Employer: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/03/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 7
Moorfields - A global leader in Ophthalmology
We are Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Founded in 1804, Moorfields Eye Hospital is a world-class centre of excellence for eye health services, ophthalmic research, and education.
With more than 2,300 staff, we are proud to be supported by one of the most diverse workforces in the NHS. Every year we treat more than 700,000 patients at City Road in central London and at our 22 satellite sites. In partnership with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, we lead one of the most impactful ophthalmic research programmes in the world.
This is an exciting time to join Moorfields. The pandemic fast-tracked a huge amount of innovation which is changing the way we work and deliver care. Construction is under way on Oriel, our new eye care, research, and education centre being built in Camden.
If you want to be part of delivering world-class eye health services and you share our values: excellence, equity, and kindness, then we would love to hear from you!
Job overview
We are at a pivotal stage of our digital journey and have an ambitious portfolio of digital technology initiatives ahead of us, all grounded around empowering patients and service users, improving the experience navigating the healthcare system and joining up systems and data across to better meet the needs of citizens.
The data engineering service provides a central platform to support the Trust’s data analytics, reporting and day-to-day operational service delivery and is responsible for the end-to-end data engineering lifecycle.
Main duties of the job
A senior data engineer designs and leads the implementation of data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems.
At this role level, you will:
* Write complex ETL (extract, transform, load) scripts and code and optimise to ensure processes perform optimally.
* Recognise opportunities to reuse existing data flows.
* Lead the build of data flows/data streaming systems.
You will support all parts of our organisation, and be focused on one or more areas:
* Clinic and ward builds.
* Active referrals and referral to treatment (RTT) pathways.
You will put people at the heart of everything you do – with a relentless focus on user experience and ensuring all our user needs are met across sites at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
With the ever-increasing need and interest in the use of digital technology in healthcare, you will be part of a team of Digital, Data and Technology experts that delivers service improvements and keeps at the forefront of new technology.
Working for our organisation
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
* Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement.
* Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme.
* Free 24/7 independent counselling service.
* Learning and development opportunities.
* Easy and quick transport links.
* A range of attractive benefits and discounts.
* Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes.
* Free Pilates classes.
* Full support and training to develop your skills.
* Flexible working friendly organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Leadership
* Mentor and coach other members of the Data Engineering team, including supporting building long-term capability in the team.
* Champion quality across the Digital, Data and Technology teams.
Communicating between the technical and non-technical
* Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics.
* Be an advocate for the team externally and manage differing perspectives.
Data analysis and synthesis
* Undertake data profiling and source system analysis, including documenting complex source-to-target mappings.
* Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data.
Data innovation
* Understand the impact on the organisation of emerging trends in data tools, analysis techniques and data usage.
* Produce relevant data models across multiple subject areas.
Data operations
* Ensure the data operational environment is maintained, with appropriate monitoring and coverage, automating remediation action(s) where possible.
* Lead on regular preventative maintenance activities that are complex.
Governance
* Ensure our data engineering and operational practices consider secure by design principles, and clinical safety principles throughout the lifecycle.
Metadata management
* Contribute to and update the metadata repository.
Ownership and initiative
* Take accountability of issues and be proactive in searching for potential problems.
Problem resolution (data)
* Respond to incidents and problems in databases, data processes, data products and services as they occur.
Programming and build (data engineering)
* Use agreed standards and tools to design, code, test, correct and document moderate-to-complex programs and scripts from agreed specifications and subsequent iterations.
Service focus
* Investigate how to get the best of underlying services.
Service reporting
* Responsible for ensuring that the service management platform and associated tooling is kept up to date.
Technical breadth
* Have experience in more than one data engineering technology (SQL, Oracle, etc).
Testing
* Review requirements and specifications and define test conditions.
Community of practice
* Develop and maintain a network of professionals to enable continuous learning and a community.
Other Duties:
* Occasional work may be required outside of core business hours to support major projects/programmes.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Degree, or equivalent relevant level of experience with additional specialist knowledge.
Experience
* Experience in the role of a data engineer/data warehouse engineer, or equivalent role.
Skills and knowledge
* Systematic and methodical approach to problem solving.
* Good communication skills – tailoring your message for the audience.
Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure and two references. We do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts.
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture. As part of our pledge to take positive action in recruitment we encourage applications from under-represented candidates.
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