Data Analyst - Therapy Services

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Analyst to join our Business Support Team in the Therapy and Rehabilitation Services Directorate. This is a permanent, full time, position. You will work closely with the Business Analyst and other analytical colleagues across the Trust to maximise the full potential of the role.

Therapy and Rehabilitation Services is made up of several professional groups from the Allied Health Professionals workforce as well as business, admin and support staff. We are a large and friendly directorate comprising of approx. 700 members of staff. Our services include:

• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Dietetics
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Orthotics
• Amputee and Wheelchair Services
• Neuro-rehabilitation Services

Our Directorate sits within the Clinical Support Division however our teams work across and closely with most clinical specialties across the Trust in inpatient, outpatient, and external settings (including patient homes).

This candidate has a real opportunity for shaping the future of Therapies and Analytics. A career developing role providing the space to develop self, others, our services and ultimate improve patient experience. This is an internal consultancy role that has the responsibility for investigating business situations, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems, defining requirements and ensuring effective use of ICT and information systems in meeting the needs of the business.

Main duties of the job

You will support the delivery and development of information for the Therapies Directorate, supported by the Business Analyst and Senior Service Manager, and a network of talented, professional analysts across the Clinical Support Division and Trust wide. You will work closely with clinical, managerial, and analytical colleagues to design and develop techniques and models to help the Pathway deliver its challenging and exciting transformational programmes. This will include the analysis and validation of various types of data to inform assessment of service performance, benchmarking, capacity and demand modelling, statistical analysis, forecasting, ICT options appraisals, systems upgrades, and system administration and management, alongside identifying and monitoring opportunities for improvement. Your work will impact on the ability of our services to deliver optimum care to patients. #DataSavesLives.

To succeed in the role you will need to have a strong set of technical skills (including SQL, Excel, QlikSense) and a flexible approach, accompanied by excellent communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to work with varying levels of clinical and administrative colleagues who possess a range of knowledge and experience. We expect you to be enthusiastic, motivated and keen to develop skills in a supportive environment. Project management experience and/or experience of NHS Information processes and approaches would be beneficial though not essential.

Working for our organisation

Nottingham is a friendly city with excellent leisure facilities, shops and beautiful countryside within easy reach. It has first rate transport links with its close proximity to East Midlands Airport and train services.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) recognises that its ability to be the best for patients depends on the talent and commitment of all our employees. We are committed to continuous professional development for all our staff through a range of opportunities that involve training courses and involvement in service developments.

Core working hours are 9-5 Monday to Friday however the trust has a flexible working policy which can be discussed and agreed in certain circumstances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Business Support Team is responsible for performance reporting, information analysis, informing clinical decision making with robust, timely, statistically sound, reporting techniques.

Main responsibilities :

Ad-hoc requests from Clinical and Managerial staff

Regular reporting on a monthly and weekly basis

For further information please refer to the attached job Description and Person Specification