Healthcare Principal Analyst

The post holder will lead on the delivery of analytics and business intelligence services which support the planning and delivery of patient care. During a busy period of change and BI service transformation as the trust moves to a new electronic patient record system, the post holder will provide subject matter expertise to interpret organisational business intelligence requirements into services and products, and lead on sourcing and implementing data and reporting solutions. Working as part of a great team with a committed purpose to deliver timely and accurate information and insights, directly contributing to the improvement in patient care. The Information Team sits within the Trust Finance Directorate,

• Co-ordinate project and routine activities, to ensure work is appropriately prioritised and deadlines are met
• Work with customers and stakeholders to understand reporting needs and define their reporting requirements
• Review changes in national guidance and reporting mandates to assess and address the impact on reporting services
• Design, develop, test and make available information solutions for the automatic creation and presentations of reports and dashboards
• Extract and manipulate complex and extremely varied data from different SQL databases for reporting and analysis
• Provide subject matter expertise and undertake BI activities relating to those healthcare disciplines within your area of information service provision
• Use in depth knowledge and analytical expertise of Healthcare data to identify issues, good practice, trends, exceptions, and solve problem
• Provide line management to the team, overseeing work undertaken
• Provide professional development and training to the wider information team in support of their technical and knowledge development
• Routinely review team outputs to ensure alignment to the operational and strategic objectives and priorities of the organisation, and the teams/functions which the outputs support
Working for our organisation Why Work With Us This role will be part of the Information Team within the Trust, however the post holder will be required to work closely with colleagues from the EPR Programme as we look to implement our EPR across Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth. This is an exciting programme that will transform existing ways of working across the Trust's and the wider region. It will benefit patients and carers from across our geographic footprint as well as our staff from across our acute, community and social care settings.,
• Required to provide and receive complex data sets sharing complex information in simple to understand format
• Communicate professionally and effectively with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
• Undertake deep dive analysis and interpretation of data in order to interpret and explain performance and risks
• Take ownership of data quality and integrity issues to ensure all information that is shared is accurate and reliable
• Respond to changing business priorities that require changes to team responsibilities at short notice, reprioritising and delivering to new or adjusted time scales
• Plan and manage reporting commitments and projects to ensure that activities are resourced and deadlines are met
• Prioritise information requests from services, and deliver information and informatics support within agreed and negotiated timescales
• Provide project management to plan and co-ordinate responsibilities for the successful delivery of Information projects and initiatives
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people. If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a 'Staff Carers' policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer's Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts. IMPORTANT INFORMATION + We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly + Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role + Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly. + Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band + If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion + It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.