Job Summary
This post will provide comprehensive data intelligence and analytical support to inform decisions and monitor services across Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
This post is based with the Corporate Information and Analysis team but will have strong links to the Care Groups and service improvement team. The post holder will work with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver comprehensive data analysis and expertise to support delivery of projects.
Main duties of the job
- Act as a subject matter expert in relation to data and analysis.
- Provide modelling e.g. capacity and demand, to help improve the efficiency of a service.
- Provide up to date, accurate performance and outcomes intelligence, data and analysis in order to communicate with staff on operational, business and clinical matters relating to current and future service needs.
- The post holder will require excellent technical and analytic skills in order to produce sophisticated accurate and robust statistics, intelligence with little / no direction on how to fairly & visually portray a situation.
- Provide expert advice and analysis to a variety of teams across the Trust to support decision making.
- Offer expert advice and guidance on data collection.
- Develop strong relationships with external stakeholders to improve the quality of data collection and reporting.
- The post holder will be required to manage projects; from scoping improvement opportunities, engaging others in the delivery of the work and fundamentally monitoring the ‘so what?’ factor to identify if changes have led to real improvements for patients.
- Understanding of benefits realisation and ensuring that these are identified as part of any project, measures are developed to monitor benefits and support is given to ensure benefits are realised.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSEs (A-C) in Maths and English and/or equivalent qualification and/or equivalent experience
- Educated to degree level in numerate subject and/or equivalent qualification and/or equivalent experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a highly analytical environment
- Experience of planning, organising workload to meet deadlines
- Practical experience of managing and coordinating multiple projects/large pieces of work, with an understanding of project management methodology
- Demonstrable ability to transfer skills to others and communicate effectively with stakeholders
- Basic understanding of Improvement methodology such as lean, six sigma
- Experience of capacity and demand modelling
Desirable
- NHS experience working with health-related data and processes
- Staff management / supervisory experience
Skills
Essential
- Proficient in statistical data analysis, including but not limited to; regression, correlation, analysis of variance and means, hypothesis testing and statistical process control
- Advanced MS-Office skills especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Demonstrable ability to communicate through effective report writing and presentational skills
- Problem solving; analytical techniques and interpretation of data
- Ability to work under pressure and produce high quality work to tight deadlines
- Strong interpersonal team working and facilitation skills
- Knowledge and use of Key Performance Indicators for project focus
Desirable
- Have a thorough understanding of NHS data sources, data definitions and data flows.
- Data protection legislation; Caldicott and other relevant guidance
- Advanced working knowledge of R (or similar statistical analysis packages).
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel off site by own vehicle/or assisted driver when required
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: 27 April 2025
