Do you have a passion to use your data engineering expertise and experience to drive innovation and research? An exciting opportunity has arisen in Health Innovation Manchester to work on our pioneering work using data to improve the health and care of people in Greater Manchester (GM) - working on the GM Secure Data Environment.

As the Senior Data Engineer working within the Secure Data Environment, you will be responsible for providing data engineering, modelling and evaluation support to programmes, using a range of engineering techniques, methods and a sound knowledge of the healthcare business. This role involves designing and leading the implementation of data flows, connecting operational systems, and providing support for analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) systems.

If this is your passion and you want to support GM innovation and research and raise the profile of GM nationally and internationally, and would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andy Holden Andy.Holden@healthinnovationmanchester.com.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached documents for the full Job Description and Person Specification. The information below is only a brief summary.

The post-holder will provide data engineering, modelling and evaluation support to programmes, using a range of engineering techniques, methods and a sound knowledge of the healthcare business. This role involves designing and leading the implementation of data flows, connecting operational systems, and providing support for analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) systems.

At this level the post holder will identify opportunities for the reuse of existing data flows, lead the development of data streaming systems, optimise code to ensure processes perform optimally, and take the lead in database management and the creation of customised data views for projects.

This position will support the Insight and Analytics Team, Programme Directors and Project Managers, the Digital Transformation Office, and the Secure Data Environment team and plays a crucial role in implementing large-scale innovation improvement programmes across Greater Manchester ensuring high-quality results across member organisations.

About us

Health Innovation Manchester works at the forefront of healthcare innovation to discover, develop and deploy new healthcare solutions.

We harness the power of the NHS, wider health and care systems, industry and academia within our region to address major challenges and tackle inequalities.

We are fast becoming an international leader in health innovation and digital healthcare, transforming the health & wellbeing of citizens across Greater Manchester.

Here at HInM we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.

We are positively challenging traditional organisational barriers which get in the way of care delivery and are continuously working to improve our collective offer to staff in areas including health & wellbeing, benefits, including training and development along with flexible working.

Working in a hybrid model, our offices in Citylabs Manchester provide a great collaborative and creative working space.

If you want to experience working for an organisation that is empowering teams to create a positive working culture in a supportive and safe environment, making their staff feel valued and motivated then apply now.

We may close the vacancy as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in an informatics/health care data function.

Desirable

• A relevant qualification in information management

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive experience in data engineering within the healthcare sector, with a focus on NHS data systems.

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS strategies, policies and plans
• Good knowledge of Python for data engineering purposes

Knowledge

Essential

• In-depth knowledge of data modelling, database design, and data warehousing principles.

Knowledge

Essential

• Significant experience of extracting data, manipulating, understanding, transforming, wrangling and cleaning NHS datasets.

Skillls and Abilities

Essential

• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in data engineering.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics, and be an advocate for the team externally to can manage differing perspectives.

Attributes

Essential

• Proven ability to manage projects, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality results within scope and budget constraints.

Training and Experience

Essential

• Experience of exporting data from various source data systems, transforming data against required business rules and data models, or data storage and analysis requirements and loading data in various storage platforms.
• Experience of working within and/or with multi-disciplinary teams, a proven track record of successful transformative and innovative working within health or health related settings

Desirable

• Hands on experience of Snowflake

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Innovation Manchester

Citylabs 1.0, 3rd Floor, Nelson Street

Manchester

M13 9NQ

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