Head of Data

Are you passionate about revolutionising service design and delivery through data? The Partnership of statutory organisations within Somerset is seeking a dynamic Chief Data Officer to lead our data-driven transformation.
Lead the strategic direction of data management and analytics across the Partnership.
Drive innovation through data to personalise care, improve operational efficiency, and drive health outcomes.
Collaborate with local professionals, government agencies, and industry partners to harness the power of data.
Work with local BI leaders to develop and implement data governance policies to ensure data integrity, privacy, and security.
Oversee the development of data infrastructure and analytics capabilities to support decision-making at County level that supports organisational level processes.
Drive initiatives to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning for predictive analytics and personalized support.
Proven track record in data leadership roles, preferably within healthcare or a related field.
Strong understanding of data governance, compliance, and privacy regulations.
NHS SomersetIntegrated Care Board (ICB), known as NHS Somerset is the statutory NHSorganisation responsible for implementing a health and care strategy developedby the Integrated Care Partnership.
We believe that the best organisations are those thatreflect the communities they serve.
Weoffer flexible working from your first day of employment and we also have anagile approach to home / office-based working. Please note however, that youwill be required to work from our HQ, Wynford House in Yeovil for 2/3 days perweek and that elements of the role may require you to travel to other locationsacross Somerset, to attend in-person meetings and meet the needs of theservice. Wealso offer an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
The Chief Data &Analytics Officer is a system leadership role hosted by the ICB that reportsdirectly to the Chief of Strategy Digital & Integration. The role is jointlyresponsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four corepurposes of ICS:
help the NHS supportbroader social and economic development
The Chief Data &Analytics Officer will provide strategic advice, leadership, and guidance tothe Somerset Integrated Care System (ICS), its Integrated Care Board (ICB) andthe Somerset Board in matters relating to the storage, processing, andinterpretation of intelligence to inform decision-making across the breadth of servicesunder the Somerset Board.
The post-holder willprovide strategic vision and leadership on how the use of intelligence forinsight can transform service planning and delivery. They will work with system colleagues inpartner organisations to align our plans within Somerset so that we develop acommon approach to platforms, software, process and people.
The post holder will leadand drive the development and delivery of data services for Data Science,Population Health Analytics, Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence andAnalytics across Somerset, by providing professional and expert leadership and buildingclose and effective working relationships with key data consumers across the Partnership. They will be required to lead and drivecollaborative work to align data policy and administration with relevantregulatory, legal, and ethical mandates across the various systems withinSomerset.
They will be required tolead and drive collaborative work to align data policy and administration withrelevant regulatory, legal, and ethical mandates across the various systemswithin the Somerset ICS and ICB.
The Chief Data &Analytical Officer will provide leadership in developing system-wide datainitiatives such as the adoption of secure by default data storage, theintroduction of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines, Cloud Technologies, Adoptionof open ways of working (including open-source technologies), theimplementation of the competency framework for information professionals andthe modernization of analytical techniques to leverage the competitiveadvantage of artificial intelligence for improving health outcomes and reducinghealth inequalities. The post-holderwill also lead on broadening the definition of intelligence into the collectionand analysis of qualitative information sources (moving into fields such asoutcomes, satisfaction and value creation).
The Chief Data &Analytics Officer is a system leadership role hosted by the ICB that reportsdirectly to the Chief of Strategy Digital & Integration. The role is jointlyresponsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four corepurposes of ICS:
help the NHS supportbroader social and economic development
The Chief Data &Analytics Officer will provide strategic advice, leadership, and guidance tothe Somerset Integrated Care System (ICS), its Integrated Care Board (ICB) andthe Somerset Board in matters relating to the storage, processing, andinterpretation of intelligence to inform decision-making across the breadth of servicesunder the Somerset Board.
The post-holder willprovide strategic vision and leadership on how the use of intelligence forinsight can transform service planning and delivery. They will work with system colleagues inpartner organisations to align our plans within Somerset so that we develop acommon approach to platforms, software, process and people.
The post holder will leadand drive the development and delivery of data services for Data Science,Population Health Analytics, Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence andAnalytics across Somerset, by providing professional and expert leadership and buildingclose and effective working relationships with key data consumers across the Partnership. They will be required to lead and drivecollaborative work to align data policy and administration with relevantregulatory, legal, and ethical mandates across the various systems withinSomerset.
They will be required tolead and drive collaborative work to align data policy and administration withrelevant regulatory, legal, and ethical mandates across the various systemswithin the Somerset ICS and ICB.
The Chief Data &Analytical Officer will provide leadership in developing system-wide datainitiatives such as the adoption of secure by default data storage, theintroduction of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines, Cloud Technologies, Adoptionof open ways of working (including open-source technologies), theimplementation of the competency framework for information professionals andthe modernization of analytical techniques to leverage the competitiveadvantage of artificial intelligence for improving health outcomes and reducinghealth inequalities. The post-holderwill also lead on broadening the definition of intelligence into the collectionand analysis of qualitative information sources (moving into fields such asoutcomes, satisfaction and value creation).
Work with existing BusinessIntelligence and related IT leads to create an analytically drivendecision-making culture within Somerset ICS
Be responsible for long term strategicanalytics forward planning within the Somerset ICS.
Manage the strategic development and deliveryof the PHM platform and Joint Intelligence Function, ensuring that national& local requirements and standards are met.
Lead the development of the Systemdata strategy, service delivery and adoption of artificial intelligence andpopulation health analytics (prioritisation their application given localneeds).
Ensure that data services meet thenational & local requirements and standards including for the purpose ofthe GW-SDE and National FDP.
Corporateresponsibility for significant and instrumental policy implementation andservice development which impacts the ICS, plus the patients and communities ofSomerset.
Responsibilityfor providing strategic direction in a collaborative and facilitative way tomanage improvement across the systems ensuring providers to come together,understand needs, value, and risk and to design and deliver care accordingly,as a key part of the Somerset operating plan model. This includes the abilityto drive strategic direction for performance and improvement for the ICS andoversight with accountability for System Oversight.
Provide leadership in the absence ofthe Chief Officer for Strategy, Digital & Integration relevant to thisrole.
CollaborativeWorking Work with Analytics leads withinSomerset to create a Joint Intelligence Function that meets the aims ofproviding valuable insight to stakeholders and users within Somerset to enablethem to make better decisions with regards to service planning, coordinationand delivery.
Strategic Development (& Delivery)of the data function, ensuring that national & local requirements andstandards are met.
Tohelp create and develop a sense of team amongst the wider Somerset data andanalytics community.
Engagement with data owners and datasecurity leads within the System.
In partnership provider leadershiptowards the development of the ICS Informatics Service and working withorganisational leads to establish steps that can be taken to assist them tomeet the national & local requirements and standards for analytics.
Leadership/ Management Sophisticated leadership andinfluencing skills with the ability to develop credibility as a seniorprofessional in the relevant area with other senior system leaders.
Ability to guide and facilitateboth experienced and inexperienced very senior colleagues.
All relevant analytical fields, their associated methods, and their potential for application within healthcare.
Experience in using data to inform transformational change programmes.
Advocate for and support the adoption of open-source software (including R & Python) and code-sharing
Exceptional communication and engagement skills which engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership; Will have a set of communication skills that allow them to make complex data accessible to non-analyst colleagues.
Communicate compelling analytical stories both in person and in formal (reports) and informal (blogs, websites) written mediums, making use of the full range of analytical and visualisation techniques
Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) with membership or relevant professional body.