Description
Information derived from meaningful and relevant analysis of accurate and complete data is key to good decision making for operational, corporate, and strategic issues.
The Senior Information Analyst is responsible for collecting, analysing, and presenting data for all aspects of their areas of responsibility. They will work closely with stakeholders, leading development, production, and promotion of a range of statistical and information services across complex areas of clinical, operational, and corporate services.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Information Partner in developing and maintaining a Trust-wide Information strategy and business plans, participating in processes and governance arrangements which enable the strategy to be updated regularly to reflect changes in local, national, and international data requirements and standards.
- Support development and implementation of Trust-wide plans for the Information strategy.
- Develop and maintain information management policies and procedures consistent with the information strategy, Trust systems, national requirements, workflows, and operational practices.
- Engage with stakeholders at all levels to better understand their needs and to promote and raise awareness within the Trust of the importance of informed decision making and the role that analytics can play.
- Promote and implement plans to encourage an 'information able culture' across the Trust based on users directly accessing information according to their needs and to participate in audits to ensure compliance with Trust, NHS, and international standards where appropriate.
- Provide professional leadership in the post holder's areas of responsibility for delivery of a broad range of complex activities based on expertise in information analysis.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £55,524 to £62,652 per annum
- Flexible working hours
- Generous benefits package
Person Specification
Experience
- Substantial experience of NHS information systems, sufficient to have gained an in-depth knowledge of the way data is held on Trust's Patient Administration Systems (PAS)
- Extensive experience of analysing information, preferably in the NHS, with evidence of success at producing reports/models/statistical analyses that met the clients' needs
- Proven experience in Power BI development and data visualisation
- Knowledge of patient pathways within primary and secondary care sector
Skills and Aptitudes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, producing reports/documentation to a professional standard, with an ability to communicate and present complex issues to audiences with a range of understanding.
- Able to build good business relationships and liaise effectively with senior management, clinical staff, and other colleagues
- Proven ability to design and manage programmes of work, including the ability to act on own initiative in these areas
- Expert understanding of the concepts and techniques of spreadsheets and relational databases
- Experience of advanced SQL querying techniques
- Knowledge of and experience with relevant statistical/mathematical modelling packages
- Extremely numerate/logical and able to analyse and interpret data and information accurately and effectively
- Willingness to reflect on experiences and actively seeks to learn lessons from these