Senior Information Analyst - Statutory Information (Annex 21)

at  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated individual to join the Statutory Information Team. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a role to drive forward change within the Trust.
The Senior Information Analyst will join the Statutory Information Team and work closely with the Information Manager on the provision of timely and relevant submissions, analysis and database interrogation.
You will play a key role in future development of datasets in line with National mandates, communicating change requirements to a wide audience including Clinicians, Information and Administrative staff.
This role will work on data extraction, data provision and reporting for the Information Team, in particular focussing on automation of reporting.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Interview date for this position will be on12th July 2024
You will provide and develop comprehensive performance management, database interrogation and analytical information services that meet current and future needs.
Key to meeting these challenges is database interrogation using SQL, creation of datasets, analysis and production of reports. You will play a key role in scoping, producing and presenting these analyses to senior managers and clinicians.
You will be educated to degree level and/or equivalent qualification and experience and have experience in an analysis environment. You will possess strong analytical skills and have an extremely good working knowledge of Business Intelligence. You will have excellent communication/interpersonal skills.
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.
We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.
Our ‘5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

KEY DUTIES

Ensure all statutory and contractual activity data are collected, collated, validated, quality assured and submitted to the relevant organisation relating to your area of responsibility in a timely manner. Ensure that data is accurate, signed off by a Senior Manager and submitted within agreed timescales.
Produce and maintain a suite of reporting to support the delivery of operational, clinical, performance monitoring and data quality issues utilising the appropriate tool for the piece of work, for example, Power BI.
Manage and manipulate data using SQL and develop complex business intelligence reports.
Provide analysis and investigation of data to solve complex problems.
Communicate the conclusions drawn from complex analysis undertaken and offer advice on the implications of the results.
Provide business and operational information and performance monitoring reports to meet the requirements of the Trust. These reports can be used as templates for the Trust’s reporting tool.
Ensure high quality and accuracy of all analyses and report presentation.
Contribute to the scheduled production of activity analysis and information for inclusion within Trusts Board reports, developing the content and format in response to changing organisational requirements.
Assist the Information Manager to provide expert advice and support on data availability, data definitions and data validity in order to help managers interpret and analyse the data correctly.
Work with other senior information staff to review and develop new automated processes for statutory reports and identify areas that require improvement and analyse to establish cause; to escalate reporting issues as appropriate and contribute to improvement as required.
Undertake complex ad hoc requests and validate other ad hoc requests undertaken by colleagues and junior staff.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Proactively support information provision to address the evolving information needs arising from new agenda such as clinical governance, Care Quality Commission, Cancer Alliance Projects etc.
Advise, as appropriate, on changes to national data sets or definitions and recording of patient information to communicate such changes to applicable staff/colleagues (both internal and external), so that appropriate action can be taken.
Ensure data is available to meet clinical governance requirements.
Maintain an advanced knowledge of data held on hospital electronic systems, which support national data submissions.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Produce and maintain comprehensive and up to date procedures and documentation.
Ensure all procedures are tested and made available to other members of the relevant team, (i.e., Statutory Information) to ensure continuity of service.
Contribute to the peer review testing of dashboards/reports created by other colleagues.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage any information staff applicable to this role in line with MWL Trust policies.
Hold regular team meetings with any staff under your management in order to communicate workload, priorities and to discuss any other issues.
Ensure that any information staff under your management have the appropriate training and knowledge to carry out their duties and contribute to staff development.