Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Business Information Analyst & Improvement Advisor (Data Specialist)

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Improvement team and Informatics team at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Both teams have an excellent reputation for supporting and helping to improve patient care across the organisation. We are committed to using Continual Improvement to deliver outstanding care by creating and fostering an improvement mindset throughout the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who enjoys exploring data, building complex models, and communicating findings that will have a high impact on service design, development and delivery, to the benefit of our patients and service-users.Key in this role with be supporting the realisation of the trust strategy from a data perspective including Business Intelligence, KPI monitoring and supporting the development of ward to board reporting.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, and we would like you to be the next individual to take advantage of this. Information Services have been accredited Level 1 Excellence in Informatics by London Skills Development Network.

The Information Services comprises of Informatics, Contract Monitoring and Data Quality teams. Information Services is responsible for providing analytical support and intelligence to both internal and external customers of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

This is a split role with 50% of the time within the Improvement team and 50% of time within Informatics. This creates a unique opportunity for a creative and innovative data specialist to have access and develop Business Intelligence, whilst engaging with clinical teams.

Improvement Service duties

  • Provide analytical support to the Trust, the Improvement Team, and associated partner organisations, including:
  • Using creative data manipulation to support problem identification and provide situational analysis.
  • Development of bespoke data collection tools;
  • Establishing improvement measures at outset of a project ensuring monitoring during the project.
  • Working independently to enable local improvement teams and projects to use data with confidence.

Information services Reporting

  • Lead the development and rollout of agreed dashboards on Qlikview/Qliksense.
  • Produce and present divisional KPI monitoring reports at the relevant divisional meetings attended by the Trust's senior operational team.
  • Regularly benchmark the Trust's position for key business intelligence metrics against an agreed peer group.
  • Regular production and dissemination of reports against specific data quality KPIs to ensure appropriate management action.
  • Responsible for the receipt, review and processing of high complex and sensitive datasets for assigned division.
  • Responsible for the accurate documentation of the logic used for report extraction.

About us

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital .

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Previous candidates need not to apply.

Details

Date posted

15 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year p.a. inc.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

293-CSEP-0273-C

Job locations

Homerton Healthcare

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR


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 documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

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 documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Experince / Skills

Essential

  • Masters level degree or equivalent experience
  • Advanced SQL and Excel
  • Proven ability to automate dashboards
  • Proven ability to convey complex statistical and information concepts to operational teams
  • Extensive experience in NHS information environments
  • Extensive experience of designing and development of dashboards using standard BI tools like Qlikview
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Trust values

Desirable

  • Experience of working effectively with operational and clinical teams
  • Skilled in the use of predictive analytics
  • Skilled in the use of statistical analytical tools
  • Experience of using Model Hospital
Person Specification

Qualifications / Experince / Skills

Essential

  • Masters level degree or equivalent experience
  • Advanced SQL and Excel
  • Proven ability to automate dashboards
  • Proven ability to convey complex statistical and information concepts to operational teams
  • Extensive experience in NHS information environments
  • Extensive experience of designing and development of dashboards using standard BI tools like Qlikview
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Trust values

Desirable

  • Experience of working effectively with operational and clinical teams
  • Skilled in the use of predictive analytics
  • Skilled in the use of statistical analytical tools
  • Experience of using Model Hospital

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

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Information Services

Neela TIrumala

neela.tirumala@nhs.net

07753436350

Details

Date posted

15 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year p.a. inc.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

293-CSEP-0273-C

Job locations

Homerton Healthcare

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR


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