Performance and Information Analyst AOS

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Job overview

The Department of Anaesthesia covers both the Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospitals and has a workforce of 120 Consultant Anaesthetists and approximately 80 Trainee Anaesthetists.

It provides a comprehensive anaesthetic service to a number of specialties across STHFT including:

• General Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery (including Trauma)
• Plastic Surgery
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Renal Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• ENT Surgery
• Ophthalmic Surgery
• Jessop Wing Maternity Unit

To support the information requirements of the Operating Services, Critical Care and Anaesthesia (OSCCA) Care Group at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This post will support Care Group decision makers in understanding ongoing operational performance, enhance service planning discussions, and support the well informed delivery of services across a wide range of Care Group areas (incl. operating theatres, pre-operative assessment, critical care, theatre admission areas, theatre recovery).

This post provides an essential support function to a wide range of administrative and clinical staff working across these internal areas, and the post holder will play a fundamental role in supporting Care Group leaders in providing a better service for our patients.

Main duties of the job

The role requires the frequent extraction of data from various databases across the Trust using Standard Query Language (SQL), followed by any subsequent wrangling, analysis and presentation to users both internal and external to the care group.

The nature of the Care Group’s function requires that admitting directorate stakeholders must be well supported with their information requirements, and the post holder will be required to build and maintain relationships with staff across the Trust.

This will be via supporting the information needs of other Care Group (and corporate) management teams to support their ongoing planning & improvement discussions, and the post holder will be required to familiarise themselves with the theatre planning cycle and maintain various reports and database tables to ensure that the Trust has accurate oversight of its capacity and activity plans.

Adhoc requests for theatre information are numerous and often obscure.

stakeholders as required.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

We aim to ensure no harm comes to our patients; we continually strive to improve patient experience and make our areas a great place to work and learn

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to a Degree Level (or equivalent experience in an information role)

• Post grad qualification (or equivalent experience)

Experience

• Experience of data wrangling and analysis, with an ability to produce aesthetically pleasing report outputs and experience of presenting interpreted results demonstrable though a degree or through equivalent experience.
• Highly IT literate, with advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages, in particular Microsoft Excel.
• Highly organised, with experience of managing a dynamic workload and to tight deadlines.
• Experience of using SQL to query databases

• Experience with R, RStudio, R Shiny, PowerBI
• Working in an NHS Information Environment.
• Experience of using SQL to build and manage/maintain databases
• Work in an acute trust.
• Experience of using Trust information systems.

Knowledge

• Understanding of principles of data analysis and basic statistics,
• Ability to recognise themes and trends from complex data and interpretation of results to stakeholders. Understanding of data protection legislation and its impact on the role day to day.
• An understanding of the issues facing the NHS and strategic objectives

• Qualifications in any data analytics software or programming languages

Special Skills/Aptitudes

• Ability to analyse information, including receiving highly complex and sensitive information on patient details and diagnoses
• Ability to interpret, draw conclusions from analysis and synthesise new knowledge from the findings.
• Ability to relay conflicting and contentious findings to those receiving it.
• Ability to understand national policy and guidance documents to provide expertise on information issues.
• Ability to develop expert technical knowledge of information systems including in depth knowledge of NHS data definitions.

• Expert skills in complex data extraction from information databases including the use of Structured Query Language (SQL) and manipulation of this data in spreadsheets and PC applications, such as Excel, using skills at an advanced level.
• Ability to contribute to decision making and show considerable initiative in the formulation of recommendations and subsequent actions.

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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