Job summary
Job Title -Senior Data Scientist/Analyst
Hours per week-37.50
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary-£28,407 - £34,581 pa
Closing Date-4th July 2023
Interview Date- TBC
This post may close early due to the high number of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a differenceevery day.#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties of the job
Job Purpose: To support the Information Services team in providing an accurate and efficient information service for the trust. The post holder isrequired to extract, analyse and report information to agreed deadlines under minimal supervision. To process and validate national data sets andinvestigate data quality issues. To provide support and cover for colleagues where necessary.
About us
About usHere at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:Effective Open Communicationexcellence and safety in everything we doChallenge but supportExpect respect and dignityLocal health that inspires confidenceBenefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesCommunication & Relationship Skills To process commissioning data sets, statutory returns, and standard reports.To investigate data quality issues. To deal with telephone enquiries and take appropriate action.To discuss complex information requests and translate them into reporting requirements.To ensure reporting is clear, concise and well presented so that the audience understands the message.To liaise with other members of the department to ensure daily business outcomes are achieved.Knowledge, Training & Experience To have good computer skills particularly with Microsoft Office products such as Access and Excel; knowledgeof other applications such as SQL Server, and patient information systems.To have knowledge of the NHS data dictionary and data definitions and how to apply them.To receive informal training through mentorship and shadowing to learn new skills, increase knowledge and expand job portfolio.To ensure a constant updating of skills including updating protocols and training. To understand patient and information flows.To understand operational issues in the Trust and external stakeholder bodies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesCommunication & Relationship Skills To process commissioning data sets, statutory returns, and standard reports.To investigate data quality issues. To deal with telephone enquiries and take appropriate action.To discuss complex information requests and translate them into reporting requirements.To ensure reporting is clear, concise and well presented so that the audience understands the message.To liaise with other members of the department to ensure daily business outcomes are achieved.Knowledge, Training & Experience To have good computer skills particularly with Microsoft Office products such as Access and Excel; knowledgeof other applications such as SQL Server, and patient information systems.To have knowledge of the NHS data dictionary and data definitions and how to apply them.To receive informal training through mentorship and shadowing to learn new skills, increase knowledge and expand job portfolio.To ensure a constant updating of skills including updating protocols and training. To understand patient and information flows.To understand operational issues in the Trust and external stakeholder bodies.
Person Specification
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Educated to master level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
- Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development
- Power BI along with Data Modelling is preferable
Desirable
- Experience in using one or more SQL servers 2012/2014/2016, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data Lake
- Certificate in using Microsoft applications. Microsoft-certified Azure/SQL Server
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with remote and multi-disciplinary teams and driving forward complex work programmes
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between various stakeholders.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Have good project management skills, including the ability to juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines for self and team
- Work autonomously to drive own work programme and that of team members
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and resolve them problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Developed written and verbal communication skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team working skills
- Self-motivated.
- Ability to move between details and the bigger picture
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
Other
Essential
- Abilities for financial and staff management.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Person Specification
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Educated to master level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
- Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development
- Power BI along with Data Modelling is preferable
Desirable
- Experience in using one or more SQL servers 2012/2014/2016, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data Lake
- Certificate in using Microsoft applications. Microsoft-certified Azure/SQL Server
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with remote and multi-disciplinary teams and driving forward complex work programmes
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between various stakeholders.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Have good project management skills, including the ability to juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines for self and team
- Work autonomously to drive own work programme and that of team members
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and resolve them problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Developed written and verbal communication skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team working skills
- Self-motivated.
- Ability to move between details and the bigger picture
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
Other
Essential
- Abilities for financial and staff management.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
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).
