Senior Analyst (Improvement)

NHS England are looking to recruit an Senior Analyst (Improvement) at Band 8a Level. The post will be based within the East Intelligence & Insight Team. At a high level, the Intelligence & Insight Team supports the East of England's Operations Directorate to distinguish between signal and background noise. We guide customers to make meaningful changes within their work areas, which broadly cover performance and improvement, always bearing in mind that behind all the numbers are the patients we serve. As a Senior Analyst, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic insight team supporting managers and staff across the Operations and System Support Directorate, helping them to distinguish between signal and noise by providing actionable insights to support decision-making. Please confirm in your application that you can attend the interview in person.,

• Monitor performance metrics to understand how patients experience the NHS - for example collecting and publishing statistics on cancer performance. This also includes monitoring performance and identifying reasons for changes and variation in performance.
• Assisting with how the NHS plans for its delivery of services - enabling the annual planning round.
• Assisting topic leads with deep dive pieces of analysis - these are multiple and varied in their topic and method applied. Previous areas include impact of doctors Industrial Action and modelling impact of referral patterns.
• Projecting demand for NHS services and required capacity over the course of the year and future years. Eg. how services are affected by changing appointments from in person to virtual.
• Work proactively and on their own initiative, with the ability to manage integrated programmes of work. The ability to work in a fast-paced work environment with competing priorities. Curiosity and a desire to explore how we can continuously seek to improve how we deliver our work are critical to the role., NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
  
  Working in complex environments with an ability to engage effectively with various stakeholders, so excellent communication and relationship building skills are necessary.
  
  The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.