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A rare opportunity has arisen for a B5 Information Analyst to join the Dept of Public Health in NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will play a lead role in the development, maintenance and quality of robust data systems and datasets pertaining to Public Health programmes. The post holder will use these data systems to undertake detailed statistical analysis and the generation of internal and external reports. The work of the Public Health team is varied and post holder will work across a range of topic areas including health protection surveillance, healthcare public health, health inequalities, post-pandemic recovery and remobilisation and the wider impact of the pandemic on health inequalities, child and maternal health programmes.

The following knowledge, training and/or experience is required for the job:

• Academic qualifications with a high numerical and statistical content at degree level or with further skills gained through a mixture of experience and formal training.
• Experience of working within an information/ statistical environment within the NHS is required.
• A specialist knowledge and experience of application of NHS data definitions, information standards and policies is required.
• Effective and sure communication skills are required to present and advise on analyses and implications and provide instruction and guidance on procedures and standards.
• Supervisory experience is required to direct and prioritise workloads and to identify and resolve straightforward technical and organisational obstacles to the information production process. Planning and organising of own workload will be required to manage requirements of mandatory routine with non-routine requests and participation in short-term and ongoing internal and external working groups.

Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Karen Lorenzetti, Principal Public Health Information Analyst, at [email protected]

For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact [email protected] stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.

Interviews plan to be held on the 23rd March 2023.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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