Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Information Analytics Support Officer

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Information and Analytics Support Officer to join an existing team of Analysts within the Specialised Cancer, Medicine and Rehabilitation (SCMR) a combination of 2 Care Groups.

We are looking for a new member of the team with the experience and personality to complement the existing SCMR Care Group team. This role provides an ideal development opportunity.

Main duties of the job

  • Maintain, develop and update databases to aid in the management of clinical activity on behalf of the care group

    Process large datasets relating to drug prescriptions, income, patient activity, and clinical care whilst liaising with a variety of internal and external stakeholders (consultants, other care providers etc.). This is to ensure that the care group accurately records patient care/ drug prescriptions not funded by Payment by Results (PbR) contracts and can charge these costs to the relevant commissioners.

    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 care group, providing an information analyst role, including financial data management, submission of clinical data to national datasets, and analyses related to service improveme

About us

The SCMR combined Care Group at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides secondary care services for the entire adult population of Sheffield and highly specialised tertiary services to wider geographical regions. The clinical services include Specialist Oncology services including SACT and Radiotherapy; General Haematology, Haemato-oncology and Haemostasis & Thrombosis services; Clinical Infection & Sexual Health Services; Dermatology; Clinical Immunology & Allergy; Spinal Injuries Rehabilitation; and Specialist Prosthetics Limb, Orthotic and Wheelchair services.

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.

Details

Date posted

18 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum/Pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-8448-DIR

Job locations

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Glossop Road

Sheffield

S10 2JF


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

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualification.

Desirable

  • Qualification in Service/Quality Improvement or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an NHS information environment.
  • Work in an acute NHS trust
  • Highly developed computing skills with an excellent command of Microsoft Office packages including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Experience and application of computer programming languages with a special emphasis on excellent SQL and Visual Basic skills.
  • Experience and application of statistical analysis techniques with the ability to produce a variety of graphical representations of information with a particular focus on time series data - such as Run Charts and Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts.
  • Experience of deriving, manipulating, and converting large volume data sets for further statistical analysis.
  • Dealing with complex, sensitive, and confidential data.

Desirable

  • Exposure to an environment with a philosophy of continuous improvement.
  • Experience of bespoke reporting tools

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Expert skills in complex data extraction from the Trust's information systems with the use of Structured Query Language (SQL).
  • Moulding and manipulation of data sets in spread sheets and PC applications such as Excel and Access. This will include Visual Basic (VBA).
  • Good knowledge of service improvement techniques with an emphasis of measured improvement.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Able to act on own initiative, judgement and to make decisions.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
  • Outcomes focused, strong drive, and motivation.
  • Committed to continuous professional development.
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualification.

Desirable

  • Qualification in Service/Quality Improvement or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an NHS information environment.
  • Work in an acute NHS trust
  • Highly developed computing skills with an excellent command of Microsoft Office packages including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Experience and application of computer programming languages with a special emphasis on excellent SQL and Visual Basic skills.
  • Experience and application of statistical analysis techniques with the ability to produce a variety of graphical representations of information with a particular focus on time series data - such as Run Charts and Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts.
  • Experience of deriving, manipulating, and converting large volume data sets for further statistical analysis.
  • Dealing with complex, sensitive, and confidential data.

Desirable

  • Exposure to an environment with a philosophy of continuous improvement.
  • Experience of bespoke reporting tools

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Expert skills in complex data extraction from the Trust's information systems with the use of Structured Query Language (SQL).
  • Moulding and manipulation of data sets in spread sheets and PC applications such as Excel and Access. This will include Visual Basic (VBA).
  • Good knowledge of service improvement techniques with an emphasis of measured improvement.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Able to act on own initiative, judgement and to make decisions.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
  • Outcomes focused, strong drive, and motivation.
  • Committed to continuous professional development.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Glossop Road

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Glossop Road

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Operations Director

Anne Hilton

anne.hilton1@nhs.net

01142265355

Details

Date posted

18 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum/Pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-8448-DIR

Job locations

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Glossop Road

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Supporting documents

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