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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 2 years (secondments will be considered but applicants should have sought approval from their current line manager/employer before applying)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
408-25-564
Employer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Clatterbridge Hospital
Town
Bebington
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2025 23:59

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Macmillan Assistant Business Intelligence Developer Personalised Care

Band 5

 

To discover why you should consider applying for a role at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, please watch our video and hear directly from our staff about what it’s truly like to work at WUTH and its surrounding areas: https://youtu.be/Z5oMaNXprn8

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to be part of a Macmillan funded personalised care project .

The NHS Long Term Plan states 'every person should have access to Personalised care' and this Macmillan funded project  aims to support a collaborative approach to achieve this ambition. 

As a key member of the Personalised Care Team this role will support the development and maintenance of the Trusts data warehouse and reporting solutions and the delivery of personalised care as per the NHS Long Term Plan (2019). This will involve utilising all available technologies to support seamless access to a wide range of reports and dashboards via the WUTH Business Intelligence (BI) Portal.

The role will also support the Macmillan Senior Project Manager to implement a remote surveillance digital solution and ensure data is shared digitally with primary care including eHNA integration with Cerner, Somerset and Docman.

 The successful applicant will be employed within the WUTH Cancer Services Team but will work closely with clinical teams and also receive appropriate professional and technical training/support from the trusts Digital Healthcare Team (DHT).

The job will be based with Cancer Services  at Clatterbridge Hospital but will involve cross site working between Clatterbridge Hospital and Arrowe Park Hospital.

 

Main duties of the job

  • Responsible for developing SQL scripts to interpret and report against healthcare datasets. Ensuring information is processed in accordance with national NHS rules/guidelines/timescales and local policies and procedures. This includes ensuring personalised care data is recovered accurately on Somerset for COSD submission.
  •  Implement new report developments and reporting changes for the Business Intelligence Team, especially within the area of the development, scheduling and publication of reporting solutions and complex reporting processes.
  • Assist the BI Developers in the creation and maintenance of a suite of data models used to support the effective analysis/interpretation of NHS Data to meet the local/national reporting specifications and requirements of the Trust.
  • Responsible for gathering reporting requirements from staff across the trust and converting those requirements into business intelligence portal reports or automated reporting outputs e.g. scheduled emails, etc.
  • Working closely with senior developers to design and implement the most appropriate solutions to deliver a fit for purpose data warehouse and data architecture.
  • Develop key skills in own area to enhance career development at WUTH (information management, SQL, MS PowerBI, operational/clinical service expertise, etc).
  • Will need to communicate with all levels of staff within the Trust and 
    representatives from external organisations.

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Macmillan Assistant Business Intelligence Developer Personalised Care position available at WUTH

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good knowledge of analysing and interpreting large datasets and good understanding of visualising data/information for end users
  • Experience using complex computerised information systems. Experience in a healthcare setting would be beneficial but not essential i.e. Cerner Millennium or another EPR
  • Ability to gather user requirements and convert into meaningful business intelligence reports
  • Good analytical skills to support multiple large datasets sometimes from different data sources and in different formats
  • A logical and analytical approach to problem solving demonstrated in a data driven environment
  • Good skills in the analysis, presentation and interpretation of information
  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify the most appropriate solution from several possible options and to resolve using your own initiative
  • Good communication skills, ability to establish and maintain good relationships with other team members and with service users, and to influence clinicians and managers, ability to communicate with non-computer literate staff at all levels
  • Excellent organisational skills relating to creating and maintaining electronic filing systems, locating data and information and meeting deadlines
  • Commitment to share experience and knowledge and to keep others informed of issues of importance and relevance
  • Training of end users both Information and noninformation staff in application reporting and data model development
  • Importance of equality, diversity and rights
  • Importance of maintaining confidentiality, in accordance with Data Protection Act and national/local guidelines

Qualifications, Specific Experience and Training

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent, relevant experience in an information/business intelligence department
  • Good SQL skills including the development of efficient data models
  • Good understanding of how to use Business Intelligence software tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, business objects, etc)
  • business objects, etc) ☒ ☐ Application Form  Experience of working with complex datasets and processing those datasets into automated data flows. Ability to identify and interpret the information needs of end users to support the development process
  • IT skills to allow full use of Microsoft Office software
Desirable criteria
  • Undertaking or completion of additional training to demonstrate expert knowledge of advanced data architecture and data processing techniques
  • Web development skills using Microsoft.net or similar
  • Understanding and experience using clinical and operational data within an acute hospital e.g. clinical coding (HRG, OPCS4, ICD10, SNOMED), clinical terminology, Payment by Results, Service Line Reporting and contract planning

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Self-starter with confidence to work with limited supervision and use of own initiative
  • Ability to prioritise own work by liaising with other staff and teams
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Good technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Flexible approach to work and the ability to cope with change management
  • A methodical approach to work, with attention to detail in checking and verification of data
  • Ability to use own initiative and work independently
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gail Fitzgerald
Job title
Macmillan Integrated Personalised Care Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 334 4000
Additional information

For an informal discussion or to arrange a departmental visit please contact Macmillan Integrated Personalised Care Lead Nurse Gail Fitzgerald [email protected]

 

Tel 0151 334 4000 ext 3541

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