Cancer Services
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology and its practical application
- Knowledge of information governance and how it impacts data collection, data analysis and reporting
VALUES
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Hybrid/Office based role with the need for travel to the Christie managed sites or partner sites as necessary
- Maintain confidentiality relating to patient data and sensitive information relating to the business of the Trust
- Ability to work flexibly to meet key deadlines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Anna France
- Job title
- Proton Clinical Outcomes & National Registry Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07588243726
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