Senior Data Engineer

The post holder will play a key role in developing and maintaining the Trust Data Management and visualisation platforms used by Information Services and the wider organisation. The post-holder will support the specification and development of data flows, models and reports to enable Information Services to deliver a first class, comprehensive and proactive service to the Trust.

The post holder will contribute to the development of the Data Engineering programme and ensure all reporting is presented in the most dynamic and meaningful way. The post holder will ensure the integrity of data across all datasets used both internally and for local and national returns. The role will be critical in embedding the cultural shift within the organisation.

Data Science and clinical intelligence are revolutionising healthcare, offering opportunities for continuous clinical improvement as well as more personalised care. You will play a key role in developing and maintaining MFT's Trust-wide reporting and analysis service, using a range of business intelligence products and data warehousing technology. As we seek to improve clinical quality through informatics, we'll look to your expertise to ensure we deliver a first-class service to the Trust., To be the Trust specialist on designing and developing information solutions using Business Intelligence products and Data Warehousing technology. You will provide expertise in SQL Server, modelling and report development, web-based visualisation platforms, Python, R, online collaboration and development platforms, and Cloud based technologies.

The post holder will work with relevant stakeholders to plan, design, and implement Business Intelligence solutions to underpin effective decision making and improve clinical quality. To support the development of products and services using data warehouse and data lake platforms, visualisation tools, and Cloud based technologies.

To use advanced technical and analytical skills to ensure the Information Services department delivers its objectives of developing a Trust wide data warehouse and sophisticated reporting service. To proactively seek sophisticated solutions to Information and reporting problems that ensure the department can evolve in an increasingly demanding climate.

The post holder must communicate complex analytical concepts to other Information staff and to also provide summary of these concepts to other staff groups from a non-IT background.

To train and support colleagues in the Information Services team and beyond in new technologies, newly developed reports / models.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and well-being and shaping the future of our organisation together.