Job summary
Imperial College NHS Trust created a Transformation team in 2019, with Executive Director Leadership, to act as the Trust's strategic change function. The portfolio of the team covers programmes and projects that support the Trust to deliver on its strategic objectives in a sustainable way.
This post is a new role and is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is an expert in their field of analytics and wants to direct their skills to support cross-organisational and system transformation. Our aims for this role is to help the organisation to convert its mass of data and information into intelligence that will drive transformation in the way services and pathways are delivered that will improve quality of care, access and use of its resources.
This is a key role in the team, reporting professionally and operationally to the Associate Director of Transformation. We are open to and welcome applications from senior professionals from diverse backgrounds including from industries outside of the healthcare and the National Health Service.
We will support the successful candidate with some up-front training on our Transformation approach, and they will be supported as they develop on the job experience as the lead for all diagnostic phases of our projects. We also expect to learn from the successful candidate key knowledge and insights they bring from their role, background and experience.
Main duties of the job
- Planning, execution and communication of complex data analysis which will inform high level decision making regarding Transformation projects proposed or under way across the Trust.
- Combining analytical thinking with understanding of real-world applications to help the Trust understand how they can utilise their data, or identify missing or novel data, to make data-driven decisions
- Ensuring that high quality data is available, analysed and presented in a way that supports decision making, forging the gap between financial, business and transformation management.
- Gather and analyse data to enable informed decision-making on projects and business cases, supporting an increased focus on the delivery of streamlined, efficient and high quality clinical and corporate services which are managed and benchmarked nationally and internationally.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level education or equivalent experience (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
Desirable
- Relevant first degree
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
Experience
Essential
- Leading a diagnostic project that recommended or resulted in service redesign that would deliver cross-organisational benefits
- Data analytics for large B2C company or organisations Track record of success in project management
- Experience of contributing to complex business and project plans with evidence of delivery
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Experience of influencing/supporting Transformation delivery through data analytics
- Experience using Cerner
- Experience presenting data analytics to senior internal and external stakeholders
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Business acumen to understand, structure and solve problems, anticipating challenges and risks, performing relevant and insightful analysis and delivering impactful and actionable solutions
- Advanced use of SQL to extract data from large complex databases.
- Advanced use of Excel (macro level) to handle large datasets and build complex, efficient and flexible models.
- Business planning and advanced modelling skills (demand & capacity).
- Excellent organisational skills and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Good understanding of NHS governance and performance systems
- Knowledge of Information Governance requirements
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level education or equivalent experience (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
Desirable
- Relevant first degree
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
Experience
Essential
- Leading a diagnostic project that recommended or resulted in service redesign that would deliver cross-organisational benefits
- Data analytics for large B2C company or organisations Track record of success in project management
- Experience of contributing to complex business and project plans with evidence of delivery
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Experience of influencing/supporting Transformation delivery through data analytics
- Experience using Cerner
- Experience presenting data analytics to senior internal and external stakeholders
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Business acumen to understand, structure and solve problems, anticipating challenges and risks, performing relevant and insightful analysis and delivering impactful and actionable solutions
- Advanced use of SQL to extract data from large complex databases.
- Advanced use of Excel (macro level) to handle large datasets and build complex, efficient and flexible models.
- Business planning and advanced modelling skills (demand & capacity).
- Excellent organisational skills and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Good understanding of NHS governance and performance systems
- Knowledge of Information Governance requirements
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).
