Band 6 Information Analyst Birmingham, England
Job description
Job summary
Do you want to be part of talented information team building innovative analytics products that help to inform and empower decision makers across the NHS?
The Health Informatics Department at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) has an exciting opportunity to join the department as an Information Analyst to support a number of key areas across the Trust.
The principal purpose of this role is to work proactively with the operational leads across the trust and consider a wide range of operational, strategic and policy issues including service redesign and promoting the effective use of information analysis to allow the Trust to know and understand its own performance.
This post holder will encourage further engagement with operational staff across the Trust at all levels to introduce new ways of analysing and presenting data particularly focusing on Power BI reporting.
The post holder will be expected to have experience of managing large complex datasets including but not specific to patient activity, prescribing data, maternity and sexual health data. They will be responsible for extracting data and managing processes used to populate clinical dashboards and internal and external reporting
Main duties, tasks & skills required
The post holder is expected to be experienced in SQL, reporting tools and technical minded with evidence of continued learning and development and ability to adapt to new reporting tools.
They will provide Directors, senior managers and clinicians with reports addressing a wide range of operational, clinical, strategic and policy questions to support performance monitoring.
To provide routine and ad-hoc high-quality information that enables the Trust to actively monitor clinical performance progress against targets and inform it's decision making process in this area.
To establish a good working relationship with colleagues within the Directorate of Strategy and Quality Development.
To undertake a lead role and responsibility for providing the complex data and meeting the reporting requirements on the service portal.
To undertake planning and prioritisation of own workload to ensure that deadlines agreed with the Health Informatics Manager are met.
To undertake to ensure that any reporting, whether of a complex or simple nature, runs efficiently and is automated where possible. Including web-based reporting across the whole of the trust.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Minimum grade C in GCSE English and Maths.
Degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills in a numerate discipline.
Evidence of further professional development
Experience
Essential
Experience with database software and applications
Familiarity with database concepts
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
