Job vacancy: Benchmarking Data and Improvement Analyst - Band 5, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, Cheltenham

Job summary

Main area: Finance
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (None)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 318-24-COR-R12760

Employer: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trustwide
Town: Gloucester, Cheltenham
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/07/2024 23:59

Benchmarking Data and Improvement Analyst - Band 5

Band 5

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To support the identification of opportunities for improvement, utilising NHS Benchmarking tools such as NHSI’s Model Hospital, Carter Efficiency Guidance and the NHS Benchmarking Network as well as locally available data sources such as Reference Costs, SLAM, SLR, PLICS, ESR, HES, general financial and activity information.

• Working with Clinical Divisions and Corporate areas in order to support and encourage the identification of opportunities for financial and efficiency improvements.

• Taking the day-to-day lead for analysis of financial and efficiency benchmarking within the Trust as well as the interrogation, triangulation and validation of data through consultation of different data sources and support the data cleansing to improve data credibility where necessary.

• Working closely with other Corporate teams such as Finance/Costing/BI/Data Quality/Coding etc

• Responsibility for the design, creation and maintenance of reporting suites such as Divisional Benchmarking Packs, Trust-wide benchmarking reports and Board papers in order to highlight opportunities and progress.

• Setting up, maintenance and enhancement of the FSP PMO’s benchmarking information database and analysis spreadsheets showing progress against opportunities as well as rectification of data issues.

• Maintenance of a benchmarking submission log and providing a point of contact and support for previous and upcoming submission requirements incl. preparation for CQC Use of Resources and NHS Benchmarking submissions

• Actively participate in horizon scanning for new / improved benchmarking opportunities, supporting systems and tools and lead on options appraisals and be part of possible procurement exercises and implementation roll out.

• Support setting up discussions with other Trusts on general benchmarking work or specific pieces of work with peers.

• Opportunity to support Service Improvement and Transformation Programmes as directed by business need and overseen by Head of PMO, such as GIRFT, Outpatients, Theatres

• To work closely and collaboratively with the Strategy and Transformation Team

• To communicate effectively and build relationships with stakeholders and promote the benefits of the Trust’s improvement approach.

• To deputise for the Snr Benchmarking and Improvement Analyst where needed

• To assist Snr Benchmarking and Improvement Analyst with the completion of ad-hoc requests and pieces of work.

• To assist the FSP PMO staff with general analytical requests.

• To keep the Opportunities area on teams up to date

• To maintain the benchmarking request log alongside the Snr Benchmarking and Improvement Analyst

• Act as one of two Trust Model Hospital Ambassadors

• Keep up to date with developments of the Model Hospital/Health platform

• To interrogate large volumes of highly complex data, using a variety of robust statistical and analytical methods, ensuring that the analysis derived from such information incorporates specified benchmarking information which can be used to inform the management decision making process, by monitoring key targets and informing the relevant managers of any anomalies, exceptions etc and instigating remedial corrective action when appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree level education or equivalent NHS previous

Desirable criteria

Educated to diploma level 4 or relevant knowledge and experience in Senior project support or project management

Experience

Essential criteria

Ability and experience to present information with a high level of accuracy to a wide range of audiences both verbally and electronically (e.g. charts graphs, reports, scorecards, tables, dashboards etc.)
Experience of working to tight deadlines.
Working in a multidisciplinary environment
Report writing and presentation skills

Desirable criteria

Experience of supporting service improvement initiatives in an NHS environment

Knowledge / Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to analyse, interpret and report large complex data
Advanced knowledge and highly skilled in the use of MS Excel.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation and facilitation and able to convey complex information and ideas clearly and succinctly, particularly where results are achieved through others not directly managed by the post holder
IT literate and knowledgeable in the use of Microsoft applications
To maintain confidentiality at all times and to ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act, reporting any problems etc in the appropriate manner.

The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.

Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.

Committed to safeguarding our community

If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

The Trust is a safeguarding employer committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is committed to safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults, and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance. As part of the organisation's commitment to Safer Recruitment, candidates may request copies of relevant policies and procedures by contacting the Recruitment Team at [email protected]

Committed to supporting service personnel

As part of our commitment to support Service Personnel, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership, offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all qualifying Service and Ex-Service Personnel. To qualify for a guaranteed interview, candidates must meet the essential criteria for the post and be either a current member of the Armed Forces, or be within the two year period of resettlement. If this applies to you please email the job reference number and your AR number to the Recruitment Team at [email protected]