Band 6 Apprentice Population Health Intelligence Specialist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a level 7(Masters level) apprenticeship training programme for early careerprofessionals who study the health of populations, plan, commission, manage,deliver, monitor and evaluate health and social care policies and services.

As an Apprentice Population Health Intelligence Specialist,you will focus on analysing health and care data to improve population healthoutcomes, support policymaking, and enhance the efficiency of healthcareservices. The role involves working with large datasets, collaborating withgovernment bodies, and ensuring compliance with health regulations.

The apprenticeship standard provides further detail,including relevant knowledge, skills and behaviours: (Access to external and internal training and skills development will beprovided within the role, including relevant study leave to undertake theformal taught elements of the role, roughly equating to one day per week.

Further details on the eligibility requirements and formaltaught elements of the apprenticeship, to be provided by the JCG group can befound here: (You will be part of a cohort of apprentices across the South Westand England, providing further opportunities for peer to peer learning.

Interview date proposed the 30th August 2024.

Main duties of the job

This post is designed as a joint post with Somerset Council,Public Health. You will be based in Wynford House, Yeovil, however throughoutyour placement you will rotate across other organisations within the Somersethealth and care system, such as secondary care including but not limited toacute hospital, community and mental health and voluntary sector settings. Therole will form a critical point of connection between organisations, helping todevelop common approaches and collaborate on joint projects.

You will be working in health and care settings acrossSomerset to gain knowledge in specified areas in line with the learning on thedegree programme and the business need. You will conduct comprehensive dataanalysis to support public health initiatives; prepare reports andvisualizations for government stakeholders and implement data-driven strategiesto improve public health services.

You will need to collaborate with government agencies,public health officials, and community leaders. You will need to ensure dataanalysis aligns with public health policies and regulations and maintaintransparency and accountability in data handling and reporting.

About us

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.

NHSSomerset consists of approx. 360 staff, across 8 directorates, with multipleteams within each directorate.

Weencourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applicationsfrom underrepresented groups. When recruiting, we are committed to equality ofopportunity for all. 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. Please consider this before applying.

JobShare and Secondment opportunities will be considered. If you are seeking an internal or external secondment, please seekadvice from your HR teamandyou must also obtain your current linemanager's permission to be released on secondment before applying, to avoiddisappointment.

Wealso offer an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

Pleaseread the attached documents / visit the links listed before applying.

Thankyou for your interest.

Job description

Job responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

This Masters degree level apprenticeship is for early career professionals who study the health of populations, plan, commission, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health and social care policies and services.

The Apprentice Population Health Intelligence Specialist will focus on analysing health and care data to improve population health outcomes, support policymaking, and enhance the efficiency of healthcare services. The role involves working with large datasets, collaborating with government bodies, and ensuring compliance with health regulations.

This post is designed as a joint post with Somerset Council, Public Health and will necessitate rotation across other organisations within the Somerset health and care system, such as secondary care including but not limited to acute hospital, community and mental health and voluntary sector settings. The role will form a critical point of connection between organisations, helping to develop common approaches and collaborate on joint projects.

The role will work closely with Executive Director of Public and Population Health, Chief Officer Data and Analytics, and Digital Data Lead Officer to assist in the preparation, development and presentation of reports, and support the delivery of an effective proactive health service.

The Health and Care Intelligence Specialist will also have regular contact with colleagues who manage IT systems or provide specific data; have responsibility for the governance and security of data sources; or use data and information for specific purposes (for example finance or human resources colleagues).

More specifically, the role will support the Population Health Transformation Board with data analytics for the development of work to improve health and address healthcare inequalities, health campaigns to support commissioners to improve understanding of the health and wellbeing needs of the population and monitor performance metrics.

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES OF THE ROLE:

The duties and responsibilities of the role, in accordance with the apprenticeship standard for the Level 7 Health and Care Intelligence Specialist standard are:

Lead on the linking, analysis and interpretation of complex health, care and population data using the most appropriate specialist health analytical, epidemiological and biostatistical techniques; and draw meaningful conclusions to understand the factors that influence population health, inequalities and the planning and delivery of health and care services. Advise expert colleagues, on the design requirements of the most appropriate information systems for holding, linking and analysis of sensitive health and care data and for population health surveillance. Lead the interpretation and presentation of health and care intelligence outputs to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences, including senior decision makers in the NHS and local government. Facilitate the transfer of highly complex health and care knowledge using evidence-based knowledge translation frameworks to policy and decision makers. Advise on the investigation of patterns and variations in determinants, diseases, conditions influencing health and care outcomes and service evaluations. Design and lead the implementation of health and care surveys, disease surveillance tools and instruments, and service evaluation tools. Establish and develop excellent working relationships with health and care system partners, colleagues and the wider team. Undertake the delivery of multiple complex health and care intelligence projects, reviewing and adjusting priorities to meet changing organisational needs. Advise on compliance with health and care information governance standards and legislation and ensure the team and organisation are adhering to other relevant legislation, policies, procedures with respect to the handling of patient confidential data and information. Contribute expertise to the preparation of technical documents such as analytical reports, national and organisational policy documents, audits and performance reports. Identify and implement change management initiatives to meet technical and organisational requirements, ensuring that the delivery of health and care intelligence is not compromised. Work with the wider Somerset System to enable accurate and effective sharing of information for the needs of the population and being a key connection between all parties in the ICS

Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice.

Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes.

Research and Development

Actively supports and contributes to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of performance.

Test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment.

Contributes to ensuring there are processes in place for spreading and sharing learning and outcomes.

Planning and Organisation

Support implementation of complex projects, services, initiatives through timely and relevant information analysis and administrative support, in accordance with the agreed priorities of the Team.

Deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.

Contribute to the development and delivery of strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes

Policy and Service Development

Proposes changes to own project/function, informing policy and making recommendations for other projects delivery.

Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to project management.

Ensure that all information is clear and is handled in a confidential manner, in line with the relevant policies.

Provide specialist training, advice and support on own role/responsibilities where necessary, as well as supporting teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/ projects are planned, managed and delivered effectively.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

Desirable

Further professional development in data analytics and/or digital data transformation

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment Demonstrated experience in health and care information, planning information or related field. Experience of working in a Public Health, Health or Care setting Experience in the development and production of intelligence reports or needs assessments

Desirable

Experience / knowledge / awareness of Data Quality Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly Experience of managing risks and reporting experience of developing monitoring tools/frameworks in order to assess performance on a routine basis Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures Experience of project management and regular task based activities

Personal Statement / Motivation for Applying

Essential

Please use this section to explain how you meet the additional criteria in the Personal Specification including your reasons and motivation for applying.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Advanced IT skills in Microsoft packages, particularly Excel / Access Good level of competence in using IT databases and reporting packages (examples include Power BI, Azure, data warehousing, R, Python, GIS data matching/indexing etc.) Good skills in Business Systems analysis Knowledge and use of Public Health, Health or Care information Systems. Problem solving skills and ability to respond to unexpected demands

Desirable

Appreciation of relationship between Department of Health, NHS England, Provider and Commissioner organisations and ICS Understanding of current healthcare policy Awareness of data strategy, including AI

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