Job Summary
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 responsible for the end-to-end data engineering lifecycle.
There are a number of different teams within IT Operations, aligned to specific user needs / services. Each team will have a number of different services that form the service offering to end users.
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 work on data engineering
- 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
- Master patient data
- Active referrals and referral to treatment (RTT) pathways
- Active outpatient appointments
- Active inpatient TCIs
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.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Degree, or equivalent relevant level of experience with additional specialist knowledge
- Relevant technical / data qualification, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Relevant management / leadership qualification, or equivalent experience to degree level
- Service management qualification or equivalent experience (example: ITIL)
- Delivery management qualification or equivalent experience (Agile, PRINCE2, etc)
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the role of a data engineer / data warehouse engineer, or equivalent role
- Experience championing data to drive successful and improved outcomes
- Experience designing, developing and operating multiple data / data warehouse technologies (SQL, Oracle, etc), or similar datasets and supporting technologies (SSRS, SSIS, etc)
- Experience of supporting the transition of data products from Delivery into Live Service – including service transition and assurance activities
Desirable
- Mentoring and coaching others
- Management of financial budgets for a team (pay, on-call, consumables)
- Experience of management data products / services in healthcare (NHS)
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Systematic and methodical approach to problem solving
- Prioritisation of work – within the team
- Meet set targets or metrics
- Autonomous working and can delegate appropriately
- Good communication skills – tailoring your message for audience, providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information, able to communicate technical information in a simple way to stakeholders
- Proficient technical skills on more than one data / data warehouse technology
- Strong domain knowledge and ability to keep ahead of technology and data initiatives.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Relentless focus on user needs and experience
- Problem-solving mindset – focusing on improving outcomes
- Seeing the bigger picture – understand how your work and the work of your team supports wider objectives and meets the diverse needs of stakeholders
- Able to work well within a busy environment
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 14 March 2025
