Data Manager

Job summary

The Health Informatics team has specialist skills in delivering programmes of work that include providing secure environments for storing and accessing health and other sensitive data to support health and care delivery, research, and innovation. Within the team we have both an Operations and Technical function. This role sits within the Technical function and the primary focus will be to support the sustainable use of data including, but not limited to research studies. Projects are generally delivered in partnership with academic or NHS institutes and can be in collaboration with industry. This will involve taking ownership of database management tasks, cataloguing data, monitoring and maintaining data pipelines, whilst establishing good relationships and communication with external collaborators. The post holder will be working alongside highly skilled and experienced team members giving extensive opportunities to acquire new skills and knowledge through both formal and informal training.

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in several projects, with cross-cover being an important aspect of our team.

Your primary focus will be to action existing processes, data and user access to support the sustainable use of data including, but not limited to research studies.Projects are generally in partnership with academic or NHS institutes and can be in collaboration with industry.This will involve database management tasks, cataloguing of data, monitoring and maintaining data pipelines, whilst establishing good relationships and communication with external collaborators. The role could suit a recent computing (or related subject area) graduate, or someone with experience in NHS data management who is looking for a new challenge. The post holder will be working alongside highly experienced team members, with learning opportunities to enhances skills and knowledge through both formal and informal training.

The post holder should expect to work with both on-prem and cloud compute.

Key responsibilities

Data curation, cleaning, and transformation

Management of data repositories and databases

Triaging research data requests

Providing first line support for data queries

Handling of data in line with information governance and security standards

Provide cross-cover support where skills and training allow

Engagement with wider Health Informatics team projects

Proactively identify appropriate new skills for personal development within role

About us

Eastern AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) has an exciting opportunity for a Data Manager to join our Health Informatics team, delivering a portfolio of work that focuses on providing secure environments for storing and accessing health data for research and innovation.

This is a chance to join a fast growing, dynamic company, whose purpose is to turn great ideas into positive health impact. Citizens, academia, health services and industry achieve more working together than in isolation. As part of a national network, we make this happen by bringing together all partners in the health sector, to develop and deliver innovative care. We are an independent company funded mostly through public money from the NHS, but we work with a wide range of innovative organisations in the public and private sectors.