Senior Intelligence Analyst
Job overview
As a key, expert analyst member of the Strategic Intelligence Team, the Senior Intelligence Analyst will deploy, develop and manage pro-active domain specialist analysis and modelling expertise to provide a service to stakeholders, including programme delivery teams, system boards, operational and managerial colleagues, clinical colleagues and Provider colleagues.You will provide highly specialist subject matter expertise to the team/service to ensure that work streams and programmes are planned and carried out effectively.
Applicants will be asked to take part in a competency based interview process.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Intelligence Analyst will require specialist subject matter expertise in analytical areas such as Screening and Immunisations, secondary care data and pathways and NHS Performance & Quality standards.
Provision of the service will include ensuring that the intelligence used by ICB/S takes into account the full and complex range of information analysis required to deliver system board and ICB priorities, such as data analysis, performance, contracting, planning, assurance and monitoring.
The Senior Intelligence Analyst will ensure that decision making throughout their area of responsibility is based on data that is robust, quality assured, fit for purpose, and up to date. You will ensure that such data is analysed and reported to the highest industry standard, mobilised and delivered effectively with stakeholders.
Working for our organisation
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency.This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Our NHS People Promise
Our NHS People Promise –the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and/or disabled staff and their intersectionality.As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled, and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To deliver the above, the Senior Intelligence Analyst will:
- Support the Data Insight and Intelligence function/Locality management team to manage the teams to deliver business intelligence to end users
- Where required: manage an analytical resource consisting of analysts, data engineers, data scientists and and/or primary care data facilitators.
- Provide oversight and management of individuals within the Data Insight and Intelligence function/Locality
Key responsibilities
To support the Data Insight and Intelligence senior management team in devising, implementing and monitoring strategy and policy in relation to data and intelligence and outcomes in their specialist area(s)- To develop and maintain an understanding of the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS and related areas of Health and Social Care
- To provide management to individuals within the relevant team, empowering individuals within own designated area, to perform to high standards and develop innovative ways of working.
- To influence professionals within their area of responsibility to make key business decisions based on the use of robust finance, activity, outcomes and patient experience analysis.
- To play a key supporting role in the innovation and transformation of the use of intelligence within the local health and social care economy, including the use of non-traditional information sources.
COMMUNICATION
The post holder will have regular contact with a wide range of staff at all levels within the ICB/S, with senior and other representatives of local stakeholders, as well as with patients and their representatives. Some of the key direct relationships include:
- Colleagues and departments within the Data, Insight and Intelligence Function/ Locality
- Arden and GEM CSU
- NHS GM teams
- NHS Provider BI Teams
- Clinical Leaders
- Colleagues within NHSE
- Colleagues across Greater Manchester, NHS, local authorities and other third sector organisations
- Responsible for using data and intelligence to contribute to the development and strategy in their specified area(s)
- To provide analysis, interpretation and communication of highly complex data to all levels of the organisation, to support decision-making in the relevant business area. This may include needs analysis, health outcomes, service specifications, service evaluation, contract planning and monitoring (including financial elements) and performance (including clinical quality standards and patient experience).
- To contribute significantly to the implementation of business information systems or elements of business information systems across the whole organisation and into General Practice, ensuring systems are fit for purpose to drive health improvement, improve performance and support business decisions.
- To develop automated processes and intelligence using the tools and capabilities within the Analytics and Data Science Platform.
- To propose changes to and interpret technical or professional policies as relevant to the role, providing advice to ICB/S officers on interpretation and implementation of such policies, including the identification of risks.
- To represent the ICB/S at relevant meetings and forums at local or system level. This will include the delivery of information and training to various bodies in a formal or semi-formal environment through the use of various techniques including presentations, workshops and seminars.
- Responsibility for ensuring that ICB/S reporting requirements to NHS England, system and local governance groups within the relevant area are fulfilled in a timely and accurate fashion; and that submissions are aligned to the strategic plans of the ICB/S.
- To ensure the ICB/S maintains a focus on health inequalities within its commissioning activities through the provision and explanation of data and information to identify areas where inequality can be addressed.
PATIENT/CLIENT CARE
Work with clinical colleagues to co-design effective health and care pathways which are cognisant of population health and inequalities and are optimised to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
FINANCIAL & PHYSICAL RESOURCES- Supporting the Team Leader or Analytical Service Lead, the post holder will monitor intelligence-related budgets, costs, forecasts and related performance information.
- Support the development and delivery of strategic investment plans relating to health and care intelligence
- Where the specific role requires, ensuring evaluation of the value for money of new contracts, monitoring the performance of existing providers and ensuring that provider performance aligns, and complies with contractual terms and conditions.
- Where required: To provide line-management to a section of the appropriate Intelligence team including supporting fair and inclusive recruitment and supervision: appraisals ; discipline and grievance ; attendance and performance management; work allocation, training of staff
- Develop and maintain competencies for managing diverse staff and creating conditions for all staff to flourish equitably and arrangements to support staff who have equality, diversity and human rights issues.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & AUDIT
To support the development of Sub-National Secure Data Environment for Research and Development Programme via contributions to the development of the ADSP or through contributions to Research and Development in partnership with local partners
The main duties and responsibilities described above are not exhaustive and the post holder can expect to take on other responsibilities or specific tasks as required.
Further, over time it is likely the remit and requirements of the role will evolve, and the post holder will be expected to adjust their working approach and style to accommodate these. As a new post within the organisation, to reflect the above, it is expected that this job description would be reviewed regularly, by agreement.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria- QUALIFICATIONS/RELATED EXPERIENCE
- KNOWLEDGE/Demonstrable and thorough knowledge of the health economy and the operational framework underpinning health care provision • Knowledge of activity and information flows in 2ndry Care
- Significant knowledge of NHS performance indicators and monitoring, including both commissioner and provider-based indicators
- Significant knowledge of healthcare related outcomes and their application in outcomes-based commissioning
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant experience and knowledge of data and Intelligence Systems and their application in complex environments
- Experience of partnership working
Please note this vacancy may close early after a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Please also note that if you are short listed for interview you will be contacted via email and it is important that you check your email regularly. If you do not hear from us by four weeks after the closing date then you may assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
As a fair collection notice for all NHS employees previous service details will be requested electronically from their previous employer.
The successful candidate will be subject to the completion of satisfactory probationary period.
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