Job summary
The Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) IntegratedCare Board (ICB) is seeking to recruit a Head of Business Intelligence who willwork with the Deputy Director for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence todeliver a portfolio of analytical insights.
The SNEE Integrated Care System (ICS)has a diverse and talented analytical community supported by modern data andanalytics technology and engaged stakeholders. The data professional communitycomes together as the SNEE Intelligence Function, which is working in novel andcollaborative ways to create new, impactful insights from data and to establisha positive environment for our data professional staff to develop. This role istherefore an excellent opportunity to join our active and friendly community ina leadership capacity.
Please contact Alexander Royan - DeputyDirector for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence
A if you would like to discuss this role.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 19th December.
Main duties of the job
This is a senior analytical leadership role, and the Head of Business Intelligence (BI) will lead the ICBs BI team. This is a group of around 14 talented data professionals, including data engineers and data analysts.
The role holder will oversee the delivery of insights from data, including the accurate reporting of activity and performance information to support the ICB discharge its functions in a manner informed by evidence from data. They will support the ICB to create new policies and strategies and the insight from the BI team is key in delivering integrated care, through our Alliance Delivery Plans and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.
The role holder will also contribute to the delivery of population health insights from linked data across the ICS. They will oversee management of the ICSs secure data and analytics environment and they will broaden access to data on the wider determinants of health. They will support the Deputy Director for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence, as a key member of the SNEE Intelligence Function, and they will contribute to producing strategic insights on integrated care.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board(ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function iscommonly referred to as commissioning. To do this, we work within a budget of around£ billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with localgovernment and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by howwell our local health and care system as a whole is working, including thehealth outcomes of our communities. The ICB has delegated some authority to the threehealth and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex toact on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas areaddressed. The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, includingthose it has delegated. Local residents have a big role to play in theoperation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of ourcommunities to help shape our decision-making.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Thisis a senior analytical leadership role, leading the development of BusinessIntelligence for the Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) Integrated Care Board(ICB).
Thepost holder will be accountable for the provision of high-quality businessintelligence to the SNEE ICB, as well as the wider Integrated Care System(ICS), including our three Alliances and Primary Care Networks.
Thepost holder will:
oversee the management of theBusiness Intelligence team (around 14 individuals) including data analystsand data engineers - with line management responsibility for at least twoindividuals, setting a vision and development programme to ensure staff achievetheir potential.
oversee the delivery of insightsfrom data for commissioning purposes, including the accurate reporting ofperformance indicators to assure provider service delivery to agreed standardsand to facilitate service redesign and forward planning.
lead the production ofperformance and activity information for the ICB, ensuring committees are wellserved by insights from data so they can discharge their duties in a mannerinformed by evidence from data.
work with the finance andcontracts teams to ensure business intelligence provides an understanding ofperformance and data quality as contracted and helps ensure that the ICB arereceiving best value for money.
ensure the ICB inputs accurateinformation on performance and activity to NHSE planning submissions.
provide a responsive dataanalytics service for the ICB, producing data analysis across a spectrum fromdescriptive to predictive and prescriptive analysis, utilising a range ofanalytical techniques to undertake statistical analysis and forecasting.
oversee the delivery of the ICBsbusiness intelligence strategy, including continuous improvement of theintelligence platform, staff development programme, and automation tasks.
oversee management of the SNEEICS secure data and analytics environment, working with ICB and ESNEFT Digitalcolleagues, including data engineering staff, and IT suppliers, to ensure datais managed appropriately and kept safe and to ensure access to data is managedin line with information governance rules.
be a key partner in the deliveryof the SNEE Intelligence Function, by hosting the ICSs Population HealthManagement (PHM) Analytics team (three people) and by contributing to theproduction of analytical insights on matters of strategic importance topartners across the ICS.
support the DeputyDirector for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence withoversight of a programme of analysis on population health insight to ensureknowledge of the populations health care needs, now and in future, informspolicy and service development
support the DeputyDirector for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence toensure there is an information governance framework for health intelligence andwork with Data Protection Officers to ensure appropriate information governanceis in place for use of linked data, ensuring the ICB is compliant with DARS ands251 requirements.
support the DeputyDirector for Strategy and Healthcare Intelligence towork across organisational boundaries to arrange a shared work programme andconsistent vision for health intelligence.
manage relationships with a rangeof external agencies, including commissioning support units, regulators andother NHS bodies, County Councils, other ICBs, GP practices and NHS providersin relation to business intelligence and population health insights.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
1. You can engage with sensitive ED&I issues and deal with them with the utmost dignity, respect and fairness.
2. You take pride in the talent of your team and go to great lengths to develop their skills and innovations
Communication Skills
Essential
3. You can explain data patterns and their implications on interpretation and promote data-driven decision-making.
4. You know how to give complex recommendations at a tactical and strategic level.
5. You proactively engage with stakeholders to work collaboratively and understand their requirements
Autonomy
Essential
6. You understand changes within health and care with a view to offering solutions to foreseen requirements
7. You can agree and control expenditure required for the effective running of your team
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
8. You have Senior Data Professional knowledge and experience.
9. Expert knowledge of Business Intelligence procedures, tools and systems, including data warehousing
10. Knowledge and understanding of NHS information flows, NHS Information Governance requirements and data security, applying data protection principles and legislation
11. Strong grasp of statistics, including knowledge of predictive, prescriptive and evaluative analytical techniques.
12. You can appraise the accuracy and quality of data, ensuring it is fit for the intended analysis and that analytical products are suitable for their audience.
13. You can oversee the development of systems to provide continuous availability of business-critical data.
14. You can gather the skills of a diverse multi-disciplinary data professional team to achieve an agreed outcome
Desirable
15. Experience of working as a data professional in a healthcare organisation