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Job summary

Main area
Data Analyst
Grade
NHS Agenda for Change - Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (The team operate a hybrid model of working from home and working from the office location)
Job ref
825-6427113-COR
Employer
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Shirehall
Town
Shrewsbury
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust logo

Information Analyst

NHS Agenda for Change - Band 5

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here-   https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements

Job overview

This is an opportunity to undertake an interesting and challenging role within the Digital Services Department which is a corporate service within Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.

The Information Team sits within Digital Services and the post holder will work closely with the Operations Directorate to provide reporting solutions and guidance to all services within the Trust.

We are looking for an innovative information professional to provide support and deliver continuous developments to the reporting systems and processes that we operate. The role will require provision of performance reports and analytical support within the Information Team, to clinicians and senior managers.

To support these business requirements, applicants will require specialist knowledge and experience using a range of information systems; with particular expertise in data analysis and packages, e.g. Microsoft Excel.

Reporting to the Principal Analyst, the successful candidate will be a confident communicator, responsible for the provision of comprehensive and reliable information.

As part of the application process applicants are required to answer the following question (Max 100 words) at the start of the ‘Supporting information’ box in your application 

What are the fundamental steps in producing an information report or piece of analysis? e.g. A performance report to a Service Manager ”

 

Main duties of the job

• Providing in association with other members of the Information Division a responsive and client focused service that delivers high quality information and associated support services to our clients, both internal and external.

• Contribute to the successful delivery of the Organisations’ objectives whilst following departmental guidelines and organisational policy, working both autonomously and as part of the Information Team e.g. the postholder will be required to act independently within the appropriate guidelines, seeking advice and guidance as required.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A degree in IM&T or Business Administration e.g., Information Technology, Information Science. or A combination of IM&T knowledge/experience/qualification (e.g., Advanced ECDL, BTEC, HND/OND) and at least 2 years’ experience in a similar IM&T or GP practice IM&T environment.
  • Appropriate intermediate vocational short courses e.g., SQL Server, Expertise in Data Analysis, Excel, Access, GP Systems.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate an ability to provide, receive and record both routine and complex communications, electronically, orally and written.
  • Ability to work closely with people in other disciplines and form professional working relationships
  • Ability to communicate complex information effectively with different organisations and across different levels of the organisation
  • Ability to overcome barriers associated with conveying technical information to a non-technical audience
  • Demonstrate problem resolution skills to determine and resolve complex data and information issues.
  • Ability to organise and plan tasks to meet statutory and other deadlines.
  • Excellent customer service skills, understanding the demands of a client-focussed organisation

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate relevant office experience and interpersonal and telephone skills.
  • Computer literate (including use of the internet and other appropriate programs such as Microsoft Office etc.)

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively across different levels of the organisation
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members and other staff
  • Demonstrate willingness to develop effective working relationships
  • Good time management skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gavin Taylor
Job title
Principal Analyst
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07814 975138
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