Are you highly motivated, reliable and enthusiastic? Are you interested in working within a data driven NHS trust using data and subsequent analysis to improve service provision for you local community?

Due to recent expansion and as part of significant investment into Digital and Data Services at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), various exciting opportunities have arisen to join the Data Services team.

We are seeking to recruit a reliable, organised and passionate individual to Data Services team as a Divisional Analyst. The successful candidate will work on a wide range of reporting and analysis including statutory returns, national and local key performance indicators, and performance monitoring. This includes running reports and analysis of all Trust dats to include for example, Trust referral activity, RTT indicators, service waits, National returns and data from various clinical information systems. Working in direct collaboration with clinical services, the successful candidate will become the expert in their associated division, supporting decision making as well as performance monitoring

Specialised technical skills and analytical skills are required for this post, along with knowledge and experience of working in an Information team, understanding Information Standards and performance targets.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for supporting the management and improvement of the Trust's Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) while offering support to Divisional Managers, Clinical Directors and Business Managers in understanding all aspects of reporting formats, their importance and use for their service related KPI's

This role is required to proactively analyse information using a range of tools and data tyes in order to support operational managers in data-driven decision making often dealing with complex relational datasets

This role will be required to apply statistical and analytical techniques to a varied range of data sets to identify and inform potential insight to help inform strategical decision making

This role will be required to liaise and work with other corporate and clinical departments to help develop a range of clinical and business analytical reports for all Divisions across the Trust as required.

Make recommendations about performance of specific contracts, including proposing, developing and introducing new components for monitoring these contracts.

In collaboration with other teams across the Trust this role will be able to present performance findings and statistical information in an appropriate medium within senior forums or local staff groups, ensuring an understanding of the data is presented and supports an effective action plan where performance improvement is identified

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for supporting the management and improvement of the Trusts Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) while offering support to Divisional Managers, Clinical Directors and Business Managers in understanding all aspects of reporting formats, their importance and use for their service related KPIs

To facilitate the understanding, awareness, adoption and delivery of performance targets across the wider Trust and with other stakeholders there will be elements of training and presentation to ensure this message is delivered widely

This role is required to proactively analyse information using a range of tools and data tyes in order to support operational managers in data-driven decision making often dealing with complex relational datasets.

There will be the need on occasion to provide support to and deputise for the Team Co-ordinator, in a range of internal and external forums, with the expectation of maintaining a professional and supportive presence, even in often challenging environments.

This role will be required to apply statistical and analytical techniques to a varied range of data sets to identify and inform potential insight to help inform strategical decision making

This role will be required to liaise and work with other corporate departments to help develop a range of clinical and business analytical reports for all Divisions across the Trust as required.

Ensure business continuity this role will assist in the production of an overarching work plan for the Team, they will also be required to work on specific work streams and be the designated contact for certain divisions and projects as well as picking up others when required.

Make recommendations about performance of specific contracts, including proposing, developing and introducing new components for monitoring these contracts.

In collaboration with other teams across the Trust this role will be able to present performance findings and statistical information in an appropriate medium within senior forums or local staff groups, ensuring an understanding of the data is presented and supports an effective action plan where performance improvement is identified.

Communicate any changes and updates to its immediate colleagues both formally through supervision and informally through regular working contact.

Create, maintain and manage the processes required to support monitoring of Performance KPIs and operational management as well as identify reporting tools to support services to strive for service improvements that at least meet or exceed statutory requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working in a similar role
• Evidence of continuous professional development in the form of courses or similar in areas related to data analysis,management and communication.

Desirable

• Project Management qualification
• Qualification in data extraction, analysis or similar
• Microsoft SQL training or equivalent experience in SQL

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with performance management systems and delivering improvement methodologies to a range of stakeholders
• Experience in the production of reports for management teams
• Experience with a range of clinical and information management systems
• Experience of working with senior and very senior manages in a range of challenging situations
• Experience of presenting information to colleagues and other stakeholders in a variety of formats
• Experience of training others in the use of systems and in other training or coaching environments

Desirable

• Experience of working in Mental Health
• Experience of Project management

Skills

Essential

• Excellent information technology skills
• Preparing and writing of reports that can be presented to a variety of audiences
• Ability to produce accurate work of a high presentational standard and Quality Assure peer reports in a supportive manner
• Ability to analyse and interpret data and information and highlight areas for further investigation
• Excellent organisational/time management skills
• Ability to work in a structured and systematic manner but respond rapidly to changes in priorities
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to adapt to rapid change in a positive way and support colleagues through such changes
• Able to work well under pressure while still delivering high quality work
• Good knowledge of NHS or working within a Performance led organisation or Public Body
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage own time effectively to achieve deadlines and meet competing demands

Desirable

• Presenting reports at Board level and to external bodies
• Able to use SQL

Special Requirements

Essential

• Enthusiastic and highly motivated
• Committed to on-going personal development
• Ability to be flexible when and if required
• Ability to travel independently throughout the county without the use of public transport, to attend meetings and represent the team / organisation in different settings

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 9, The Point

Lions Way

Sleaford

NG34 8GG

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