Healthcare Principal Analyst

Job summary

The post holder will lead on the delivery of analytics and business intelligence services which support the planning and delivery of patient care. During a busy period of change and BI service transformation as the trust moves to a new electronic patient record system, the post holder will provide subject matter expertise to interpret organisational business intelligence requirements into services and products, and lead on sourcing and implementing data and reporting solutions.

Working as part of a great team with a committed purpose to deliver timely and accurate information and insights, directly contributing to the improvement in patient care. The Information Team sits within the Trust Finance Directorate

Main duties of the job

o Co-ordinate project and routine activities, to ensure work is appropriately prioritised and deadlines are meto Work with customers and stakeholders to understand reporting needs and define their reporting requirementso Review changes in national guidance and reporting mandates to assess and address the impact on reporting serviceso Design, develop, test and make available information solutions for the automatic creation and presentations of reports and dashboardso Extract and manipulate complex and extremely varied data from different SQL databases for reporting and analysiso Provide subject matter expertise and undertake BI activities relating to those healthcare disciplines within your area of information service provisiono Use in depth knowledge and analytical expertise of Healthcare data to identify issues, good practice, trends, exceptions, and solve problemo Provide line management to the team, overseeing work undertakeno Provide professional development and training to the wider information team in support of their technical and knowledge developmento Routinely review team outputs to ensure alignment to the operational and strategic objectives and priorities of the organisation, and the teams/functions which the outputs support

About us

Why Work With Us

This role will be part of the Information Team within the Trust, however the post holder will be required to work closely with colleagues from the EPR Programme as we look to implement our EPR across Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth.

This is an exciting programme that will transform existing ways of working across the Trust's and the wider region. It will benefit patients and carers from across our geographic footprint as well as our staff from across our acute, community and social care settings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Required to provide and receive complex data sets sharing complex information in simple to understand format Communicate professionally and effectively with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations

Undertake deep dive analysis and interpretation of data in order to interpret and explain performance and risks Take ownership of data quality and integrity issues to ensure all information that is shared is accurate and reliable

Respond to changing business priorities that require changes to team responsibilities at short notice, reprioritising and delivering to new or adjusted time scales Plan and manage reporting commitments and projects to ensure that activities are resourced and deadlines are met Prioritise information requests from services, and deliver information and informatics support within agreed and negotiated timescales Provide project management to plan and co-ordinate responsibilities for the successful delivery of Information projects and initiatives

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

Substantial specialist healthcare information or NHS data analyst experience In depth specialist knowledge of statistical and information analysis with a proven record of applying this knowledge via business intelligence solutions Experience in management of staff and fully conversant with appraisals and objective setting Experience implementing and managing change control and testing procedures for data and BI developments Experience using reporting tools Tableau, Power BI

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification in Information systems, data science and statistics, or data analytics SQL professional certification Master's degree, or evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development in data analysis and/or population health analytics

Desirable

Epic Certification

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