As a Population Health Intelligence Specialist Apprentice you will focus on analysing health and care data to improve public health outcomes in line with UHNM strategy, support decision-making, and enhance the efficiency of healthcare services. The role involves working with diverse data sources, collaborating with partners, and developing a data driven approach to population health improvement.

This role will be based within UHNM but will work, as needed, on cross organisational project work with the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board, local authorities and other statutory and voluntary organisations. You will also have regular contact with colleagues who manage IT systems or provide specific data have responsibility for the governance and security of data sources or use data and information for specific purposes.

This Masters degree level apprenticeship is for early career professionals who study the health of populations, plan, commission, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health and social care policies and services. provides a route to complete a masters degree level HCIS apprenticeship to study the health of populations, plan, commission, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health and social care policies and services.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities are in line with the apprenticeship standard for the Health and Care Intelligence Specialist standard (Level 7) and include:

Lead on the linking, analysis and interpretation of complex health, care and population data

Lead the interpretation and presentation of health and care intelligence

Lead or advise on the investigation of patterns and variations in determinants, diseases, conditions influencing health and care outcomes and service evaluations.

Lead the design and implementation of health and care surveys and service evaluation tools.

Search for and critically appraise relevant evidence and scientific research on health and care intelligence, health determinants and interventions to improve population health or the delivery of care.

Lead the establishment and development of excellent working relationships with health and care system partners, colleagues and the wider team. System partners are likely to be wide ranging and could include health and wellbeing boards, academics, private and third sector organisations as well as NHS and other public services.

Lead the delivery of multiple complex health and care intelligence projects, reviewing and adjusting priorities to meet changing organisational needs.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The person is expected to complete a masters degree level HCIS apprenticeship (Health & Care Intelligence Specialist) as accelerated training over a 22 month period. Apprentices will learn how to design studies in population health, public health and epidemiology and lead on analytical projects that will improve implementation of services and inform evidence-based decision making and policy across health and social care. They will obtain and work with existing health and care data and also have responsibility for designing or carrying out bespoke data collections when required.

Modules cover

The Health and Social Care System

Personality, Stakeholders and Working Relationships

Leadership and Management

Project Management and Leadership

Information, Evidence and Recommendations

Study Design and Methodologies

Data analysis and Evidence Informing Decision Making

Interpretation, transfer and dissemination of information

Finance, Economics and Planning

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRequired Mathematics Qualifications or Experience (STEM degree)
• oUndertaking an analyst role at Band 6/7 (or equivalent experience in a non-healthcare analytical role)

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• oKnowledge and understanding of the key concepts of population health management, including the wider determinants of health
• oHigh level analytical skills
• oKnowledge of research methods and design

Desirable

• oAbility to show initiative and be creative.

Personal qualities

Essential

• Strong attention to detail
• Role models trust core values
• Prepared to work flexibily

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST46QG

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