Band 6 Business Analyst - Trust HQ/Remote Working
A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and highly motivated Business Analyst to join the Trusts established, dynamic programme management office.
The role will be specifically supporting the 24/7 world-leading mental health care pilot project.
BSMHFT have been named as one of six providers nationally, to lead the development of a 24/7 mental health service pilot. This autumn, we will begin a phased opening of a neighbourhood centre in the east of Birmingham, working towards the provision of day and night support to local people aged 18 and over with serious mental illness, by spring 2025.This centre will cover the neighbourhoods of Small Heath, Bordesley Green, and Heartlands – based in the east area of Birmingham.
Funded by NHS England over two years, the pilot will adopt a successful model of mental health care used in other countries. Recognised by the World Health Organization, it is regarded by many of our mental health clinicians as one of the best models of mental health care in the world.
Promoting a person-centred and rights-based approach, the 24/7 centre will bring together all aspects of the community mental health specialist care that we currently offer in this area. This will include crisis care, home treatment, early intervention, community, rehabilitation, and inpatient care integrated into a one team approach – serving a population of 40,000 people.
As a business analyst you will be:- Identifying and capturing requirements
- Communicating complex processes to various stakeholders
- Managing and resolving conflicting information to achieve a consensus
- Interpreting user requirements into user stories
- Producing scripts for User Acceptance Testing
- Supporting the capture of 'As Is' and 'To Be' business process maps
- Supporting the Programme and Project Managers
- BA certification i.e. BCS, IIBA and/or equivalent experience
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent
- Extensive experience of managing workshops and other requirements gathering activities
- Extensive experience of articulating business needs and relaying them to various project audiences to ensure a complete understanding of a deliverable, its capability, and limitations
- Ability to work autonomously, including the ability to balance, organise and prioritise own workload
- Good understanding of a range of project and business improvement methodologies and tools e.g. waterfall, agile, scrum, MSP, Lean Six Sigma, Kanban, etc.
- NHS or relevant industry experience is desirable but not essential
A regular on-site presence is required at various sites across Birmingham and Solihull as determined by the needs of the project.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally.We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
This role gives the opportunity for hybrid working and you will typically be asked to work in a hybrid way, working from your home and also from Trust HQ at The Uffculme Centre, or any other agreed site.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Sep 2024