Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Specialised Cancer and Specialised Medicine and Rehabilitation Care Group as a Business Analyst on a permanent basis.
Line management for this post will be through Data Analytics Team however the postholder will also work closely with Operational and Service managers across all directorates within the Care Group to support the delivery of clinical services.
Main duties of the job
To collate, interpret and present large and complex datasets to support the delivery of clinical services.
To respond to ad hoc requests for data analysis to support service development and business change.
Monthly processing of data relating to income and activity to ensure accurate recharges for activity.
To monitor levels of clinical activity and to escalate any unusual variations to the senior management team.
To assist with other key business functions of the directorate, providing an information analyst role, including in relation to contract monitoring, reference costing, and data management at local level.
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.
Specialised Cancer services are delivered at Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield, as well as at District General Hospitals within the wider region of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
The Specialised Medicine directorate covers Haematology, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Immunology/Allergy. These services are delivered across both the Hallamshire Hospital and Northern General hospital for patients within Sheffield and across the wider region.
The Specialised Rehabilitation Services (SRS) directorate provides a regional service to patients requiring specialised spinal cord injury rehabilitation, specialist wheelchair and seating services, prosthetic limb and orthotic services and gait laboratory services within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and across the region.
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
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) with statistical or business related modules, diploma or equivalent professional training/experience
- IT training qualifications and/or substantial, demonstrable relevant experience
Desirable
- A/AS level Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting or Business Studies or related subject (or equivalent qualification)
Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages, including Word, Excel, Access
- Basic knowledge of computer programming languages (SQL and Visual Basic)
- Experience of developing, using and maintaining databases
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Understanding of basic principles of data analysis and statistics
- Experience of data analysis work
- Understanding of data protection legislation and its impact on the role day to day
Desirable
- Experience of using Trust information systems (Lorenzo, etc.)
Other Factors
Essential
- Organisational skills
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Ability to appropriately escalate decisions or queries providing full information to line manager
- Ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to successfully work to sometimes tight deadlines
- Commitment to patient-centred services
- Attention to detail, ensuring a high degree of accuracy
- Professional approach and ability to build strong working relationships, particularly with communicating with senior clinicians and managers
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to work in a systematic manner, maintaining appropriate levels of documentation and audit trails for electronic and paper-based systems
- Ability to produce concise and clear reports summarizing financial or activity positions from datasets
- Ability to collate and compare information from a variety of sources
- Ability to work independently, using own initiative
Desirable
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills and develop self
- Enthusiasm
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) with statistical or business related modules, diploma or equivalent professional training/experience
- IT training qualifications and/or substantial, demonstrable relevant experience
Desirable
- A/AS level Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting or Business Studies or related subject (or equivalent qualification)
Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages, including Word, Excel, Access
- Basic knowledge of computer programming languages (SQL and Visual Basic)
- Experience of developing, using and maintaining databases
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Understanding of basic principles of data analysis and statistics
- Experience of data analysis work
- Understanding of data protection legislation and its impact on the role day to day
Desirable
- Experience of using Trust information systems (Lorenzo, etc.)
Other Factors
Essential
- Organisational skills
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Ability to appropriately escalate decisions or queries providing full information to line manager
- Ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to successfully work to sometimes tight deadlines
- Commitment to patient-centred services
- Attention to detail, ensuring a high degree of accuracy
- Professional approach and ability to build strong working relationships, particularly with communicating with senior clinicians and managers
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to work in a systematic manner, maintaining appropriate levels of documentation and audit trails for electronic and paper-based systems
- Ability to produce concise and clear reports summarizing financial or activity positions from datasets
- Ability to collate and compare information from a variety of sources
- Ability to work independently, using own initiative
Desirable
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills and develop self
- Enthusiasm
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).
