Job summary
- Main area
- Informatics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6290685-A
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/07/2024
Employer heading
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Senior Information Analyst
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Senior Information Analyst to join our friendly and supportive Business Intelligence team. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the development of a performance focused culture where safety, effectiveness and patient experience are consistently delivered through the provision of high-quality performance information, analytical interpretation, benchmarking, forecasting and intelligent modelling.
Reporting to the Head of Operational Intelligence, the post-holder will assume specific areas of work and will provide high-quality timely, accurate and relevant information that enables effective performance monitoring and intelligence-led decision making. The ability to work as a flexible team member is essential.
You will have excellent communication skills, and will represent the Business Intelligence function at senior level meetings; you will be required to work closely with clinical and operational teams, providing in-depth specialist information, analysis and advice and developing new performance management reporting, indicators and dashboards.
The role is offered on a hybrid working pattern, working two days a week in the office as you will be expected to attend face to face meetings and provide support to colleagues working on-site.
Candidates will be required to attend a face-to-face interview and test.
Main duties of the job
Using your highly developed analytical and data skills, you will contribute to the development of reporting to enable data-driven business decisions across Trust. You will have a strong track record in analytics, an eye for detail, excellent communications skills, be proactive, methodical, an enthusiastic self-motivated team player capable of balancing several competing demands, you will work logically, with great attention to detail and be tenacious in resolving problems.
You will have strong technical skills in SQL and Excel to an advanced level; you should have knowledge of NHS datasets, definitions and standards and will have experience of creating insightful reports and dashboards (ideally using Tableau).
You must be willing to attend meetings, have good powers of persuasion and be confident to present complex, sensitive or contentious information to senior staff.
This post is ideal for an experienced analyst who has the initiative to develop the role further.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will join a friendly and dedicated Business Intelligence team committed to delivering a high quality and responsive service to the Trust.
For further information regarding the role please refer to the Job Description/Person Specification attached.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level, ideally in informatics, data analysis or a related IT field or equivalent significant experience in a relevant senior analytical post
- Evidence of continued professional development in an area relevant to the role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of using Microsoft SQL for querying relational databases and extracting information
- Substantial experience of using Microsoft Excel to highly advanced level
- Demonstrable experience of developing dashboards to monitor key performance metrics
- Experience of developing reports and presenting to a wide range of staff
- Experience of working at a senior level within an NHS information management function
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using business intelligence tools, ideally Tableau
- Experience of NHS PAS systems
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS data flows, datasets and data definitions
- Knowledge of NHS policies & agenda relating to Information and Performance
- Good understanding of Information Governance and of the importance of high quality data, confidentiality and security
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of demand and capacity planning
- Knowledge of statistical techniques
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, working logically and with great attention to detail
- Able to analyse and interpret complex specialist information with ability to explain findings and resolve any issues
- Able to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with staff at all levels within the organisation
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including being able to present complex, sensitive or contentious information confidently to large groups of staff at all levels within the Trust and with external agencies
- Ability to work on own initiative, organise and prioritise own workload but to also work as part of a team in delivering agreed objectives, offering advice and support where necessary
- Ability to cope with tight deadlines and changing priorities, remaining calm under pressure
- Able to be flexible and adapt to change to meet the needs of the service
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Cherrington
- Job title
- Lead Information Analyst
- Email address
- [email protected]
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