Information Analyst Specialist

We have an fantastic opportunity for an Information Analyst Specialist to join our experienced Infection Prevention Team at UHS.
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, well organised and adaptable individual with excellent interpersonal skills who can work in a challenging, dynamic and fast moving environment.
This is an important role which offers the opportunity to contribute to the provision of a high quality infection prevention and control service to support the trust in the reduction of healthcare associated infection and providing the best care for our patients.
The post holder will be enthusiastic and experienced in data collection, manipulation, interpretation and analysis and in using IT systems and their associated processes, in order to deliver high quality information and to ensure systems for surveillance, audit and performance monitoring and reporting are developed, implemented and maintained.

Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
You will work as part of the Infection Prevention Team to support the delivery of the Infection Prevention and Control Service within UHS. This service incorporates the prevention, surveillance, investigation and control of infection within UHS.
UHS is a large dynamic organisation with approximately 1200 beds. It provides a range of specialist and tertiary services and is a designated major trauma centre, providing a wealth of opportunities to gain a broad range of experience in infection prevention and control information-based analysis, reporting, processing and development.
The Infection Prevention team has a trust-wide remit covering services at the main Southampton General Hospital and Princess Anne Hospital Sites, its services within the Royal South Hants Hospital, New Forest Birthing Centre, and Lymington Hospital and to the HIOW air ambulance service. The team also works closely with local partners within the HIOW Integrated Care Board (ICB).
The Trust has clear priorities for improving patient safety and delivering a positive patient experience by reducing healthcare associated infection across the Trust and the Infection Prevention team are committed to supporting the delivery of these priorities., The successful candidate will work as a key member of the infection prevention team (IPT) and will:
- Ensure the high-quality collection, analysis and reporting of key HCAI information and performance data to enable reporting Trust-wide and externally.
-Analyse and resolve complex statistical, analytical queries and issues around data analysis where there could be a range of solutions.
- Develop, adapt and improve systems to input, store, analyse and disseminate information used by the IPT, including development and management of local databases/data sources.
- Implement and co-ordinate the infection prevention audit and surveillance programmes across the Trust.
- Provide office management and support, ensuring an efficient and effective administration function for the Infection Prevention Team, Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

Qualification or proven experience relevant to role (e.g. business analyst, data analyst, information technology).
-Experienced and skilled in using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access Databases, Microsoft Office 365 (including Microsoft Forms) and internet hosted databases.
-Experience of developing and maintaining databases/data sources and IT solutions for data collection, performance monitoring & reporting.
-Able to input and manipulate data and information into computer databases/data collection systems, generating reports and performance information.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.