This is an exciting opportunity for a Principal Data Analyst to work within a dynamic, supportive and multi-disciplinary team. 0.8WTE (additional hours may become available).

The successful post holder will play a key role in providing the necessary analysis to inform the development and improvement of vaccination programmes, with the aim to support the teams to reduce inequalities and increase immunisation uptake. They will work mainly in the area of Vaccination ensuring that programme receives robust informatics and analytical support.

The applicant will be working closely with the Public Health team and Mass Vaccination operational and clinical colleagues to provide a robust and proactive information and analytics service. The analysis provided will be vital in targeting efforts at the right areas to deliver the greatest service improvements and therefore a close working relationship with the clinical teams will be needed to understand how the different services operate.

he post holder will establish and maintain a close working relationship with the clinical and operational teams within a Clinical Board and members of the Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse teams of the Health Board.

A collaborative approach with clinical and operational colleagues will be a key part of delivering successful analytics to drive change and improve outcomes, efficiency and satisfaction of both patients and staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have a wide and varied role which will include the following operational duties:

To ensure the timely delivery of reporting, data analysis and provision of data to support the ongoing operations and strategic direction of the organisation.

Reporting to the Information development Manager the post holder will ensure the quality assurance of data requests, analysis and pieces of development. This will involve using a mix of SQL, IBM Cognos Analytics, Power BI and Signals from Noise.

Assist colleagues across the Clinical Board in gaining a greater understanding of the data that is key to driving improvement in their service.

The post holder will have the opportunity to complete ad-hoc exploratory analysis to try and identify further opportunities to be discussed with operational and clinical colleagues.

Attend meetings to discuss the analytical requirements and options with operational and clinical colleagues.

Analyse, understand and interpret data from multiple sources in a way that can be presented to non-analytical colleagues.

Visualise data in a creative and engaging way into self-service products for use by operational and clinical colleagues.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 18 months due to project work. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Graduate with high level of numeracy
• Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent experience in data analysis

Experience

Essential

• Ability to collate, analyse and interpret complex datasets with the proven ability to explain complex analytical methods to non-analytical people
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Experience of using data to identify issues and to look for opportunities - drawing conclusions from robust evidence based analysis
• Extensive experience of analysing complex datasets effectively in a variety of settings
• Experience of working with and linking data contained within different data sources
• Experience of presenting to audiences of all sizes and at levels

Desirable

• Experience of working in the NHS in a related role

Skills

Essential

• Robust and systematic problem solving skills
• Ability to rapidly learn new software packages
• SQL (intermediate and advanced)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to adapt style and approach for a wide range of audiences and situations
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent listening skills: able to gather and incorporate technical and non-technical requirements into clear and detailed specifications
• The ability to 'think outside the box', challenge existing ways of working and cultures, and drive out innovative solutions
• Flexible, both in terms of working patterns and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work autonomously on a day to day basis and meet with manager at regular intervals to discuss progress, complex issues or areas of concern

Desirable

• IBM Cognos Analytics
• Power BI
• Python

Special Knowledge

Essential

• Business Intelligence systems use in particular in the deployment of Self Service tools

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Tenacious with excellent attention to detail
• Team player with good interpersonal skills

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel in a timely manner

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

Woodland House

Maes Y Coed Road

Cardiff

CF14 4HH

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001-AC348-0924