To undertake the lead role in the collection and collation of all required and relevant data for the Southwest Cardiothoracic Centre To ensure that all required reports are submitted to the national data sets in a timely fashion and are robust in nature To develop a robust mechanism for ensuring all clinical staff are able to access and utilise the data as required with a clear understanding of the data analysis To promote a sense of data ownership amongst all members of the team To work in close collaboration with the Clinical and Performance Information Teams in determining service needs, reactive to the current market To develop a communication system via appropriate meetings, updates, audits and presentations as required across the Directorate ,the Trust and the Network To work in partnership with all key stakeholders to maximise utilisation of data to inform and implement enhanced quality in clinical care To analyse data, ensuring information is fit for purpose. To act as line manager for the data team within the Directorate, ensuring good HR practice is applied To provide informatics support to the management teams for any implementation of new projects based on IT systems To act as Directorate project lead for any IT related project, producing timely reports for the wider circulation To take a lead role in the 18 week clinical pathway projects, developing audit tools for the directorate / Network team to utilise for the future Commissioning of services To attend monthly directorate/ Network meetings to present activity information, analysing inadequate data for variances To ensure data is regularly audited for timeliness, accuracy and completeness and in addition forward judgements and options once data has been analysed/ compared for a range of facts and data. To support the Directorate Manager / Network in the preparation and production of Commissioner / Directorate and Trust reports both local and national when required. To actively participate in service improvement schemes by supporting and challenging colleagues in relation to the benefits informatics can offer in improving service delivery across the whole health economy