Job summary
The post holder will play a pivotal role in further the development of Cancer Data and Analytics at NCIC, and identifying areas for further improvement.
As an experienced data analyst with a track record of working with complex data in a health care setting, the post holder will have experience in how to develop and prepare data to required specifications, supporting colleagues ability to use the data for improvement and presenting data in a way that is timely, accurate and tailored to the audience.
The post holder will play a key role in the improvement of the Trust's Cancer data and analytics and will provide analytical support to foster continuous improvement.
The post holder will work independently in statistical analysis and clinical data extraction supported by the Cancer Services team.
Main duties of the job
This role will be based within the Trust's Cancer Services Team and will be dedicated to supporting the Trust's Cancer Services by providing specialist advice including information interpretation, data analysis and information reporting.
The post holder will deliver high quality, high reliability analytics and intelligence to inform decision making and drive meaningful change within Cancer Services.
Analyse, investigate and resolve a range of complex information queries/data and issues/problems relating to Cancer Waiting Times and equivalent data sets e.g. user requirements which may require configuration
Generate regular and ad-hoc cancer pathway reports ensuring accurate communication of Trust activity and performance against Cancer Waiting Times and other cancer standards.
Regularly test and/or adapt complex IM&T systems including applications and hardware, to fit user specification.
Plan specialist projects across multiple workstreams, delivering to deadline, which impact across both clinical and non-clinical areas.
Support Cancer Services by ensuring that work streams are always informed by timely and accurate datasets
Support the refinement of existing data sources where required
Create SPC charts for the Trust's Cancer Services improvement programme workstreams
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge and expertise across one or more specialised areas (acquired through degree or equivalent qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience as a senior information data analyst
- Ability to analyse, investigate and resolve complex queries and issues/problems relating to Cancer Waiting Times and equivalent data sets e.g. user requirements which may require configuration, unusual data trends, and training requirements based on needs analysis.
- Relevant professional development or equivalent demonstrable experience in the use of analytics
- Experience of dealing with external NHS bodies and other agencies
- Experience of working with nationally available cancer datasets
- Experience of publishing information using electronic reporting tools
- Experience working with RDBMS such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL
- Experience of visualisation reporting tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView.
- Demonstrated experience in high-level usage of MS Excel
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of information processes within the NHS, including statutory reporting demands and national agendas.
- Working knowledge of national cancer waiting time standards, and the provision of cancer data to operational teams.
- Deep understanding of key cancer datasets and data items including Cancer Waiting Times and Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD), including their use in regular and ad-hoc reports, and their inter-relationships.
- Knowledge and understanding of the challenges currently facing NHS Cancer Services, both locally and nationally.
- An understanding of Cancer Waiting Times and National Cancer strategies.
- Good understanding of the importance of data quality
- Knowledge of relevant NHS agendas and ability to apply within the area of responsibility
- Understanding and knowledge of relevant Trust IT systems and external IT systems relevant to information flows
- Competent with the presentation of data using Statistical Process Control charts and other appropriate data methods
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to take ownership of problems and resolve them in complex, cross functional situations
- Skilled in stakeholder requirements gathering
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate highly complex information appropriately with staff at all levels and from different professions
- Ability to turn complex data analyses into clear and compelling messages and present with visualisations
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills
- Ability to manage complex work and multitask
- Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- Ability to review outstanding workload and identify appropriate remedial action balancing complexity and priority.
- Effective problem solving and decision making
Personal Circumstances
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge and expertise across one or more specialised areas (acquired through degree or equivalent qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience as a senior information data analyst
- Ability to analyse, investigate and resolve complex queries and issues/problems relating to Cancer Waiting Times and equivalent data sets e.g. user requirements which may require configuration, unusual data trends, and training requirements based on needs analysis.
- Relevant professional development or equivalent demonstrable experience in the use of analytics
- Experience of dealing with external NHS bodies and other agencies
- Experience of working with nationally available cancer datasets
- Experience of publishing information using electronic reporting tools
- Experience working with RDBMS such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL
- Experience of visualisation reporting tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView.
- Demonstrated experience in high-level usage of MS Excel
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of information processes within the NHS, including statutory reporting demands and national agendas.
- Working knowledge of national cancer waiting time standards, and the provision of cancer data to operational teams.
- Deep understanding of key cancer datasets and data items including Cancer Waiting Times and Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD), including their use in regular and ad-hoc reports, and their inter-relationships.
- Knowledge and understanding of the challenges currently facing NHS Cancer Services, both locally and nationally.
- An understanding of Cancer Waiting Times and National Cancer strategies.
- Good understanding of the importance of data quality
- Knowledge of relevant NHS agendas and ability to apply within the area of responsibility
- Understanding and knowledge of relevant Trust IT systems and external IT systems relevant to information flows
- Competent with the presentation of data using Statistical Process Control charts and other appropriate data methods
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to take ownership of problems and resolve them in complex, cross functional situations
- Skilled in stakeholder requirements gathering
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate highly complex information appropriately with staff at all levels and from different professions
- Ability to turn complex data analyses into clear and compelling messages and present with visualisations
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills
- Ability to manage complex work and multitask
- Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- Ability to review outstanding workload and identify appropriate remedial action balancing complexity and priority.
- Effective problem solving and decision making
Personal Circumstances
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).
