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Job summary

Main area
Central BI and Reporting
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-6252791GSS
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Canary wharf
Town
London
Salary
£58,698 - £65,095 Per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
21/05/2024

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Senior Cancer Information Analyst

Band 8a

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

Senior Cancer Information Analyst (Band 8a): Barts Health is looking to recruit a dynamic and highly motivated performance analyst to lead on the development of reporting on cancer across the organisation.  Analysis will target high impact efficiency and productivity indicators and operational performance indicators as well as modelling future activity and performance.

Proposed interview date:  on or after 21st May 2024 

Main duties of the job

This role is key to supporting the Operational Teams to provide an efficient service to the local community.

These activities are carried out for multiple sites and require complex extraction from data warehouses and other sources. This is a pivotal post in the Trust being the lead for performance analytics, providing business intelligence to a range of stakeholders across Barts Health and externally.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level or equivalent in a numerate discipline/experience
Desirable criteria
  • Post graduate qualification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of national NHS patient standard definitions and coding schemes
  • An in-depth knowledge of NHS information requirements.
  • Knowledge of the National Health Service and issues in acute hospitals

Experience

Essential criteria
  • MS SQL Server/T-SQL, VBA
  • Microsoft Products including Excel, Access and Word to an advanced level.
  • Working at a conceptual as well as at a detailed level.
  • Hospital Information System or Patient Administration Systems
  • Somerset data system
  • NHS Digital CWT-db.
Desirable criteria
  • Management of staff
  • Cerner system

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Analysis of highly complex data to produce succinct information appropriate for its audience, using relational database systems linked to PC products
  • Ability to process, understand and analyse highly complex information and produce high quality outputs
  • Demonstrable ability to develop new ways of working
  • An effective completer/finisher
  • Operational research/modelling skills.
  • Ability to analyse, investigate and resolve complex queries, issues and problems
  • Ability to train others to use systems and processes
  • Excellent attention to detail

Other

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills including ability to produce executive level papers and presentations and be able to present complex statistical data, analyses and concepts to executive audiences internally and externally
  • Negotiation skills, influencing and persuading individuals and groups
  • A willingness to communicate openly and transparently

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Paul Bird
Job title
BIU Business Partner
Email address
[email protected]
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