Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Central Nursing Team to join and support the nursing workforce team.
The role is to :-Provide accurate and robust data for Nursing Workforce activity to meet statutory and local monitoring alongside national, regional and local reporting requirements.
Main duties of the job
Provide accurate and robust data for Nursing Workforce activity to meet statutory and local monitoring alongside national, regional, and local reporting requirements.
To provide Nursing workforce analysis and admin support to the Chief Nurse and Senior Nursing Team within Central Nursing. The post-holder will liaise with Nursing staff, e-Rostering team & external stakeholders to ensure quality data extracted from the eRostering, EPR systems, and other data bases together with the monitoring of acuity, staff deployment and utilisation of temporary staff across the Trust.
The post-holder will assist in ensuring Trust compliance with National guidance on Safer Staffing and the reporting required in relation to the Safer Nursing Care Tool and mandated quality indicators including national workforce provider returns.
Support the development and delivery of monthly board reports and the organisation of 6 monthly acuity data collection and subsequent reports. Support and arrange the annual and mid-year nursing and midwifery establishment review, ensuring all data is ready for the reviews.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we'll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of statistical/numerical techniques, procedures acquired through qualification, or equivalent relevant experience.
- NVQ 3 or equivalent qualifications in administration
- Qualification demonstrating use of computer soft ware package
- GCSE Grade A-C (9-4) in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English equivalent.
Desirable
- Experience of analysing NHSE workforce data reporting requirements
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse highly complex data/information/problems and make judgements/draw conclusions - including ability to respond to unexpected demands.
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous decisions, prioritising own workload and directing the work others.
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal - able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information and use persuasion, influencing and negotiation with individuals and groups including stakeholders
- Ability to organise and able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the role
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of report writing and minute taking.
- Understanding of NHS information requirements
- Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages
- Able to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and priorities.
- Previous experience of working in the NHS in an Admin Role
- Understanding of basic principles of data analysis and statistics and recognition of themes and trends from complex data.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within an Acute health / care setting.
- Experience of Trust information systems
- Experience of SNCT, Safe Care and nursing workforce data requirements .
- Experience of data analysis work with ability to produce reports including graphical representation.
- Evidence of involvement in support / development of less experienced staff.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- High level of skill in information analysis and synthesis including the ability to receive highly complex and sensitive information, which may be contentious to those receiving it.
- The post holder must have some understanding of the issues facing the NHS and strategic objectives.
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse highly complex data/information/problems and make judgements/draw conclusions - including ability to respond to unexpected demands.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to understand national policy and guidance documents to provide expertise on nursing workforce information.
- Ability to contribute to decision making and show considerable initiative in the formulation of recommendations and actions .
- Ability to develop expert data display systems.
Desirable
- Demonstrates knowledge of clinical audit and improvement methodology.
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous decisions, prioritising own workload and directing the work others.
- Ability to successfully work to deadlines and prioritise effectively.
- Attention to detail.
- Professional approach when dealing with senior clinicians and managers.
- Ability to appropriately escalate decisions or queries providing full information to line manager.
Other Factors
Essential
- Able to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so.
Desirable
- Own transport desirable but not essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of statistical/numerical techniques, procedures acquired through qualification, or equivalent relevant experience.
- NVQ 3 or equivalent qualifications in administration
- Qualification demonstrating use of computer soft ware package
- GCSE Grade A-C (9-4) in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English equivalent.
Desirable
- Experience of analysing NHSE workforce data reporting requirements
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse highly complex data/information/problems and make judgements/draw conclusions - including ability to respond to unexpected demands.
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous decisions, prioritising own workload and directing the work others.
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal - able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information and use persuasion, influencing and negotiation with individuals and groups including stakeholders
- Ability to organise and able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the role
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of report writing and minute taking.
- Understanding of NHS information requirements
- Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages
- Able to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and priorities.
- Previous experience of working in the NHS in an Admin Role
- Understanding of basic principles of data analysis and statistics and recognition of themes and trends from complex data.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within an Acute health / care setting.
- Experience of Trust information systems
- Experience of SNCT, Safe Care and nursing workforce data requirements .
- Experience of data analysis work with ability to produce reports including graphical representation.
- Evidence of involvement in support / development of less experienced staff.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- High level of skill in information analysis and synthesis including the ability to receive highly complex and sensitive information, which may be contentious to those receiving it.
- The post holder must have some understanding of the issues facing the NHS and strategic objectives.
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse highly complex data/information/problems and make judgements/draw conclusions - including ability to respond to unexpected demands.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to understand national policy and guidance documents to provide expertise on nursing workforce information.
- Ability to contribute to decision making and show considerable initiative in the formulation of recommendations and actions .
- Ability to develop expert data display systems.
Desirable
- Demonstrates knowledge of clinical audit and improvement methodology.
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous decisions, prioritising own workload and directing the work others.
- Ability to successfully work to deadlines and prioritise effectively.
- Attention to detail.
- Professional approach when dealing with senior clinicians and managers.
- Ability to appropriately escalate decisions or queries providing full information to line manager.
Other Factors
Essential
- Able to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so.
Desirable
- Own transport desirable but not essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
