Business Intelligence Officer

Job summary

We are pleased to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic candidate to join our business intelligence service at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

Our BI team are responsible for both reporting requirements to NHS England and analytics for our clinical and operational colleagues in the Trust. This role is working within the clinical reporting team, initially focussing on the clinical support division, which includes radiology, pathology and therapies, although opportunities will arise to work with our other divisions.

Staff development is important to us, and we work both informally within the service to share learning and training, as well utilising formal training and development.

This is a hybrid role, requiring you to work on site at Quince House at the West Suffolk Hospital site in Bury St. Edmunds at least 40% of the time.

Due to high demand, we may close the application process early if we reach a limit on applications. Please do fully submit your application as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

Our BI officers generally specialise in one of the divisional specialities, although rotating to other areas may be on offer in the future. You will be makingrecommendations for improvements where necessary in the monitoring of activity, performance, data quality and data collection systems.

The Business Intelligence department are responsible for producing the reporting requirements for NHS England, Regional Health Teams, Integrated Care Board (ICB), regular internal reporting, BI dashboards and ad hoc reports.

The role will need strong data analysis skills, excellent attention to detail and good communication skills. You should have experience with information reporting solutions and have advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and ideally knowledge of SQL Server, PowerBI, Business Objects or Tableau.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?