Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Information and Analytics Support Officer to join an existing team of Analysts within the Specialised Cancer, Medicine and Rehabilitation (SCMR) a combination of 2 Care Groups.
We are looking for a new member of the team with the experience and personality to complement the existing SCMR Care Group team. This role provides an ideal development opportunity.
Main duties of the job
1. Maintain, develop and update databases to aid in the management of clinical activity on behalf of the care group.
2. Process large datasets relating to drug prescriptions, income, patient activity, and clinical care whilst liaising with a variety of internal and external stakeholders (consultants, other care providers etc.) to ensure that the care group accurately records patient care/drug prescriptions not funded by Payment by Results (PbR) contracts and can charge these costs to the relevant commissioners.
3. Monitor levels of clinical activity and escalate any unusual variations to the senior management team.
4. Assist with other key business functions of the care group, providing an information analyst role, including financial data management, submission of clinical data to national datasets, and analyses related to service improvement.
About us
The SCMR combined Care Group at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides secondary care services for the entire adult population of Sheffield and highly specialised tertiary services to wider geographical regions. The clinical services include Specialist Oncology services including SACT and Radiotherapy; General Haematology, Haemato-oncology and Haemostasis & Thrombosis services; Clinical Infection & Sexual Health Services; Dermatology; Clinical Immunology & Allergy; Spinal Injuries Rehabilitation; and Specialist Prosthetics Limb, Orthotic and Wheelchair services.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Qualification in Service/Quality Improvement or equivalent experience.
Experience
* Working in an NHS information environment.
* Work in an acute NHS trust.
* Highly developed computing skills with an excellent command of Microsoft Office packages including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
* Experience and application of computer programming languages with a special emphasis on excellent SQL and Visual Basic skills.
* Experience and application of statistical analysis techniques with the ability to produce a variety of graphical representations of information with a particular focus on time series data - such as Run Charts and Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts.
* Experience of deriving, manipulating, and converting large volume data sets for further statistical analysis.
* Dealing with complex, sensitive, and confidential data.
* Exposure to an environment with a philosophy of continuous improvement.
* Experience of bespoke reporting tools.
Skills and Knowledge
* Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
* Expert skills in complex data extraction from the Trust's information systems with the use of Structured Query Language (SQL).
* Moulding and manipulation of data sets in spreadsheets and PC applications such as Excel and Access. This will include Visual Basic (VBA).
* Good knowledge of service improvement techniques with an emphasis on measured improvement.
Personal Qualities
* Able to act on own initiative, judgement and to make decisions.
* Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
* Outcomes focused, strong drive, and motivation.
* Committed to continuous professional development.
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.
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum/Pro rata for part time.
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