Health and Care Intelligence Apprentice

Its an exciting time for public health in Oxfordshire with the councils vision of becoming a greener, fairer and healthier county aligning with public health priorities, including a shift towards focussing on more preventative approaches and aiming to close the health inequalities gap between different communities. To help us deliver this vision, we are looking for a dynamic public health professional who wants to focus on improving public health outcomes, supporting policy-making, and working with government bodies to ensure compliance with health regulations to improve health outcomes for Oxfordshire residents., The Health Care Analyst will focus on analysing health and care data to improve public health outcomes, support policy-making, and enhance the efficiency of healthcare services. The role involves working with large datasets, collaborating with government bodies, and ensuring compliance with public health regulations. This is a fixed term (3 year) apprenticeship post which will provide support to a range of public health programmes, with six hours per week spent participating in formal learning. The Health & Care Intelligence Specialist Level 7 apprenticeship is a developmental route for job roles within the core Public Health workforce that enables the apprentice, on successful completion, to achieve a Masters-level qualification. The apprenticeship is for junior professionals who study the health of populations, plan, commission, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health and social care polices and services. The apprenticeship supports the career progression of analysts into a
position to be able to lead and oversee analyst teams. Formal learning includes modules on leadership and management, study design and methodologies, data analysis, finance, economics and planning. Further details of the apprenticeship can be found here: Health & Care Intelligence Specialist Apprenticeship Level 7 - JGA - Developing Futures (jga-group.com) As a Health and Care Intelligence Specialist apprentice, you will be responsible for analysing, evaluating, and interpreting data from a range of sources, to inform the development of public health programmes, statutory reports and publications. Your main role will be evaluating current areas of concern for Oxfordshire and becoming the specialist in using local population health management databases and a range of national databases and data sources, for example Hospital Episode Statistics data (HES NHS). The role will require a comprehensive understanding of health data and data sources to be able to provide health
intelligence advice to other members of the Public Health team, wider colleagues within the Council, and partner agencies (NHS, district councils, voluntary section organisations). You will also lead on in-depth analytical projects to support others within the Public Health team. You will be responsive to ad-hoc requests such as supporting the response to relevant Freedom of Information requests., for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service. Due to ESFA funding rules all applicants must have the right to work in the UK and have been a UK resident or have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 years on the start date of the apprenticeship. We do not offer sponsorship for apprenticeships. Our commitment to: Safeguarding Oxfordshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments. Our commitment to: Flexible Working We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, part time working, job sharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. Follow us on Social Media Stay up-to-date with the
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