Information and Performance Lead - ELCAS
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
- Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Information and Performance Lead within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team (ELCAS) predominantly to support the ELCAS management team in the maintenance and future development of activity recording and reporting.
Working independently in an information analyst role you will have a passion for finding the story inside the data. Skilled in capturing data from different sources then cleansing, validating and transforming it into compelling reports and visualisations you will support the management team in delivering high quality insights into service activity at a local and national level.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the ELCAS ADO (Associate Director of Operations), you will hold a relevant degree qualification, or relevant experience with a willingness to learn. You will have information experience, knowledge of data systems and with user knowledge of SQL, Visual Studio (or Report Builder) and Power BI, and be able to take a dataset to dashboard approach to information management.With strong interpersonal skills you will be able to present confidently to teams and be able to handle the pressure of a busy and challenging work environment. You will need to build strong working relationships with your colleagues. With an analytical approach to problem solving and the ability to work independently adhering to deadlines.
You will have the opportunity to develop the role. In terms of data quality, you will also have a keen attention to detail in order to produce complete and accurate information, have an ability to work in an organised and methodical manner, as well as being able to understand and comply with detailed procedures
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks.We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Relevant degree qualification or equivalent work experience
- Recognised professional Health Informatics /Management Qualification or relevant Post-Graduate Qualification*
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Proven attention to detail and ability to produce complete and accurate information
- Advanced experience of data manipulation and report production
- Advanced analytical skills enabling the interpretation of complex data and scenarios in order to recommend actions or options for services
- Proven ability to understand and comply with detailed procedures
Experience
Essential criteria- 2 years advanced working knowledge of MS Excel and SQL and Visual Studio (or Report Builder)
- Experience of Power BI
- Experience of statistical analysis and modelling
- Experience of Performance Management
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