Job summary
- Main area
- Data
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term/secondment up to 12 months. The post may become Permanent at the end of this period.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 419-7097777-DA-SY
- Employer
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York Hospital
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Data Technician - Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care (TACC)
Band 4
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
- We are KIND
- We are OPEN
- We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.
People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity available available for a Data Technician in our Theatres team.
The successful candidate will have experience in data collection, analysis and have the appropriate skills to produce and maintain reports from Trust systems. You will demonstrate your attention to detail, check accuracy of your reporting, and will be able to present complex data in an easily understandable format.
The successful candidate will be able to chose their Hospital Site as a working base.
Main duties of the job
The Data Technician reports to the Operational Management team for all the duties and responsibilities stated on the job description as well as any other duties required within reason, as assigned by the management and Clinical Team, with a dotted line to the Insight and Intelligence Team for career development.
You will be expected to use data from multiple sources and provide key insights and decision-making information for clinical and operational activities within the Directorate.
It is the responsibility of the Data Technician to communicate effectively and frequently with the clinical and management team.
Working for our organisation
Trust Information Pack: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected]
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to A Level or can demonstrate equivalent qualifications
- Previous experience of presenting complex data in a user-friendly format
Desirable criteria
- Extended experience of working in a healthcare of similar administrative environment
- Exceptional negotiating skills, with the ability to influence others
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Production of key performance indicator reports
- Experience of presenting complex data in a user-friendly format
- Thorough Knowledge of Microsoft Access and Excel creation/manipulation of pivot tables/charts
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS reporting tools
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT skills with the ability to analyse and and manipulate data to produce informative reports
- Ability to prepare and present complex data to varied audiences
- Problem solving and analytical skills
Other requirments
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to understand end-use requirements and to communicate technical information to a nontechnical audience
- Good numeracy skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload without superivsion, working to meet tight and often challenging deadlines
- Ability to work well within a team and on own initiative
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other colleagues in the wider organisation
- Good attention to detail
- Desire to improve skills and knowledge through on-going training and development
Desirable criteria
- Negotiating skills, with the ability to influence others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Crossland
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721820682
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