NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
By collaborating as an integrated care system (ICS) our health and care organisations can tackle complex challenges, including:
- improving the health of children and young people
- supporting people to stay well and independent
- acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions
- supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues
- caring for those with multiple needs as populations age getting the best from
We're looking for a Assistant Analyst to join our Business Intelligence team. In this role, you'll contribute directly to the mission of improving population health outcomes, tackling inequalities, and enhancing productivity within the NHS Integrated Care System (ICS). As an analyst, you'll use your expertise in data analytics to provide crucial insights that inform decision-making, identify trends, and help the NHS optimise its services. You'll work with a variety of data sets and tools such as SQL and Power BI, collaborating with stakeholders across the health and care system.
Main duties of the job
In this Assistant Analyst role, you'll be responsible for analysing large and complex health and care datasets to generate insights that directly inform decision-making and improve healthcare services. You'll utilise tools such as Power BI and SQL to create dynamic dashboards and reports, supporting key performance tracking and operational analysis. Working closely with various stakeholders, both internal and external, you'll ensure that data is accurately collected, validated, and used effectively across the organisation and system.
In addition to generating reports and visualisations, you'll play a crucial role in monitoring and enhancing data quality, identifying trends, and forecasting future needs within the healthcare system. Your work will help drive improvements in service delivery and support the development of efficient, data-driven strategies.
We are seeking a candidate with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, proficiency in data tools like SQL and Power BI, and the ability to manage large datasets with a keen eye for detail. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will need to present complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. The ideal candidate will also be a collaborative team player who can work effectively across departments and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
About us
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment and are always keen to hear from people who would like to work with us. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability or long-term health condition, gender identity or expression, race or ethnicity, faith, sex, sexuality or veteran status.
We are looking for people whose personal values and behaviours align with the NHS values outlined in the NHS Constitution and our own values and behaviours.
You can look forward to excellent benefits including discounts schemes, optional pension and life assurance, flexible working, salary sacrifice vehicles and cycles and much more
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification for more specific information about this post.
For hybrid working we offer the flexibility to work from an office (Bodmin, Truro), and from home, depending on the requirements of the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications, training and professional membership
Essential
- Educated to degree level or level 6 vocational qualification or equivalent level of knowledge, or in-depth diploma in a relevant subject (such as data analytics within Health and Care)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Personal Values
Essential
- Demonstrates alignment with the NHS values, delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan, the NHS People Plan, Nolan principles.
- Able to demonstrate compassion in the workplace with a track record of active challenge to support improvements in equality, diversity, inclusion, and/or social justice.
- Demonstrates the living values of openness and integrity, contributing to cultures where this thrives
Desirable
- Committed to continuing professional development, actively developing and supporting a continuous learning culture.
- Demonstrates behaviours that support innovation and transformation.
Experience
Essential
- Working with large and complex data sets and ability to quality check and manage imperfect data in a politically sensitive and complex environment. oExperience of using elements of the MS BI stack (SharePoint, SSMS, SSRS Power BI, Tableau etc.)
Desirable
- In depth and thorough specialist knowledge about the benefits that can be obtained from information systems.
- Experience of informatics including data modelling and testing within the NHS or healthcare sectors.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Proven high level experience of MS Office applications (word/excel/powerpoint). Knowledge of DAX
- Attention to detail with ability to analyse, extract and interpret information in order to recommend appropriate course of act.
- Able to work independently or as part of a team.
- Able to manage own workload without supervision, take on unscheduled tasks, work under pressure to meet demanding deadlines.
- Able to present complex information to a wide range of audiences both verbally and electronically (e.g. charts graphs, reports, scorecards, tables, dashboards etc.)
- Able to keep accurate electronic and manual records at all times, including audit trail.
- Excellent verbal, written and personal communication skills.
Desirable
- knowledge of NHS Information Governance, data flows and the Data Access Request Service (DARS) process.
- An understanding of data security and confidentiality issues including the Data Protection Act and patient confidentiality regulations.
- Proven high level experience of MS Office applications (word/excel/powerpoint). Knowledge of DAX
The closing date is 20 October 2024
