A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
This is an exciting new opportunity to lead the development of the Trust’s Population Health Management (PHM) approach and function, working alongside colleagues across Performance & Informatics, Strategy & Transformation and Public Health.
Data is one of the most important assets of any organisation and this is especially true within UHCW. Business Intelligence & Informatics capabilities are instrumental to delivering patient care through driving operational and performance delivery, so this is an exciting opportunity to continue developing and evolving the business intelligence culture within the Trust.
The post holder will be joining our Performance & Informatics (P&I) department who are well respected and the largest of our corporate services. The P&I portfolio encompasses Business Intelligence & Informatics, Corporate Performance, Information Systems Development, Analytical Development, Clinical Coding, Data Quality, Patient Access and Cancer Services.
The post holder will be responsible for the design and provision of population health business intelligence, to support service planning, redesign and transformation to improve population health and reduce health inequalities. They will manage and work alongside a team of analysts to lead the improvement and use of information throughout the Trust and with external stakeholders.
Please be advised that interviews are proposed for week commencing 10th February 2025.
• To lead the development of a PHM intelligence function within the Trust, working with P&I Analysts and Strategy and Transformation colleagues on key PHM and health inequalities programmes, contributing to the “left shift” of services from acute to community, and from treatment to prevention.
• Accountable for the design, development and implementation of new data collection systems to process and deliver PHM data and information as required.
• Accountable for the production of population health and health inequalities information and intelligence to support strategy and transformation teams in the development and transformation of services including Community Integrator, Healthy Hospital, Integrated Urgent Care Review, Long Term Conditions, Winter Planning etc.
• Work with analysts and BI teams within the wider ICS to bring together information from multiple sources to create a coherent picture of population health need and demand.
• Production of appropriate forecasting using modelling and statistical techniques involving a variety of data currencies such as waiting lists, demographics and activity, including the production of detailed monthly profiles and plans, updating and refining analytical models as required.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
• Providing complex analysis to support Trust staff at all levels, offering guidance and interpretation to ensure the analysis is both appropriate and useful. Producing comparisons, trends, summary and narrative and investigating any areas requiring further investigation, ensuring analysis methodology is documented and a systematic approach is taken, whilst highlighting challenges in data quality, completeness and/or interpretation of management information as appropriate.
• Utilise experience, knowledge, judgement and skills to develop and improve information reporting systems for operational and strategic monitoring of patient based information in line with National data requirements and definitions. This will be achieved using a variety of reporting tools and a combination of advanced procedures in MS Excel, Access and SQL Server.
• To take an active role in the development and production of detailed reports to fulfil requests or identified needs of Trust Managers, clinicians and operational staff, including the establishment and maintenance of routine population health reporting through the Trust’s BI system.
• Provide advice and specialist knowledge to define Trust wide and external PHM information requirements and establishing appropriate reporting mechanisms.
• Proactive in the initiation of information analyses, suggesting information reports, scenario modelling, interpretation and forecasting trends, providing analysis and advise on information for future programmes of work and service delivery.
• Summarise complex data sets and information and presenting findings to various technical and non-technical groups including delivering formal presentations to large groups where necessary.
• Monitor best practice developments nationally and internationally in the use of intelligence to support PHM, including the use of forecasting, modelling and predictive analytics, and proactively promote the use of relevant best practice across the Trust and ICS.
• Ensure that there is a continual provision of a high level of customer service.
• To ensure that Information Governance and Data Protection are adhered to in relation to the provision of information.
• Ensure line management responsibilities are delivered in line with Trust policy, whilst developing plans to attract and retain the best staff within the discipline in order to build as strong a team as possible.
• Work with other members of the team to assess and develop improved working practices and make changes as necessary.
• Participate in both Trust and P&I meetings and training where required.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Friday 31 Jan 2025